Bloody Mess

In the Assassination Rogue talent tree, Bloody Mess sits in the Assassination specialization talents, row 5 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Assassination Talents.

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The tree draws a line into Bloody Mess from Seal Fate, Thrown Precision and Crimson Tempest.

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  Seal Fate

  Critical strikes with attacks that generate combo points grant an additional combo point per critical strike.

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  Thrown Precision

  Fan of Knives has 5% increased critical strike chance and its critical strikes always apply your weapon poisons.

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  Crimson Tempest

  Slash all enemies dealing (110% of Attack Power) damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Copy the longest Garrote and Rupture on the enemies you hit onto up to 2 other enemies. Awards 1 combo points.

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Bloody Mess leads on to Sanguine Stratagem, Intent to Kill or Iron Wire and Fatal Concoction.

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  Sanguine Stratagem

  Gain 1 additional max combo point. Your finishing moves that consume more than 5 combo points have increased effects, and your finishing moves deal 5% increased damage.

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  Intent to Kill

  Shadowstep's cooldown is reduced by 33.3333% when used on a target afflicted by your Garrote.

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  Iron Wire

  Garrotes applied from stealth or during the Improved Garrote window silence their target for 5 sec. Enemies silenced by Garrote deal 15% reduced damage for 5 sec.

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  Fatal Concoction2 ranks

  Increases the damage of your weapon poisons by 20%.

Same row

Also on this row: Deathmark and Caustic Spatter.

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  Deathmark

  Carve a deathmark into an enemy, dealing (320% of Attack Power) Bleed damage and restoring 80 Energy to you over 16 sec. Damage dealt to the target by your Garrote, Rupture, and Lethal Poisons is increased by 75%. Each time you apply a Lethal Poison to the target, apply it twice.

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  Caustic Spatter

  Envenom or Kingsbane apply Caustic Spatter for 10 sec. Limit 1. Caustic Spatter causes 20% of your Nature damage dealt to splash onto other nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.