Outlaw Rogue Talents

Outlaw Rogue
The War Within Season 3

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Outlaw Rogue talents for The War Within Season 3.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Rogue specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Rogue class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Rogue's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Shiv	Instant - Melee Range	Attack with your off-hand, dealing 2 Physical damage, dispelling all enrage effects and applying a concentrated form of your active Non-Lethal poison. Awards 1 combo point.
Blind	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage may interrupt the effect. Limit 1.
Cloak of Shadows	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Provides a moment of magic immunity, instantly removing all harmful spell effects. The cloak lingers, causing you to resist harmful spells for 5 sec.
Evasion	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Increases your dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec.
Gouge	Instant - Melee Range - 25 Sec Cooldown	Gouges the eyes of an enemy target, incapacitating for 4 sec. Damage may interrupt the effect. Must be in front of your target. Awards 1 combo point.
Airborne Irritant	Passive	Blind has 50% reduced cooldown, 70% reduced duration, and applies to all nearby enemies.
Thrill Seeking	Passive	Shadowstep has 1 additional charge.
Master Poisoner	Passive	Increases the non-damaging effects of your weapon poisons by 20%.
Elusiveness	Passive	Evasion also reduces damage taken by 20%, and Feint also reduces non-area-of-effect damage taken by 20%.
Cheat Death	Passive	Fatal attacks instead reduce you to 7% of your maximum health. For 3 sec afterward, you take 85% reduced damage. Cannot trigger more often than once per 6 min.
Tricks of the Trade	Instant - 100 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Redirects all threat you cause to the targeted party or raid member, beginning with your next damaging attack within the next 30 sec and lasting 6 sec.
Blackjack	Passive	Enemies have 30% reduced damage and healing for 6 sec after Blind or Sap's effect on them ends.
Improved Wound Poison	Passive	Wound Poison can now stack 2 additional times.
Nimble Fingers	Passive	Energy cost of Feint and Crimson Vial reduced by 10.
Improved Sprint	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Sprint by 60 sec.
Shadowrunner	Passive	While Stealth or Shadow Dance is active, you move 20% faster.
Superior Mixture	Passive	Crippling Poison reduces movement speed by an additional 10%.
Fleet Footed	Passive	Movement speed increased by 15%.
Iron Stomach	Passive	Increases the healing you receive from Crimson Vial, healing potions, and healthstones by 25%.
Unbreakable Stride	Passive	Reduces the duration of movement slowing effects 30%.
Featherfoot	Passive	Sprint increases movement speed by an additional 30% and has 4 sec increased duration.
Rushed Setup	Passive	The Energy costs of Kidney Shot, Cheap Shot, Sap, and Distract are reduced by 20%.
Shadowheart	Passive	Leech increased by 2% while Stealthed.
Numbing Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Non-Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, clouding their mind and slowing their attack and casting speed by 15% for 10 sec.
Atrophic Poison	1.5 Sec Cast	Coats your weapons with a Non-Lethal Poison that lasts for 1 hour. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing their damage by 3.0% for 10 sec.
Deadened Nerves	Passive	Physical damage taken reduced by 5%.
Graceful Guile	Passive	Feint has 1 additional charge.
Stillshroud	Passive	Shroud of Concealment has 50% reduced cooldown.
Deadly Precision	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your attacks that generate combo points by 5%.
Virulent Poisons	Passive	Increases the damage of your weapon poisons by 10%.
Acrobatic Strikes	Passive	Auto-attacks increase auto-attack damage and movement speed by 1.0% for 3 sec, stacking up to 10%.
Improved Ambush	Passive	Ambush generates 1 additional combo point.
Tight Spender	Passive	Energy cost of finishing moves reduced by 6%.
Leeching Poison	Passive	Adds a Leeching effect to your Lethal poisons, granting you 3% Leech.
Lethality	Passive	Critical strike chance increased by 2%. Critical strike damage bonus of your attacks that generate combo points increased by 20%.
Recuperator	Passive	Slice and Dice heals you for up to 1% of your maximum health per 3 sec.
Alacrity	Passive	Your finishing moves have a 10% chance per combo point to grant 1% Haste for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Soothing Darkness	Passive	You are healed for 30% of your maximum health over 6 sec after activating Vanish.
Vigor	Passive	Increases your maximum Energy by 100 and Energy regeneration by 10%.
