Lethality, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words
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LethalityAn Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Assassination tree (level 20), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Assassination row 3
Lethality5 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Assassination Talents (level 20). Requires Malice.Rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.Rank 2: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 8%.Rank 3: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.Rank 4: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.Rank 5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 77% of Rogue buildsTaken in 77% of the 25,156 complete Rogue builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 96% of Assassination buildsTaken in 96% of the 7,388 builds that lead in Assassination, its own tree.
- 80% of Combat buildsTaken in 80% of the 6,280 builds that lead in Combat.
- 63% of Subtlety buildsTaken in 63% 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.
Beta build history
- Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-17Rank 1 text changed.
Around it in the Assassination tree
- NeedsMalice at max rank first.
- Same row (10 points in Assassination, level 20)Relentless Strikes, Improved Expose Armor.
- 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 Lethality in the Rogue calculator, read every Rogue talent in words (Combat and Subtlety too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.