Improved Garrote
Garrote deals 50% increased damage and has no cooldown when used from Stealth and for 6 sec after breaking Stealth.
Tree position
In the Assassination Rogue talent tree, Improved Garrote sits in the Assassination specialization talents, row 3 of 11. It is a single-point node.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Improved Garrote from Path of Blood.
Path of BloodIncreases maximum Energy by 50.
Connected below
Improved Garrote leads on to Doomblade, Razor Wire and Caustic Spatter.
DoombladeMutilate deals an additional 25% Bleed damage.
Razor WireGarrote lasts 6 sec longer.
Caustic SpatterEnvenom 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.
Same row
Also on this row: Crimson Tempest and Canny Strikes.
Crimson TempestSlash 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.
Canny StrikesIncreases Critical Strike chance by 2%.
Talent trees
Improved Garrote is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Rogue: Assassination (DPS), Outlaw (DPS), Subtlety (DPS).
Improved Garrote Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)