Supercharger	Passive	Shiv supercharges 2 combo points. Damaging finishing moves consume a supercharged combo point to function as if they spent 2 additional combo points.
Subterfuge	Passive	Abilities requiring Stealth can be used for 6 sec after Stealth breaks. Combat benefits requiring Stealth persist for an additional 6 sec after Stealth breaks.
Thistle Tea	Passive - 1 Sec Cooldown	Restore 100 Energy. Mastery increased by 10.6% for 6 sec. When your Energy is reduced below 30, drink a Thistle Tea.
Cold Blood	Instant - 45 Sec Cooldown	Increases the critical strike chance of your next damaging ability by 100%.
Echoing Reprimand	Passive	After consuming a supercharged combo point, your next Mutilate also strikes the target with an Echoing Reprimand dealing 638 Physical damage.
Forced Induction	Passive	Increase the bonus granted when a damaging finishing move consumes a supercharged combo point by 1.
Deeper Stratagem	Passive	Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.
Without a Trace	Passive	Vanish has 1 additional charge.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Outlaw Rogues with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Outlaw Rogues from other Rogue specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Opportunity	Passive	Sinister Strike has a 35% chance to hit an additional time, making your next Pistol Shot half cost and double damage.
Adrenaline Rush	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 50%, your maximum Energy by 50, and your attack speed by 20% for 20 sec.
Retractable Hook	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Grappling Hook by 15 sec, and increases its retraction speed.
Dirty Tricks	Passive	Cheap Shot, Gouge, and Sap no longer cost Energy.
Combat Potency	Passive	Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 30%.
Combat Stamina	Passive	Stamina increased by 5%.
Hit and Run	Passive	Movement speed increased by 15%.
Blinding Powder	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Blind by 25% and increases its range by 5 yds.
Float Like a Butterfly	Passive	Restless Blades now also reduces the remaining cooldown of Evasion and Feint by 0.5 sec per combo point spent.
Sting Like a Bee	Passive	Enemies disabled by your Cheap Shot or Kidney Shot take 10% increased damage from all sources for 6 sec.
Riposte	Passive	Dodging an attack will trigger Mastery: Main Gauche. This effect may only occur once every 1 sec.
Precision Shot	Passive	Between the Eyes and Pistol Shot have 10 yd increased range, and Pistol Shot reduces the the target's damage done to you by 5%.
Heavy Hitter	Passive	Attacks that generate combo points deal 10% increased damage.
Devious Stratagem	Passive	Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.
Killing Spree	Instant - 10 Yd Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Finishing move that unleashes a barrage of gunfire, striking random enemies within 8 yards for Physical damage. Number of strikes increased per combo point. Restores 1 combo point every 0.45 sec. 1 point : 4,805 over 0.45 sec 2 points: 7,208 over 0.91 sec 3 points: 9,611 over 1.36 sec 4 points: 12,014 over 1.81 sec 5 points: 14,417 over 2.27 sec
Fatal Flourish	Passive	Your off-hand attacks have a 50% chance to generate 10 Energy.
Ambidexterity	Passive	Main Gauche has an additional 5% chance to strike while Blade Flurry is active.
Quick Draw	Passive	Half-cost uses of Pistol Shot granted by Sinister Strike now generate 1 additional combo point, and deal 20% additional damage.
Deft Maneuvers	Passive	Blade Flurry's initial damage is increased by 100% and generates 1 combo point per target struck.
Ruthlessness	Passive	Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point spent to grant a combo point.
Swift Slasher	Passive	Slice and Dice grants additional attack speed equal to 100% of your Haste.
Loaded Dice	Passive	Activating Adrenaline Rush causes your next Roll the Bones to grant at least two matches.
Sleight of Hand	Passive	Roll the Bones has a 20% increased chance of granting additional matches.
Thief's Versatility	Passive	Versatility increased by 3%.
Improved Between the Eyes	Passive	Critical strikes with Between the Eyes deal four times normal damage.
Audacity	Passive	Half-cost uses of Pistol Shot have a 35% chance to make your next Ambush usable without Stealth. Chance to trigger this effect matches the chance for your Sinister Strike to strike an additional time.
Triple Threat	Passive	Sinister Strike has a 15% chance to strike with both weapons after it strikes an additional time.
