Rogue in WoW Forever

What's different from Classic

• Energy. Comes back 1 point every 0.1 sec, 10 a second: Classic's rate with no tick to wait for.
• Mutilate. New talent, at the bottom of Assassination (row 7) since Blizzard's 2 Nov notes: both weapons at 90% weapon damage each plus a bonus (75% before), 20% more on poisoned targets, 2 combo points. Remorseless Attacks, Lethality, Cold Blood, Puncturing Wounds and Opportunity name it.
• Venom. New talent, Assassination row 5, and a passive since Blizzard's 2 Nov notes, no longer a finisher: your new Shank raises your poison damage by 30% and your chance to apply poisons by 20% for 6 sec.
• Axes. Rogues can use one-handed axes now. The Hack and Slash talent lists Axe/Sword as a weapon group.

Talent-by-talent: 11 new, 31 changed, 5 moved and 7 unchanged. Spellbook: 4 new spells and 15 with changed ranks or numbers. Full detail on the Rogue changes page.

New Rogue talents

• Blood Splatter (Assassination row 3, 1 rank): Increases the duration of your Rupture ability by 6 seconds and your Garrote ability by 9 seconds.
• Venom (Assassination row 5, 1 rank): Causes your Shank ability to increase your Poison damage by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 20% for 6 seconds.
• Mutilate (Assassination row 7, 1 rank): Instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an additional amount with each weapon (Blizzard: the amount was also increased). Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
• Puncturing Wounds (Combat row 2, 3 ranks): Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 30% and your Mutilate by 15%, and gives Backstab a 45% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
• Composure (Combat row 3, 2 ranks): Increases the Energy cost reduction of your Poised ability by 10.
• Flawless Execution (Combat row 4, 1 rank): Reduces the Energy cost of your Eviscerate ability by 15.
• Flash of Steel (Combat row 6, 5 ranks): Increases the energy generated by your Shank ability by 15 and reduces its cooldown by 2.0 seconds.
• Dirty Tricks (Subtlety row 2, 2 ranks): Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 50%.
• Quick Getaway (Subtlety row 4, 2 ranks): Increases the maximum number of targets you may have Sapped by 1 and increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds after sapping a target.
• Boot Knife (Subtlety row 6, 5 ranks): Gives your Shank ability a 100% chance to add 2 Combo Points to the target.
• Death Mark (Subtlety row 7, 1 rank): Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance.

31-point talents

• Mutilate (Assassination): Instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an additional amount with each weapon (Blizzard: the amount was also increased). Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points. · 60 Energy | Melee Range | Instant | Requires Daggers
• Adrenaline Rush (Combat): Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec. · Instant | 5 min cooldown
• Death Mark (Subtlety): Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance. · 25 Energy | 1 to 5 Combo Points | 20 yd range | Instant | 10 sec cooldown

New spells in the Rogue book

• Mutilate (Learned at level 40): Instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an additional amount with each weapon (Blizzard: the amount was also increased). Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
• Shank (Learned at level 24): Instantly strike with your off-hand weapon, dealing 50% weapon damage and generating 15 Energy. Shank cannot Miss.
• Death Mark (Learned at level 40): Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance.
• Poised (Learned at level 18): When you are not in combat and have your maximum Energy, you will gain Poised. Poised reduces the Energy cost of your next Energy ability by 10.