Improved Expose Armor, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words
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Improved Expose ArmorAn Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Assassination tree (level 20), 2 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Assassination row 3
Improved Expose Armor2 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Assassination Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.Rank 2: Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 10, and refunds 2 Combo Points when cast with 5 Combo Points.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 11% of Rogue buildsTaken in 11% of the 25,156 complete Rogue builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 20% of Assassination buildsTaken in 20% of the 7,388 builds that lead in Assassination, its own tree.
- 10% of Combat buildsTaken in 10% of the 6,280 builds that lead in Combat.
- 6% of Subtlety buildsTaken in 6% of the 11,488 builds that lead in Subtlety.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Around it in the Assassination tree
- Same row (10 points in Assassination, level 20)Relentless Strikes, Lethality.
- Row above (level 15)Ruthlessness, Murder, Improved Slice and Dice.
- Row below (level 25)Vile Poisons, Cold Blood, Improved Poisons.
Every Assassination talent 17
- Improved Gougerow 1
- Remorseless Attacksrow 1
- Malicerow 1
- Ruthlessnessrow 2
- Murderrow 2
- Improved Slice and Dicerow 2
- Relentless Strikesrow 3
- Improved Expose Armorrow 3
- Lethalityrow 3
- Vile Poisonsrow 4
- Cold Bloodrow 4
- Improved Poisonsrow 4
- Vigorrow 5
- Mutilaterow 5
- Improved Kidney Shotrow 5
- Seal Faterow 6
- Venomrow 7
Every Combat talent 17
- Improved Evisceraterow 1
- Improved Sinister Strikerow 1
- Lightning Reflexesrow 1
- Puncturing Woundsrow 2
- Deflectionrow 2
- Precisionrow 2
- Endurancerow 3
- Riposterow 3
- Improved Sprintrow 3
- Improved Kickrow 4
- Flawless Executionrow 4
- Dual Wield Specializationrow 4
- Blade Flurryrow 5
- Hack and Slashrow 5
- Weapon Expertiserow 6
- Aggressionrow 6
- Adrenaline Rushrow 7
Every Subtlety talent 19
- Camouflagerow 1
- Master of Deceptionrow 1
- Opportunityrow 1
- Setuprow 2
- Elusivenessrow 2
- Dirty Tricksrow 2
- Improved Ambushrow 2
- Initiativerow 3
- Ghostly Strikerow 3
- Improved Distractrow 3
- Heightened Sensesrow 4
- Premeditationrow 4
- Serrated Bladesrow 4
- Dirty Deedsrow 5
- Preparationrow 5
- Hemorrhagerow 5
- Quietusrow 6
- Cutthroatrow 6
- Thousand Cutsrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Improved Expose Armor in the Rogue calculator, read every Rogue talent in words (Combat and Subtlety too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.