Improved Adrenaline Rush	Passive	Generate full combo points when you gain Adrenaline Rush, and full Energy when it ends.
Improved Main Gauche	Passive	Main Gauche has an additional 5% chance to strike.
Dancing Steel	Passive	Blade Flurry strikes 3 additional enemies and its duration is increased by 3 sec.
Underhanded Upper Hand	Passive	Blade Flurry does not lose duration during Adrenaline Rush. Adrenaline Rush does not lose duration while Stealthed.
Blade Rush	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Charge to your target with your blades out, dealing 947 Physical damage to the target and 458 to all other nearby enemies. While Blade Flurry is active, damage to non-primary targets is increased by 100%. Generates 25 Energy over 5 sec.
Count the Odds	Passive	Ambush, Sinister Strike, and Dispatch have a 15% chance to grant you a Roll the Bones combat enhancement buff you do not already have for 8 sec.
Ace Up Your Sleeve	Passive	Between the Eyes has a 5% chance per combo point spent to grant 5 combo points.
Precise Cuts	Passive	Blade Flurry damage is increased by an additional 5% per missing target below its maximum.
Take 'em by Surprise	Passive	Haste increased by 10% while Stealthed and for 20 sec after breaking Stealth.
Summarily Dispatched	Passive	When your Dispatch consumes 5 or more combo points, Dispatch deals 6% increased damage and costs 5 less Energy for 15 sec. Max 5 stacks. Adding a stack does not refresh the duration.
Fan the Hammer	Passive	When Sinister Strike strikes an additional time, gain 2 additional stacks of Opportunity. Max 6 stacks. Half-cost uses of Pistol Shot consume 2 additional stacks of Opportunity to fire 2 additional shots. Additional shots generate 1 fewer combo point and deal 20% reduced damage.
Hidden Opportunity	Passive	Effects that grant a chance for Sinister Strike to strike an additional time also apply to Ambush at 80% of their value.
Crackshot	Passive	Entering Stealth refreshes the cooldown of Between the Eyes. Between the Eyes has no cooldown and also Dispatches the target for 50% of normal damage when used from Stealth.
Keep It Rolling	Instant - 6 Min Cooldown	Increase the remaining duration of your active Roll the Bones combat enhancements by 30 sec.
Ghostly Strike	Instant - Melee Range - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Strikes an enemy, dealing 1,211 Physical damage and causing the target to take 15% increased damage from your abilities for 12 sec. Awards 1 combo point.
Greenskin's Wickers	Passive	Between the Eyes has a 20% chance per Combo Point to increase the damage of your next Pistol Shot by 200%.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Outlaw Rogue class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Trickster

Name	Cast	Effect
Unseen Blade	Passive	Backstab and Shadowstrike now also strike with an Unseen Blade dealing 1,962 damage. Targets struck are Fazed for 10 sec. Fazed enemies take 5% more damage from you and cannot parry your attacks. This effect may occur once every 20 sec.
Surprising Strikes	Passive	Attacks that generate combo points deal 50% increased critical strike damage to Fazed targets.
Smoke	Passive	You take 5% reduced damage from Fazed targets.
Mirrors	Passive	Feint reduces damage taken from area-of-effect attacks by an additional 10%
Flawless Form	Passive	Unseen Blade and Secret Technique increase the damage of your finishing moves by 3% for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
So Tricky	Passive	Tricks of the Trade's threat redirect duration is increased to 1 hour.
Don't Be Suspicious	Passive	Blind and Shroud of Concealment have 10% reduced cooldown. Pick Pocket and Sap have 10 yd increased range.
Devious Distractions	Passive	Secret Technique applies Fazed to any targets struck.
Thousand Cuts	Passive	Slice and Dice grants 10% additional attack speed and gives your auto-attacks a chance to refresh your opportunity to strike with Unseen Blade.
Flickerstrike	Passive	Taking damage from an area-of-effect attack while Feint is active or dodging while Evasion is active refreshes your opportunity to strike with Unseen Blade. This effect may only occur once every 5 sec.
Disorienting Strikes	Passive	Secret Technique has 10% reduced cooldown and allows your next 2 strikes of Unseen Blade to ignore its cooldown.
Cloud Cover	Passive	Distract now also creates a cloud of smoke for 10 sec. Cooldown increased to 90 sec. Attacks from within the cloud apply Fazed.
