Improved Kidney Shot, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words
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Improved Kidney ShotAn Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Assassination tree (level 30), 2 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was 3 ranks, now 2). Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Assassination row 5
Improved Kidney Shot2 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Assassination Talents (level 30).Rank 1: Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 5% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.Rank 2: Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 10% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.Changed from Classic (was 3 ranks, now 2). Classic rank 1: While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 3% damage from all sources.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1While affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 3% damage from all sources.
- WoW Forever rank 1Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 5% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.
- Alsowas 3 ranks, now 2.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 9% of Rogue buildsTaken in 9% of the 25,156 complete Rogue builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 26% of Assassination buildsTaken in 26% of the 7,388 builds that lead in Assassination, its own tree.
- 0% of Combat buildsTaken in 0% of the 6,280 builds that lead in Combat.
- 3% of Subtlety buildsTaken in 3% 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
- Row above (level 25)Vile Poisons, Cold Blood, Improved Poisons.
- Row below (level 35)Seal Fate.
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 Kidney Shot in the Rogue calculator, read every Rogue talent in words (Combat and Subtlety too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.