Swift Slasher

In the Assassination Rogue talent tree, Swift Slasher sits in the Rogue class talents, row 7 of 10. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Class Talents.

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The tree draws a line into Swift Slasher from Deadly Precision, Deep Cuts and Sanguine Vial.

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  Deadly Precision

  Increases the critical strike chance of your attacks that generate combo points by 5%.

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  Deep Cuts

  Your finishing moves deal 6% increased damage.

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  Sanguine Vial

  When you deal the killing blow to a target that yields experience or honor, the cooldown of Crimson Vial is reduced by 15 sec and your next use heals 5% of your health instantly.

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Swift Slasher leads on to Lethality, Recuperator and Alacrity.

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  Lethality2 ranks

  Critical strike chance increased by 1%. Critical strike damage bonus of your attacks that generate combo points increased by 10%.

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  Recuperator

  Slice and Dice heals you for up to 1% of your maximum health per 3 sec.

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  Alacrity2 ranks

Same row

Also on this row: Danger Sense and Improved Ambush or Tight Spender.

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  Danger Sense

  You have a 20% chance to partially evade any damage dealt to you, reducing the damage it deals by 20%.

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  Improved Ambush

  Shadowstrike damage increased by 8%.

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  Tight Spender

  Energy cost of finishing moves reduced by 6%.