Premeditation
Premeditation 30 yd range 20 sec cooldown Instant Requires Stealth When used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 18 sec or the combo points are lost.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	20 sec
Talents
Specialization	Subtlety
Level required	30
Other information
Requirements	Requires Stealth
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• Premeditation
• 30 yd range
• Instant
• When used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 18 sec or the combo points are lost.

"Leave nothing to chance."—The Assassin's Creed, Chapter 1^[1]

Premeditation is a rogue ability learned at level 30 for those with the Subtlety specialization. Rogues use it to generate 2 combo points on their target, which will allows them to use a finishing move faster.

Modified by

• [Shadow Dance] ( subtlety spec ability)

Notes

• Essentially, this enables rogues to gain 3 (or 4-5 if [Cheap Shot] is used) combo points from their opener alone.

Patch changes

• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Premeditation (Subtlety) duration increased to 20 seconds, cooldown reduced to 20 seconds. 
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (09-Jan-2007): "Premeditation" (Subtlety Talent) has had its range increased to 30 yards. 
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (22-Aug-2006): Now instant cast with a 30-yard range. Old: 1 second cast time, 5-yard range. 
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (12-Jul-2005): Fixed a bug where the combo points gained using the ability were not properly removed after the duration expired. Also increased range and duration. 
  

References

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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