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Rogue · Assassination · row 5

Venom

New in Forever1 rankHotfix 2026-11-02

Venom

Rank 1/1Assassination

Requires 20 points in Assassination Talents

Causes your Shank ability to increase your Poison damage by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 20% for 6 seconds.

Every rank of Venom

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Causes your Shank ability to increase your Poison damage by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 20% for 6 seconds.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Assassination, row 5, column 2. Needs 20 points in Assassination first. The earliest you can finish all 1 rank is level 30 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Relentless Strikes, Improved Kidney Shot in the same row.

Classic comparison

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

Spells this talent affects

Shank · 2 ranks, learned at 24

Builds that take Venom

Assassination Rogue endgame PvE build (31/20/0) · 1/1

Questions players ask

Where is Venom in the Rogue talent tree?

Assassination tree, row 5, column 2. You need 20 points spent in Assassination before you can learn it.

Is Venom new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Venom has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.