Serrated Blades, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words

What it does Subtlety row 4

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  Serrated Blades3 ranks · passiveRequires 15 points in Subtlety Talents (level 25).Rank 1: Causes your attacks to ignore 3% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%.Rank 2: Causes your attacks to ignore 6% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 20%.Rank 3: Causes your attacks to ignore 9% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.

What changed from Classic

• Classic rank 1Causes your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.
• WoW Forever rank 1Causes your attacks to ignore 3% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

• 45% of Rogue buildsTaken in 45% of the 25,156 complete Rogue builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
• 13% of Assassination buildsTaken in 13% of the 7,388 builds that lead in Assassination.
• 6% of Combat buildsTaken in 6% of the 6,280 builds that lead in Combat.
• 90% of Subtlety buildsTaken in 90% of the 11,488 builds that lead in Subtlety, its own tree.
• 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 Subtlety tree

• UnlocksHemorrhage: it needs Serrated Blades at max rank.
• Same row (15 points in Subtlety, level 25)Heightened Senses, Premeditation.
• Row above (level 20)Initiative, Ghostly Strike, Improved Distract.
• Row below (level 30)Dirty Deeds, Preparation, Hemorrhage.
• Gone from Classic SubtletySleight of Hand, Improved Sap, Deadliness.

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

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