Malice, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words
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MaliceAn Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever: row 1 of the Assassination tree (level 10), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Assassination row 1
Malice5 ranks · passiveLevel 10.Rank 1: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%.Rank 2: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 2%.Rank 3: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 3%.Rank 4: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 4%.Rank 5: Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your critical strike chance by 1%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 94% of Rogue buildsTaken in 94% of the 25,156 complete Rogue builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 100% of Assassination buildsTaken in 100% of the 7,388 builds that lead in Assassination, its own tree.
- 92% of Combat buildsTaken in 92% of the 6,280 builds that lead in Combat.
- 91% of Subtlety buildsTaken in 91% 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
- UnlocksLethality: it needs Malice at max rank.
- Same row (level 10)Improved Gouge, Remorseless Attacks.
- Row below (level 15)Ruthlessness, Murder, Improved Slice and Dice.
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 Malice in the Rogue calculator, read every Rogue talent in words (Combat and Subtlety too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.