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- For the warrior Tier 3 effect with the same name, see Cheat Death (warrior buff).
| Cheat Death |
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| Usable by |
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| Class | Rogue |
| Properties |
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| Location | Subtlety, Tier 7 |
| Affects | Death avoidance |
| Ranks | 3 |
| Requirements |
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| Points required | 30 |
| Talent required | None |
| Related buff |
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- As assassins and redistributors of wealth, rogues specialize in avoiding unpleasant confrontations.TCGMoL 81
Cheat Death is a Rogue talent located in the 7th tier of the Subtlety Tree. Its main purpose is to increase survivability in PVP situations, oftentimes allowing a healer just enough time to land a crucial heal.
Cheat Death is one of the only talents in the game directly modified and improved by resilience, and as such has little use in PVE situations.
Rank table
| Rank | Chance
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| 1 | 33%
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| 2 | 66%
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| 3 | 100%
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Notes
- In Patch 2.3, the chances of avoiding damage were increased to 33/66/100% from 10/20/30%.
- In Patch 2.4.3, Cheat Death received a large change to it's mechanics. "Killing blows are no longer 100% absorbed. If the Rogue is below 10% health, the killing blow is still completely absorbed; if the Rogue is over 10% health, enough damage will be absorbed to reduce the Rogue’s health down to 10%. For the following 3 seconds, damage is not always reduced by 90%; it is now reduced by a maximum of 90%, depending on how much resilience the Rogue has. The damage reduction will be four times the damage reduction resilience causes against critical strikes." The resilience required to reach the 90% damage reduction cap is 22.5% critical strike damage reduction, or 444 resilience.
