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| Lethality
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| Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, Mutilate, Shiv, and Hemorrhage abilities by X%.
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| Usable by
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| Class
| Rogue
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| Properties
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| Location
| Assassination, Tier 3
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| Affects
| Critical strike damage bonus
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| Ranks
| 5
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| Requirements
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| Points required
| 10
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| Talent required
| None
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Lethality is a 10 point Rogue talent located in the 3rd tier of the Assassination Tree.
Rank table
| Rank | Damage bonus
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| 1 | 6%
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| 2 | 12%
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| 3 | 18%
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| 4 | 24%
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| 5 | 30%
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Notes
- Mainly useful for lucky burst damage in pvp, not sustained boss dps.
- Provides 15% more damage to critical hits on your combo point generators.
- The average percent damage bonus on these attacks is given by:
- 100 * 0.3 * critrate / (.94 + critrate)
- Typical Backstab damage bonus: ~11.7% with Improved Backstab
- Typical Sinister Strike bonus: ~6.3%
- Compare to Opportunity: 20% Backstab bonus
- Compare to Surprise Attacks: 10% Backstab/Sinister Strike bonus (only costs 1 point)
- Compare to Relentless Strikes: ~6% Backstab/Sinister Strike bonus (only costs 1 point)