Rogue
Assassination
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Assassination Rogue
The Rogue's Assassination specialization in The Burning Crusade strengthens critical strikes, finishing moves and poisons.
The Rogue fights in melee: they build combo points on the target, then spend them with finishing moves. They can also use stealth to surprise their enemies. Assassination suits players who enjoy daggers, poisons and decisive attacks.
A playstyle built on poisons
MaliceAssassination · Row 1 · 5 ranksIncreases your critical strike chance by 1% / 2% / 3% / 4% / 5%. increases critical strike chance, and LethalityAssassination · Row 3 · 5 ranksRequires: Malice (5 ranks)Increases the critical strike damage bonus of Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, Mutilate, Shiv and Hemorrhage by 6% / 12% / 18% / 24% / 30%. the critical strike damage of your main abilities. Vile PoisonsAssassination · Row 4 · 5 ranksIncreases the damage of your poisons and Envenom by 4% / 8% / 12% / 16% / 20%, and gives your poisons an additional 8% / 16% / 24% / 32% / 40% chance to resist dispel effects. increases the damage of poisons and EnvenomInstantA finishing move that consumes the Deadly Poison doses on the target, one per combo point, to deal 180 / 360 / 540 / 720 / 900 instant poison damage for 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 doses, increased by attack power., and Seal FateAssassination · Row 6 · 5 ranksRequires: Cold Blood (1 rank)Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% / 100% chance to add an additional combo point. lets critical strikes add an extra combo point.
Cold BloodAssassination · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · 3 min cooldownWhen activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next offensive ability by 100%. greatly increases the critical strike chance of your next ability. The last talent of the tree, MutilateAssassination · Row 9 · 1 rankInstantRequires: Vigor (1 rank)Instantly attacks with both weapons for an additional 101 damage with each weapon. Damage is increased by 50% against poisoned targets. Must be behind the target. Awards 2 combo points., strikes with both weapons from behind the target and awards 2 combo points.
Its role in PvE
In PvE, Assassination deals less damage than Combat, which remains the most played specialization for damage. Assassination is played with a dagger in each hand, and is well suited to solo play.
