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Lethality Usable by Class Rogue Properties Location Assassination, Tier 3 Affects Critical strike damage bonusRanks 5 Requirements Points required 10 Talent required None
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, Mutilate, Shiv, and Hemorrhage abilities by X%. Lethality is a 10 point Rogue talent located in the 3rd tier of the Assassination Tree . It increases the damage of critcal strikes for most subtlety attacks.
Rank table
Rank Damage bonus
1 6%
2 12%
3 18%
4 24%
5 30%
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)
Patch changes Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): External links
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