Lethality, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words

What it does Assassination row 3

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  Lethality5 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Assassination Talents (level 20). Requires Malice.Rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.Rank 2: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 8%.Rank 3: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.Rank 4: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.Rank 5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.

What changed from Classic

• Classic rank 1Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.
• WoW Forever rank 1Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.

Beta build history

• Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-16Rank 1 text changed. Now: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%. Was: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.

Around it in the Assassination tree

• NeedsMalice at max rank first.
• Same row (10 points in Assassination, level 20)Relentless Strikes, Improved Expose Armor.
• Row above (level 15)Ruthlessness, Murder, Improved Slice and Dice.
• Row below (level 25)Vile Poisons, Cold Blood, Improved Poisons.

Every Assassination talent 17

• Improved Gougerow 1
• Remorseless Attacksrow 1
• Malicerow 1
• Ruthlessnessrow 2
• Murderrow 2
• Improved Slice and Dicerow 2
• Relentless Strikesrow 3
• Improved Expose Armorrow 3
• Lethalityrow 3
• Vile Poisonsrow 4
• Cold Bloodrow 4
• Improved Poisonsrow 4
• Vigorrow 5
• Mutilaterow 5
• Improved Kidney Shotrow 5
• Seal Faterow 6
• Venomrow 7

The other two trees

• Combat talents17
• Subtlety talents19