What Forever changes
Mutilate and Venom anchor Assassination. In Combat, Hack and Slash replaces the weapon specializations: axes and swords trigger extra attacks, daggers and fist weapons gain crit, maces ignore armor. Subtlety builds toward Thousand Cuts, Cutthroat and Quietus, and Coup de Grace is a new trainer passive that strengthens Eviscerate against poisoned targets.
- 10
- new talents
- 30
- reworked
- 8
- removed
- 1
- new trainer spells
Specializations
Each tree with its role, its capstone and a build to start from.
Assassination
Mutilate for combo points, Seal Fate for more, Venom to supercharge your poisons.
VenomFinishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 sec 2 points: 12 sec 3 points: 15 sec 4 points: 18 sec 5 points: 21 sec
Combat
Sinister Strike and Eviscerate with sword or axe bonuses from Hack and Slash.
Subtlety
Hemorrhage and Rupture, with Thousand Cuts making every builder cheaper.
Thousand CutsWhen your Rupture ability deals periodic damage, the Energy cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab ability within 10 sec is reduced by 3, stacking up to 5 times.
Trainer changes
Spells the trainer teaches differently in Forever, compared with Classic.
New spells
Coup de GraceLevel 30
Races
Who can be a Rogue. Marked races are new to the class in Forever.
Perception
Will to Survive
Sword Specialization
The Human Spirit
Find Treasure
Stoneform
Big Game Hunter
Mace Specialization
Elune's Light
Shadowmeld
Quickness
Wisp Spirit
Escape Artist
Eureka!
Engineering Specialization
Expansive Mind
Read Ley Line
Walk on Air
Elemental Insight
Wind Blessed
Blood Fury
Shatter Curse
Axe Specialization
Hardiness
Cannibalize
Will of the Forsaken
Touch of the Grave
Underwater Breathing
Berserking
Rapid Regeneration
Beast Slaying
Regeneration
SkysightWalk on AirElemental InsightWind BlessedGrimoire builds
Starting points for level 60, built on the Forever trees. Each one loads straight into the calculator.
Mutilate
31 / 20 / 0Mutilate builds two combo points a press, Seal Fate turns crits into more, and Venom spends them to buff poison damage by 30%.
- Puncturing Wounds from Combat adds 15% crit to Mutilate.
Combat swords and axes
17 / 34 / 0Sinister Strike and Eviscerate with Hack and Slash replacing the four weapon specializations; axes are now a rogue option.
- Weapon Expertise takes 2% off dodge and parry, and Precision adds 3% hit.
Hemorrhage
20 / 0 / 31Rupture plus Hemorrhage or Backstab: each Rupture tick makes your next builder cheaper through Thousand Cuts, stacking five times.
- Cutthroat lets Backstab open an Ambush without Stealth.
Abilities by level
Every rank the trainer teaches, with what changed in Forever marked.
- EviscerateRank 1
Sinister StrikeRank 1- StealthRank 1
- BackstabRank 1
Pick Pocket
GougeRank 1- Sinister StrikeRank 2
Evasion- EviscerateRank 2
SapRank 1
Slice and DiceRank 1
SprintRank 1
- BackstabRank 2
KickRank 1
Expose ArmorRank 1
GarroteRank 1- Sinister StrikeRank 3
- EviscerateRank 3
FeintRank 1
AmbushRank 1- GougeRank 2
- BackstabRank 3
- RuptureRank 1
- StealthRank 2
Distract- GarroteRank 2
- Sinister StrikeRank 4
VanishRank 1
Detect TrapsPassive- EviscerateRank 4
- AmbushRank 2
Cheap Shot- Expose ArmorRank 2
- KickRank 2
- BackstabRank 4
- FeintRank 2
- RuptureRank 2
- SapRank 2
- Coup de GraceNew spell
Disarm Trap- GarroteRank 3
Kidney ShotRank 1
MutilateRank 1New spell- Sinister StrikeRank 5
- EviscerateRank 5
- GougeRank 3
- AmbushRank 3
Blind- SprintRank 2
- BackstabRank 5
- Expose ArmorRank 3
- RuptureRank 3
- GarroteRank 4
- Sinister StrikeRank 6
- EviscerateRank 6
- FeintRank 3
- MutilateRank 2New spell
Safe FallPassive- StealthRank 3
- AmbushRank 4
- KickRank 3
- Slice and DiceRank 2
- VanishRank 2
- BackstabRank 6
- RuptureRank 4
- Expose ArmorRank 4
- GarroteRank 5
- GougeRank 4
- Sinister StrikeRank 7
- EviscerateRank 7
- SapRank 3
- AmbushRank 5
- Kidney ShotRank 2
- MutilateRank 3New spell
- BackstabRank 7
- FeintRank 4
- RuptureRank 5
- GarroteRank 6
- Sinister StrikeRank 8
- EviscerateRank 8
- Expose ArmorRank 5
- AmbushRank 6
- KickRank 4
- SprintRank 3
- BackstabRank 8
- BackstabRank 9
- EviscerateRank 9
- FeintRank 5
- GougeRank 5
- MutilateRank 4New spell
- RuptureRank 6
- StealthRank 4
Assassination, Combat and Subtlety in World of Warcraft: Forever. Mutilate and Venom, Hack and Slash, Thousand Cuts, three builds, stat priorities and the fastest way to level.