Rogue abilities

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Rogues abilities are used in order to both deal damage and attempt to avoid it.

Common phrases you should know are: Opening Moves- These are moves that are reffered to by players as you move you make to well, open a fight. These moves require stealth and break stealth (so sap isn't really an opener). However, some like like Cheap Shot is.

Combo Moves- These are intermediate moves, that give combo points as you use them. These are sometimes used as opening moves, such as backstab, however, more often than not they are just to build of points.

Finishing Moves- These are the rogue's deadliest moves. These are the moves that require points to do. Playing a rogue will require you to know and understand your finishing moves (as you have a lot) and learning what rotation to use them in to utilize them to you're best ability.

In addition to these combat moves, rogues have a number of other abilities, in particular those in the Subtlety field such as Stealth and Distract.

See detailed rogue abilities for a greater description on all abilities.

Contents 1 Trainable abilities 2 Talent Abilities 2.1 Assassination 2.2 Combat 2.3 Subtlety 2.4 Rogue Poisons 3 Abilities by type 3.1 Opening Moves 3.2 Finishing Moves 3.3 Positional 3.4 Additional Damage 3.5 Dodge and Resist 3.6 Stealth 3.7 Ability Modifiers 3.8 Debuffs 3.9 Locks 3.10 Traps 3.11 Aggro Management 3.12 Haste 3.13 Stuns 3.14 Bleed Effects (DoT) 3.15 Passive 3.16 Incapacitating 3.17 Interrupts 3.18 Energy Generation 3.19 Disorienting 3.20 Movement

Trainable abilities

Note for Combo Points:

• +x indicates the move will award x combo points
• 0 indicates the move will reset the combo points back to zero
• - indicates the move doesn't use combo points in any form

The following tables lists all of the Rogue's non-passive abilities, along with the first level at which the ability can be attained.

Icon	Ability	Level	Type	Combo Pts	Tree	Description
	Sinister Strike	1	Combo Move	+1	Combat	A regular weapon attack augmented by a fixed amount of additional damage
	Eviscerate	1	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Deals a relatively large amount of damage, increasing with each combo point. (Combat and Assassination Rogues will deal more damage with this.)
	Stealth	1	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Allows the rogue to sneak around; movement speed reduced. May not be used in combat.
	Backstab	4	Combo Move	+1	Combat	Deals large amounts of damage. Must be at enemy's back; requires a dagger in the main hand.
	Pickpocket	4	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Pickpocket items from a mob. Requires stealth. Only works on Humanoids with "pockets to pick." As of Patch 1.12, can be used when target is in combat.
	Gouge	6	Combo Move	+1	Combat	Deals small amount of damage and immobilizes enemy for a few seconds as long as they're not hit again. Turns off attack.
	Evasion	8	Combat	-	Combat	Increases dodge skill by 50% for 15 seconds, up to a maximum of 75%.
	Sprint	10	Combat	-	Combat	Increases the rogue's movement speed for 15 sec. Does not break stealth; Turns off attack.
	Sap	10	Opening Move	-	Subtlety	Disorients the target for a short period. Only 1 target may be sapped at a time. Requires stealth; Only works on Humanoids that are not in combat; Any damage will revive the target.
	Slice and Dice	10	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Provides a temporary boost to automatic attack speed; lasts longer per combo point.
	Kick	12	Combat	-	Combat	Interrupts casting and prevents further spells from that school from being cast for 5 seconds. Causes minor damage.
	Expose Armor	14	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Reduces the enemy's Armor Rating for 30 seconds, increasing in duration with each combo point. Does not stack with a warrior's Sunder Armor ability.
	Garrote	14	Opening Move	+1	Assassination	Deals Damage over Time. Rogue must be at enemy's back; Requires stealth. Silences enemy for 3 seconds.
	Feint	16	Combat	-	Combat	Causes no damage but lowers threat by a small amount. Useful in groups in case the rogue gets the aggro instead of the tank(s).
	Ambush	18	Opening Move	+1	Assassination	Massive opening damage. Requires a dagger in the main hand; must be at enemy's back; Requires stealth.
	Rupture	20	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Wounds the enemy causing Damage over Time, increasing in duration with each combo point. (Subtlety Rogues will deal more damage with this.)
	Dismantle	20	Combat	0	Assassination	Disarms the enemy
	Detect Traps	22	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Makes traps become visible for the next 3 minutes. As of Patch 1.11, this is passive.
	Distract	22	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Creates a distraction, making enemies turn to face the noise for 10 seconds. Doesn't break stealth.
	Vanish	22	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	The rogue vanishes, entering improved stealth for 10 sec. Breaks root effects. As of Patch 1.12, this also removes tracking spells such as Hunter's Mark and Mind Vision.
	Cheap Shot	26	Opening Move	+2	Assassination	Stuns the target for 4 seconds. Damage will not break the effect. Requires stealth
	Disarm Trap	30	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Disarm traps. Stealth is not required but recommended, since most traps will go off unless you are stealthed.
	Kidney Shot	30	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Stuns the target for a certain amount of time based on combo points. Almost essential for most stunlocks.
	Blind	34	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Causes the target to wander randomly at reduced movement speed for a short while. Cancelled if target takes further damage. Since Patch 2.3.0, Blind became a physical attack, Blinding Powder requirement is removed.
	Envenom	62	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Finishing move that consumes your Deadly Poison doses on the target and deals instant poison damage. One dose is consumed for each combo point.
	Deadly Throw	64	Finishing Move	0	Assassination	Finishing move that reduces the movement of the target by 50% for 5 sec and causes thrown weapon damage plus additional damage per combo point.
	Cloak of Shadows	66	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	Instantly removes all existing harmful spell effects and increases your chance to resist all spells by 90% for 5 sec.
	Shiv	70	Combo Move	+1	Combat	Performs an instant off-hand weapon attack that automatically applies the poison from your off-hand weapon to the target. Slower weapons require more Energy.
	Tricks of the Trade	75	Subtlety	-	Subtlety	The current party or raid member becomes the target of your Tricks of the Trade. The threat caused by your next attack and all actions taken for 6 sec afterwards will be transferred to the target. In addition, all damage caused by the target is increased by 15% during this time.
	Fan of Knives	80	Combat	-	Combat	Instantly throw both weapons at all targets within 8 yards, causing 105% weapon damage with daggers, and 70% weapon damage with all other weapons.

