WoW Forever Rogue Guide: Talents, Leveling Gear and What Changed

Assassination: 2 new of 17 talents

• Mutilate (row 5, 1 rank): Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 17 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.
• Venom (row 7, 1 rank): Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 sec 2 points: 12 sec 3 points: 15 sec 4 points: 18 sec 5 points: 21 sec

Combat: 3 new of 17 talents

• Puncturing Wounds (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.
• Flawless Execution (row 4, 1 rank): Reduces the Energy cost of your Eviscerate ability by 10.
• Hack and Slash (row 5, 5 ranks): Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor.

No longer in the tree: Improved Backstab, Dagger Specialization, Mace Specialization, Sword Specialization and Fist Weapon Specialization.

Subtlety: 5 new of 19 talents

• Dirty Tricks (row 2, 2 ranks): Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 50%.
• Improved Distract (row 3, 2 ranks): Increases the radius of your Distract ability by 5 yds, and further reduces the Stealth detection of distracted enemies as though they were an additional 2 levels lower.
• Quietus (row 6, 5 ranks): Your Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities cause 10% more damage against targets below 35% health.
• Cutthroat (row 6, 5 ranks): Your Backstab has a 15% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.
• Thousand Cuts (row 7, 1 rank): When your Rupture ability deals periodic damage, the Energy cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab ability within 10 sec is reduced by 3, stacking up to 5 times.

No longer in the tree: Sleight of Hand, Improved Sap and Deadliness.

Assassination

Combat

Subtlety