No Scruples	Passive	Finishing moves have 10% increased chance to critically strike Fazed targets.
Nimble Flurry	Passive	Your auto-attacks, Backstab, Shadowstrike, and Eviscerate also strike up to 7 additional nearby targets for 60% of normal damage while Flawless Form is active.
Coup de Grace	Passive	After 4 strikes with Unseen Blade, your next Eviscerate will be performed as a Coup de Grace, functioning as if it had consumed 5 additional combo points. If the primary target is Fazed, gain 5 stacks of Flawless Form.

Fatebound

Name	Cast	Effect
Hand of Fate	Passive	Flip a Fatebound Coin each time a finishing move consumes 5 or more combo points. Heads increases the damage of your attacks by 10%, lasting 15 sec or until you flip Tails. Tails deals 1,105 Cosmic damage to your target. For each time the same face is flipped in a row, Heads increases damage by an additional 2% and Tails increases its damage by 10%.
Chosen's Revelry	Passive	Leech increased by 0.5% for each time your Fatebound Coin has flipped the same face in a row.
Tempted Fate	Passive	You have a chance equal to your critical strike chance to absorb 10% of any damage taken, up to a maximum chance of 40%.
Mean Streak	Passive	Fatebound Coins flipped by Envenom are 33% more likely to match the same face as the last flip.
Inexorable March	Passive	You cannot be slowed below 70% of normal movement speed while your Fatebound Coin flips have an active streak of at least 2 flips matching the same face.
Death's Arrival	Passive	Grappling Hook may be used a second time within 3 sec with no cooldown, but its total cooldown is increased by 5 sec.
Deal Fate	Passive	Mutilate, Ambush, and Fan of Knives generate 1 additional combo point when they trigger Seal Fate.
Edge Case	Passive	Activating Deathmark flips a Fatebound Coin and causes it to land on its edge, counting as both Heads and Tails.
Fate Intertwined	Passive	Fate Intertwined duplicates 30% of Dispatch critical strike damage as Cosmic to 2 additional nearby enemies. If there are no additional nearby targets, duplicate 30% to the primary target instead.
Delivered Doom	Passive	Damage dealt when your Fatebound Coin flips tails is increased by 30% if there are no other enemies near the target. Each additional nearby enemy reduces this bonus by 6%.
Inevitabile End	Passive	Cold Blood now benefits the next two abilities but only applies to Dispatch. Fatebound Coins flipped by these abilities are guaranteed to match the same outcome as the last flip.
Destiny Defined	Passive	Sinister Strike has 5% increased chance to strike an additional time and your Fatebound Coins flipped have an additional 5% chance to match the same face as the last flip.
Double Jeopardy	Passive	Your first Fatebound Coin flip after breaking Stealth flips two coins that are guaranteed to match the same outcome.
Fateful Ending	Passive	When your Fatebound Coin flips the same face for the seventh time in a row, keep the lucky coin to gain 7% Agility until you leave combat for 10 seconds. If you already have a lucky coin, it instead deals 2,232 Cosmic damage to your target.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Outlaw Rogue 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Maneuverability		Sprint has 50% reduced cooldown and 50% reduced duration.
Control is King		Cheap Shot grants Slice and Dice for 15 sec and Kidney Shot restores 10 Energy per combo point spent.
Drink Up Me Hearties		Crimson Vial restores 5% additional maximum health and grants 60% of its healing to allies within 15 yds.
Dismantle		Disarm the enemy, preventing the use of any weapons or shield for 5 sec.
Boarding Party		Between the Eyes increases the movement speed of all friendly players within 15 yards by 30% for 6 sec.
Thick as Thieves		Tricks of the Trade now increases the friendly target's damage by 15% for 6 sec.
Turn the Tables		After coming out of a stun, you deal 10% increased damage for 12 sec.
Smoke Bomb		Creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 5 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud.
Death from Above		Finishing move that empowers your weapons with energy to perform a deadly attack. You leap into the air and Eviscerate your target on the way back down, with such force that it has a 15% stronger effect.
Dagger in the Dark		Each second while Stealth is active, nearby enemies within 12 yards take an additional 2% damage from you for 10 sec. Stacks up to 6 times.
Preemptive Maneuver		Feint decreases your damage taken by an additional 40% while stunned and its energy cost is reduced by 30%.