Talent Abilities

Assassination

Icon	Ability	Reqs	Range	Description
	Cold Blood	Assassination 20	self only	When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next offensive ability by 100%.
	Mutilate	Overkill 1 Assassination 40	5 yards	Requires Daggers. Instantly attacks with both weapons for an additional 181 with each weapon. Damage is increased by 50% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 combo points.
	Hunger for Blood	Assassination 50	self only	Enrages you, increasing all damage caused by 3%. If used while a Bleed effect is afflicting you, it will attempt to remove it and refund 15 energy. This effect can be stacked up to 3 times. Lasts 30 sec.

Combat

Icon	Ability	Reqs	Range	Description
	Riposte	Deflection 3 Combat 10	5 yards	A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. Deals 150% weapon damage and slows the target's attack speed by 20% for 30 seconds.
	Blade Flurry	Combat 20	self only	Increases your attack speed by 20%. In addition, attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.
	Adrenaline Rush	Combat 30	self only	Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec.
	Killing Spree	Combat 50	10 yards	Requires melee weapon. Step through the shadows from enemy to enemy, attacking an enemy every 0.5 secs with both weapons until 5 assaults are made. Can hit the same target multiple times. Cannot hit invisible or stealthed targets.

Subtlety

Icon	Ability	Reqs	Range	Description
	Ghostly Strike	Subtlety 10	5 yards	A strike that deals 125% weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point.
	Preparation	Subtlety 20	self only	When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on Evasion, Sprint, Vanish, Cold Blood, Shadowstep and Premeditation abilities.
	Hemorrhage	Serrated Blades 3 Subtlety 20	5 yards	An instant strike that deals 110% weapon damage and causes the target to hemorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to X. Lasts 10 charges or 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point.
	Premeditation	Preparation 1 Subtlety 30	30 yards	When used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must use or add to those combo points within 10 seconds or the combo points are lost. Requires stealth.
	Shadowstep	Subtlety 40	25 yards	Attempts to step through the shadows and reappear behind your enemy and increases movement speed by 70% for 3 sec. The damage of your next ability is increased by 20% and the threat caused is reduced by 50%. Lasts 10 seconds.
	Shadow Dance	Subtlety 50	self only	Allows the rogue to use Sap, Garrote, Ambush, Cheap Shot, Premeditation, Pickpocket, and Disarm Trap outside of stealth for 6 seconds.

Rogue Poisons

Ability	Level	Type	Combo Pts	Description
Instant Poison	20	Poisons	-	Coats the rogue's weapon with a poison which has a 20% chance to instantly inflict Nature damage.
Crippling Poison	20	Poisons	-	Coats the rogue's weapon with a poison which significantly slows an enemy's movement speed when applied.
Mind-numbing Poison	24	Poisons	-	Coats the rogue's weapon with a poison which increases the enemy's casting times when applied.
Deadly Poison	30	Poisons	-	Coats the rogue's weapon with a poison which causes nature-based Damage over Time when applied.
Wound Poison	32	Poisons	-	Coats the rogue's weapon with a poison which reduces the effectiveness of healing on the target when applied.
Anesthetic Poison	68	Poisons	-	Coats the rogue's weapon with a poison which has a 20% chance to instantly inflict Nature damage without any threat.

Abilities by type

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