Rogue
Slip through the crowd and strike again.
A mobile melee fighter with Evasion and recovery tools. Poison, burst attacks and evasive play reward careful positioning.
Click a talent to add a rank. Right-click or Shift+click removes one. Each tier needs 5 more points in that tree; the arrow-marked talents need their prerequisite.
Assassination
Combat
Subtlety
These descriptions come from the game’s talent catalog. Open Talents in your Armory in-game to see your trained ranks, exact effects and current sigil prices. How talent training works.
Assassination talents
| Talent | Tier | Ranks | Effect | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Eviscerate | 1 | 3 ranks | Eviscerate deals 5% more damage per rank. | None |
| Malice | 1 | 3 ranks | +2% critical strike chance per rank. | None |
| Remorseless Attacks | 1 | 2 ranks | After each kill you strike without remorse: +5% damage per rank for 4 sec. | None |
| Ruthlessness | 2 | 1 rank | Sinister Strike builds a combo point (up to 3), and Eviscerate spends them all for 20% more damage per point. | 5 points in Assassination |
| Lethality | 2 | 2 ranks | Your critical strikes deal 10% more damage per rank (170% at 2/2). | 5 points in Assassination Malice rank 3 |
| Puncturing Wounds | 2 | 3 ranks | Your blades find the soft places: Sinister Strike deals 5% more damage per rank. | 5 points in Assassination |
| Improved Slice and Dice | 2 | 3 ranks | Slice and Dice becomes tempo: your cooldowns recover 3% faster per rank. | 5 points in Assassination |
| Blood Spatter | 3 | 2 ranks | Rupture deals 8% more damage per rank. | 10 points in Assassination |
| Improved Poisons | 3 | 1 rank | Deadly Poison joins your spells at the start of every run, beside Sinister Strike. It deals 10% more damage. | 10 points in Assassination |
| Vile Poisons | 3 | 3 ranks | Your poisons, bleeds and other damage over time deal 5% more damage per rank. | 10 points in Assassination |
| Improved Expose Armor | 3 | 2 ranks | Each Eviscerate exposes your foes' armor: allies within 20 yd deal 5% more damage per rank for 8 sec. | 10 points in Assassination |
| Fleet Footed | 4 | 2 ranks | You move 5% faster per rank. | 15 points in Assassination |
| Cold Blood | 4 | 1 rank | Every 20 sec in combat you strike in cold blood: +20% damage for 8 sec. | 15 points in Assassination |
| Deadened Nerves | 4 | 3 ranks | You take 4% less contact damage per rank. | 15 points in Assassination |
| Master Poisoner | 5 | 2 ranks | Deadly Poison and Rupture last 15% longer per rank. | 20 points in Assassination |
| Seal Fate | 5 | 2 ranks | Your critical strikes seal their fate: your cooldowns recover 10% faster per rank for 3 sec. | 20 points in Assassination Cold Blood rank 1 |
| Hunger For Blood | 6 | 1 rank | Your poisons and bleeds feed a hunger for blood: each tick gives you +10% damage for 8 sec. | 25 points in Assassination Seal Fate rank 2 |
| Find Weakness | 6 | 3 ranks | You find the weak spot of great foes: +6% damage per rank against bosses and rares. | 25 points in Assassination |
| Mutilate | 7 | 1 rank | Sinister Strike strikes twice at 60%, deals 40% more to targets under your poisons or bleeds and builds 2 combo points (up to 5); Eviscerate spends all 5. | 30 points in Assassination Hunger For Blood rank 1 |
Combat talents
| Talent | Tier | Ranks | Effect | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Gouge | 1 | 2 ranks | Gouge incapacitates 20% longer per rank. | None |
| Improved Sinister Strike | 1 | 2 ranks | Sinister Strike deals 7% more damage per rank. | None |
| Lightning Reflexes | 1 | 3 ranks | Dodging becomes footwork: you take 4% less contact damage per rank. | None |
| Precision | 2 | 3 ranks | Your blows find their mark: +2% critical strike chance per rank. | 5 points in Combat |
| Blade Flurry | 2 | 1 rank | Begin every run with Blade Flurry in your first slot instead of Sinister Strike. Blade Flurry deals 10% more damage. | 5 points in Combat |
| Endurance | 2 | 2 ranks | Sprint recovers 10% faster per rank. | 5 points in Combat |
| Riposte | 3 | 1 rank | When an enemy strikes you, you riposte with a free Blade Flurry at 35% damage. Once every 2 sec. | 10 points in Combat |
| Weapon Expertise | 3 | 2 ranks | Blade Flurry deals 6% more damage and spins 10% wider per rank. | 10 points in Combat Blade Flurry rank 1 |
