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Rogue
Shadows with a blade - poison, subterfuge, and precise burst from stealth.
Rogue at a glance
- Armor
- Leather
- Resource
- Energy and Combo Points
- Introduced in
- Classic
- Specializations
- 3
- Roles
- DPS
Specializations
AssassinationDPSAssassination talent treeAssassination spells: Mastery: Potent Assassin, Rupture, Poisoned Knife, Mastery: Potent Assassin, Mutilate, Garrote, Fan of Knives, Cut to the Chase.
OutlawDPSOutlaw talent treeOutlaw spells: Mastery: Main Gauche, Pistol Shot, Dispatch, Find Treasure, Sinister Strike, Between the Eyes, Blade Flurry, Grappling Hook.
SubtletyDPSSubtlety talent treeSubtlety spells: Mastery: Executioner, Shuriken Toss, Shadowstrike, Backstab, Shuriken Storm, Shadow Techniques, Black Powder, Cut to the Chase.
Rogue spellbook
Abilities the Rogue skill line teaches, A to Z.
Ambush
Blade Flurry
BlindBlinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage may interrupt the effect. Limit 1.
Cheap Shot
Cloak of ShadowsProvides a moment of magic immunity, instantly removing all harmful spell effects. The cloak lingers, causing you to resist harmful spells for 5 sec.
Create: Crimson Vial
Crimson Vial
Crippling Poison
Critical Strikes
Cut to the Chase
Deadly Poison
Detection- Detect Traps
Distract
EvasionIncreases your dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec. Dodging an attack while Evasion is active will trigger Mastery: Main Gauche.
Eviscerate
Feint
Fleet Footed
Improved SprintReduces the cooldown of Sprint by 60 sec.
Instant Poison
Kick
Kidney Shot
Leather Specialization
Main Gauche
Rogue appearance sets
Chosen Bloodslayer's HexweaveMidnightChosen Bloodslayer's HexweaveMidnightChosen Bloodslayer's HexweaveMidnightChosen Bloodslayer's HexweaveMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight238 more Rogue appearance sets
Pieces of Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave.
- Shadow Hunter's Warmask
Unpossessed Skullsash
Silken Voodoo Drape- Chosen Bloodslayer's Cloak
Chosen Bloodslayer's Wristguards- Chosen Bloodslayer's Trophy Belt
Chosen Bloodslayer's Voodoo Guards
Chosen Bloodslayer's Reinforced Pants- Chosen Bloodslayer's Spirit Shroud
Chosen Bloodslayer's Fanged Grips
Chosen Bloodslayer's Boots
Chosen Bloodslayer's Banded Poncho
Ladder snapshot and gold angle
Rogues pickpocket coin and junk from humanoids and stealth straight past trash to the farmable bosses and chests, skipping the clear entirely.
Recent Rogue hotfixes
- October 27, 2026 Classes › Rogue › Subtlety
Developers’ notes: The buff Subtlety received as compensation alongside changes in the 12.1.5 patch overshot expectations, so we’re rolling back a significant portion of that buff. In addition, the patch changes benefitted Trickster more than Deathstalker, so Trickster is receiving an additional smaller nerf.
- October 27, 2026 Classes › Rogue › Subtlety
All ability damage reduced by 8%.
- October 27, 2026 Classes › Rogue › Subtlety
Trickster: Fazed now increases damage by 5% (was 7%).
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Rogue › Assassination
Deathstalker: Deathstalker’s Mark damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Rogue › Assassination
Deathstalker: Hunt Them Down damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Rogue › Assassination
Deathstalker: Darkest Night now increases the damage of the next Eviscerate by 15% in PvP combat (was 8%).
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Rogue › Subtlety › Trickster
Developers’ notes: We’re buffing Trickster for Subtlety to reduce the performance gap between it and Deathstalker. We want Trickster to be a more viable alternative for players who prefer its gameplay and thematic identity.
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Rogue › Subtlety › Trickster
Fazed now causes enemies to take 7% more damage (was 5%). Does not affect PvP combat.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Rogue hotfix, by date: Rogue hotfixes.
