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Assassination · Combat · Subtlety — 53 talents. Roles: Melee DPS. Hover, focus or tap a talent for its tooltip; click to spend a point. Rows unlock after 5 points per row in that tree.

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Assassination17 talents · 48 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/1	Improved Gouge	3	Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5/1/1.5 sec.	Moved Reported
1/2	Remorseless Attacks	2	After killing a non-trivial enemy, gives you a 20/40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Mutilate, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.	Unchanged Reported
1/3	Malice	5	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1/2/3/4/5%.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Ruthlessness	3	Gives your finishing moves a 20/40/60% chance to add a combo point to your target.	Unchanged Reported
2/2	Murder	2	Increases all damage dealt by 2/4% against Humanoid and Giant targets.	Reworked Reported
2/4	Improved Slice and Dice	3	Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 15/30/45%.	Unchanged Reported
3/1	Relentless Strikes	1	Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point to restore 25 energy.	Unchanged Reported
3/2	Improved Expose Armor	2	Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5/10, and refunds 1/2 Combo Points when cast with 5 Combo Points.	Reworked Confirmed
3/3	Lethality Requires Malice	5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6/12/18/24/30%.	Unchanged Reported
4/1	Vile Poisons	5	Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 4/8/12/16/20% and gives your poisons an additional 8/16/24/32/40% chance to resist dispel effects.	Unchanged Reported
4/2	Cold Blood	1	Instant, 3 min cooldown. When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.	Moved Confirmed
4/3	Improved Poisons	5	Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2/4/6/8/10%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge.	Reworked Reported
5/1	Vigor	2	Increases your maximum Energy by 5. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Moved Reported
5/2	Mutilate	1	60 Energy, melee range, instant. Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 13 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.	New Confirmed
5/3	Improved Kidney Shot	2	Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 5/10% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.	Reworked Confirmed
6/3	Seal Fate	5	Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to add an additional combo point.	Unchanged Reported
7/2	Venom ★ Requires Mutilate	1	25 Energy, 1-5 Combo Points, instant. Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point: 9 sec; 2 points: 12 sec; 3 points: 15 sec; 4 points: 18 sec; 5 points: 21 sec.	New Confirmed

Combat17 talents · 44 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/1	Improved Eviscerate	3	Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 7/14/21%.	Moved Reported
1/2	Improved Sinister Strike	2	Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 3/5.	Unchanged Reported
1/3	Lightning Reflexes	5	Increases your Dodge chance by 1/2/3/4/5%.	Unchanged Reported
2/1	Puncturing Wounds	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 10% and your Mutilate by 5%, and gives Backstab a 15% chance to add an additional Combo Point. (rank 1 of 3 value; other ranks not transcribed)	Reworked Confirmed
2/2	Deflection	3	Increases your Parry chance by 2/4/6%.	Reworked Reported
2/3	Precision	3	Increases your chance to hit with all attacks and Poisons by 1/2/3%.	Reworked Reported
3/1	Endurance	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 30/60%.	Reworked Reported
3/2	Riposte Requires Deflection	1	10 Energy, melee range, instant, 6 sec cooldown. A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.	Unchanged Reported
3/4	Improved Sprint	2	Gives a 50/100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.	Unchanged Reported
4/1	Improved Kick	2	Gives your Kick ability a 50/100% chance to silence the target for 2 sec.	Unchanged Reported
4/2	Restless Blades	1	Your damaging finishing moves reduce the remaining cooldown of your Adrenaline Rush, Blade Flurry, Evasion, Sprint, and Vanish abilities by 2 sec per combo point.	New Confirmed
4/3	Dual Wield Specialization Requires Precision	5	Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 5/10/15/20/25%.	Reworked Reported
5/2	Blade Flurry	1	25 Energy, instant, 2 min cooldown. Increases your melee attack speed by 20% and your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.	Unchanged Reported
5/3	Hack and Slash	5	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: your successful melee attacks have a 1/2/3/4/5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: increases your critical strike chance by 1/2/3/4/5%. Mace: your attacks ignore 3/6/9/12/15% of your target's armor.	New Confirmed
6/2	Weapon Expertise Requires Blade Flurry	2	Reduces the chance for your attacks to be Dodged or Parried by 1/2%.	Reworked Reported
6/3	Aggression Requires Hack and Slash	3	Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Eviscerate abilities by 2/4/6%.	Reworked Reported
7/2	Adrenaline Rush ★	1	Instant, 5 min cooldown. Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 100% for 15 sec.	Unchanged Reported

Subtlety19 talents · 47 ranks

Row/Col	Talent	Ranks	Effect	vs Classic
1/1	Camouflage	5	Reduces your speed penalty from your Stealth ability by 3/6/9/12/15% and reduces its cooldown by 2/4/6/8/10 sec.	Moved Reported
1/2	Master of Deception	3	Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode as if you were 1/2/3 levels higher.	Reworked Reported
1/3	Opportunity	2	Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 5/10%.	Reworked Reported
2/1	Setup	3	Gives you a 33/66/100% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging an attack or fully resisting a spell.	Moved Reported
2/2	Elusiveness	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 45/90 sec.	Unchanged Reported
2/3	Dirty Tricks	2	Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 25%. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
2/4	Improved Ambush	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 15/30/45%.	Moved Reported
3/1	Initiative	3	Gives you a 33/66/100% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability.	Reworked Reported
3/2	Ghostly Strike	1	40 Energy, melee range, instant, 20 sec cooldown. A strike that deals 125% (180% if a Dagger is equipped in your Main Hand) weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point.	Reworked Reported
3/3	Improved Distract	2	Increases the radius of your Distract ability by 3 yds, and further reduces the Stealth detection of distracted enemies as though they were an additional 1 level lower. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Reported
4/1	Heightened Senses	2	Increases your Stealth detection as if you were 1/3 levels higher and reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2/4%.	Moved Reported
4/2	Premeditation	1	20 yd range, instant, 2 min cooldown. Adds 2 Combo Points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 20 sec or the combo points are lost.	Moved Reported
4/3	Serrated Blades	3	Causes your attacks to ignore 3/6/9% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10/20/30%.	Reworked Reported
5/1	Dirty Deeds	2	Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 10/20, and your Garrote ability no longer requires you to be behind your target.	Reworked Reported
5/2	Preparation	1	Instant, 10 min cooldown. When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.	Unchanged Reported
5/3	Hemorrhage Requires Serrated Blades	1	35 Energy, melee range, instant. An instant strike that deals 100% weapon damage (145% if a Dagger is equipped) and causes the target to take 15% increased Rupture damage from the Rogue. Lasts 15 sec. Awards 1 Combo Point.	Reworked Confirmed
6/1	Quietus Requires Dirty Deeds	5	Your Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities cause 2/4/6/8/10% more damage against targets below 35% health.	New Confirmed
6/3	Cutthroat	5	Your Backstab has a 3% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)	New Confirmed
7/2	Thousand Cuts ★ Requires Preparation	1	When your Rupture ability deals periodic damage, the Energy cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab ability within 10 sec is reduced by 3, stacking up to 5 times.	New Confirmed

Removed talents and baseline changes

Classic talents that are no longer in these trees, and baseline changes that affect them.