Rogue
Assassination
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Rogue Assassination
Strengths
- Single-target damage: according to Blizzard, the Rogue has the highest single-target melee damage potential in the game.
- VenomAssassination · Row 5 · 1 rankShank increases the damage of your poisons by 30% and your chance to apply them by 20% for 6 seconds.: with all 21 points in the specialization, each ShankInstant · 10 sec cooldownStrikes the target for 50% weapon damage and restores 15 Energy. strengthens your poisons for 6 seconds while returning Energy.
- Cold BloodAssassination · Row 4 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldownWhen activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate or Mutilate by 100%.: available after investing 16 points, it greatly increases the critical strike chance of the next attack.
- Stronger poisons: poisons have more charges and combine with a temporary enchantment. Improved PoisonsAssassination · Row 4 · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to apply poisons by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%, and gives each application a 10% / 20% / 30% / 40% / 50% chance not to consume a charge. and Vile PoisonsAssassination · Row 4 · 5 ranksIncreases the damage of your poisons by 4% / 8% / 12% / 16% / 20%, and gives them an additional 8% / 16% / 24% / 32% / 40% chance to resist dispel effects. strengthen them further.
- Control: Improved GougeAssassination · Row 1 · 3 ranksIncreases the duration of Gouge by 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 seconds.Gouge: duration +1.5 sec, in the first row, increases the duration of GougeInstant · 10 sec cooldown · Duration 4 secStrikes the target from the front and incapacitates it for 4 seconds; any damage breaks the effect. Awards 1 combo point..
Weaknesses
- Advanced talents out of reach: Seal FateAssassination · Row 6 · 3 ranksYour critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 33% / 66% / 100% chance to add an additional combo point. (26 points) and MutilateAssassination · Row 7 · 1 rankInstantRequires: Venom (1 rank)Instantly strikes with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus 40 with each weapon. Deals 20% more damage to poisoned targets. Awards 2 combo points. (31 points) are not available at level 30.
- Energy management: without MutilateAssassination · Row 7 · 1 rankInstantRequires: Venom (1 rank)Instantly strikes with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus 40 with each weapon. Deals 20% more damage to poisoned targets. Awards 2 combo points. at level 30, combo points come mostly from Sinister StrikeInstantAn instant strike that deals weapon damage plus extra damage. Awards 1 combo point., which requires careful resource management.