| Dual Wield Specialization | 3 | 3 ranks | Sinister Strike, Blade Flurry and Eviscerate deal 4% more damage per rank. | 10 points in Combat |
| Mace Specialization | 4 | 2 ranks | Your spells have a 25% chance to stun the first enemy they hit for 0.5 sec per rank. | 15 points in Combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 4 | 1 rank | Adrenaline Rush joins your spells at the start of every run. It recovers 15% faster. | 15 points in Combat Weapon Expertise rank 2 |
| Sword Specialization | 4 | 3 ranks | Sinister Strike has a 15% chance to strike again at once for 25% of its damage per rank. | 15 points in Combat |
| Dagger Specialization | 4 | 3 ranks | +2% critical strike chance per rank. | 15 points in Combat |
| Blade Twisting | 5 | 2 ranks | Your spells have a 15% chance to daze the first enemy they hit, slowing it 25% per rank for 3 sec. | 20 points in Combat |
| Aggression | 5 | 3 ranks | Sinister Strike and Eviscerate deal 5% more damage per rank. | 20 points in Combat |
| Vitality | 5 | 2 ranks | +4% maximum health per rank. | 20 points in Combat |
| Prey on the Weak | 6 | 3 ranks | Every hit you land kills a normal enemy below 3% health per rank. Bosses are immune. | 25 points in Combat |
| Combat Potency | 6 | 3 ranks | Your spells have a 20% chance to quicken your cooldowns by 8% per rank for 6 sec. | 25 points in Combat |
| Killing Spree | 7 | 1 rank | Every 8 sec, and with each Adrenaline Rush, you strike 5 random enemies within 10 yd over 2 sec for 200% of Sinister Strike each, taking 50% less contact damage. | 30 points in Combat Combat Potency rank 3 |
Subtlety talents
| Talent | Tier | Ranks | Effect | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity | 1 | 3 ranks | You strike from behind: Shadowstep and Sinister Strike deal 4% more damage per rank. | None |
| Elusiveness | 1 | 2 ranks | Sprint recovers 10% faster per rank. | None |
| Camouflage | 1 | 3 ranks | You move 4% faster per rank. | None |
| Initiative | 2 | 3 ranks | You seize the initiative: Shadowstep recovers 5% faster per rank. | 5 points in Subtlety |
| Shadowstep | 2 | 1 rank | Begin every run with Shadowstep in your first slot instead of Sinister Strike. Shadowstep deals 10% more damage. | 5 points in Subtlety |
| Ghostly Strike | 2 | 1 rank | Shadowstep's strike leaves you ghostly: you take 20% less damage for 6 sec. | 5 points in Subtlety |
| Setup | 3 | 1 rank | Blows against you set up your answer: being hit has a 15% chance to make Shadowstep ready again. | 10 points in Subtlety |
| Improved Ambush | 3 | 3 ranks | +2% critical strike chance per rank. | 10 points in Subtlety |
| Serrated Blades | 3 | 3 ranks | Your bleeds and other damage over time deal 5% more damage per rank. | 10 points in Subtlety |
| Preparation | 4 | 1 rank | You are always prepared: Sprint makes Shadowstep ready at once. | 15 points in Subtlety |
| Hemorrhage | 4 | 1 rank | Your spells make the first enemy they hit hemorrhage, bleeding for 20% of the hit over 6 sec. | 15 points in Subtlety Serrated Blades rank 3 |
| Dirty Deeds | 4 | 2 ranks | Every hit you land kills a normal enemy below 3% health per rank. Bosses are immune. | 15 points in Subtlety |
| Master of Subtlety | 5 | 3 ranks | Each Shadowstep strike from the shadows gives you +5% damage per rank for 6 sec. | 20 points in Subtlety |
| Premeditation | 5 | 1 rank | You plan your next kill: after Sprint you deal 20% more damage for 6 sec. | 20 points in Subtlety Preparation rank 1 |
| Deadliness | 5 | 3 ranks | You deal 3% more damage per rank with everything. | 20 points in Subtlety |
| Cheat Death | 5 | 1 rank | Once every 60 sec, a blow that would kill you leaves you at 10% health instead, and you take 80% less damage for 3 sec. | 20 points in Subtlety |
| Enveloping Shadows | 6 | 3 ranks | Shadows wrap you: you take 4% less contact damage per rank. | 25 points in Subtlety |
| Sinister Calling | 6 | 3 ranks | Shadowstep and Sinister Strike deal 5% more damage per rank. | 25 points in Subtlety Premeditation rank 1 |
| Shadow Dance | 7 | 1 rank | Sprint (or 20 sec without a dance) opens a 6 sec Shadow Dance: Shadowstep recovers 4 times faster, Shadowstep and Sinister Strike deal 30% more, and Shadowstep kills extend the dance by 1 sec. | 30 points in Subtlety Sinister Calling rank 3 |