Rogue · Subtlety · row 3

Serrated Blades

Changed from Classic3 ranksHotfix 2026-11-02
Serrated Blades
Rank 3/3Subtlety
Requires 10 points in Subtlety Talents
Causes your attacks to ignore 9% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%.

Every rank of Serrated Blades

RankEffectSource
1Causes your attacks to ignore 3% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%.client
2Causes your attacks to ignore 6% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 20%.client
3Causes your attacks to ignore 9% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%.client

Requirements and position

  • Tree: Subtlety, row 3, column 3. Needs 10 points in Subtlety first. The earliest you can finish all 3 ranks is level 22 if you put every point into this tree.
  • Unlocks: Hemorrhage (requires Serrated Blades at full rank).
  • Competes with: Initiative, Premeditation in the same row.

Classic comparison

Classic 1.12WoW Forever
NameSerrated BladesSerrated Blades
PositionSubtlety row 4, col 3Subtlety row 3, col 3
Ranks33
Rank 1 textCauses your attacks to ignore 100 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.Causes your attacks to ignore 3% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%.

Spells this talent affects

Builds that take Serrated Blades

Questions players ask

Where is Serrated Blades in the Rogue talent tree?
Subtlety tree, row 3, column 3. You need 10 points spent in Subtlety before you can learn it.
Is Serrated Blades new in WoW Forever?
Serrated Blades existed in Classic (Subtlety row 4, 3 ranks). In Forever it was changed: Classic read "Causes your attacks to ignore 100 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.".

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.