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Puncturing Wounds

New in Forever3 ranks

Puncturing Wounds

Rank 3/3Combat

Requires 5 points in Combat Talents

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.

Every rank of Puncturing Wounds

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 10% and your Mutilate by 5%, and gives Backstab a 15% chance to add an additional Combo Point.	client
2	Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 20% and your Mutilate by 10%, and gives Backstab a 30% chance to add an additional Combo Point.	client
3	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.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Combat, row 2, column 1. Needs 5 points in Combat first. The earliest you can finish all 3 ranks is level 17 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Deflection, Precision, Improved Sprint in the same row.

Classic comparison

Puncturing Wounds is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Rogues.

Spells this talent affects

Mutilate · 4 ranks, learned at 40
Backstab · 9 ranks, learned at 4

Builds that take Puncturing Wounds

Assassination Rogue endgame PvE build (31/20/0) · 3/3

Questions players ask

Where is Puncturing Wounds in the Rogue talent tree?

Combat tree, row 2, column 1. You need 5 points spent in Combat before you can learn it.

Is Puncturing Wounds new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Puncturing Wounds has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.