Gouge

In the Assassination Rogue talent tree, Gouge sits in the Rogue class talents, row 2 of 10. It is a single-point node.

Choice node

Gouge shares its node with Airborne Irritant. A character takes one of the two.

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  Airborne Irritant

  Blind has 50% reduced cooldown, 70% reduced duration, and applies to all nearby enemies.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Gouge from Blind.

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  Blind

  Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for 1 min. Damage may interrupt the effect. Limit 1.

Connected below

Gouge leads on to Elusiveness or Cheat Death.

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  Elusiveness

  Evasion also reduces damage taken by 20%, and Feint also reduces non-area-of-effect damage taken by 20%.

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  Cheat Death

  Fatal attacks instead reduce you to 7% of your maximum health. For 3 sec afterward, you take 85% reduced damage. Cannot trigger more often than once per 6 min.

Same row

Also on this row: Toxic Stiletto, Fleet Footed, Thrill Seeking and Shadowrunner.

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  Toxic Stiletto

  Shiv's Energy cost is reduced by 20, its cooldown is reduced by 15 sec, and its range is increased by 3 yds.

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  Fleet Footed

  Movement speed increased by 15%.

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  Thrill Seeking

  Grappling Hook has 1 additional charge.

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  Shadowrunner

  While Stealth or Shadow Dance is active, you move 20% faster.