Rogue Skills And Talents

The rogue skills and talents have changed a lot with 4.0.1, a lot of tallents were removed and a few added, the new talent system allows you only to select 36 talents at level 79 and 31 of them have to be selected in the same tree before you can pick outside of your tree.

The following is a summary of what has changed with our skills and talents.

Talents for 4.0.1

Cataclysm (Level 80+) Skills

Combat Readiness - Enter into a state of heightened awareness, deflecting enemy weapon strikes with increasing effectiveness. Successive attacks will deal 10% less damage per application, stacking 5 times. Lasts for 30 sec, but if 6 sec elapse without any incoming weapon strikes, this state will end. / Instant, 2 min cooldown
Redirect - Transfers any existing combo points to the current enemy target. / 40 yd range, Instant, 1 min cooldown
Smoke Bomb - Creates a cloud of thick smoke in a 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 10 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud. / Instant, 3 min cooldown

Assassination

Primary Spells

Mutilate - Instantly attacks with both weapons for ( Opportunity : 150/160/170/180 )% weapon damage plus an additional 201.42 with each weapon. Damage is increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 combo points. / 60 Energy, Melee Range, Instant
Improved Poisons (Passive) - Increases the chance to apply Deadly Poison to your target by 20% and the frequency of applying Instant Poison to your target by 50%.
Assassin's Resolve (Passive) - While wielding daggers, your maximum Energy is increased by 20 and your melee damage is increased by 15%.
Potent Poisons (Mastery) - Increases the damage done by your poisons by 20%. Each point of Mastery increases damage by an additional 2.5%.

Skills

Poisons (Passive) *New* - You have learned how to apply deadly toxins to your weapons, dealing additional damage or inflicting other maladies upon your foes.
Kidney Shot now stuns 2/3/4/5/6 seconds depending on combo points, up from 1/2/3/4/5 sec.
Cheap Shot now costs 40 Energy, down from 60 Energy.
Ambush no longer requires a dagger. Now deals 190% weapon damage plus 700 to the target (275% + 1000 if a dagger is equipped).
Expose Armor now reduces armor by 12%, down from 20%. Now lasts 10/20/30/40/50 seconds, up from 6/12/18/24/30 seconds.
Garrote now silences the enemy for 3 sec.
Slice and Dice now consumes combo points on any nearby target.
Eviscerate now scales from 9/18/27/36/45% of Attack Power depending on combo points, up from 3/6/9/12/15%.

Talents Changes

Cut to the Chase is now a Tier 6 and 3 Ranks talent, down from Tier 10 and 5 Ranks. Now has a 33/67/100% chance to proc, up from 20/40/60/80/100%.
Master Poisoner is now a Tier 5 and 1 Rank talent, down from Tier 9 and 3 Ranks. No longer increases the critical hit chance of all attacks made against the target. Now increases the spell damage taken by any target you have poisoned by 8%. Causes your Envenom ability to no longer consume Deadly Poison and reduces the duration of all Poison effects applied to you by 50%.
Deadly Brew is now a Tier 3 talent, down from Tier 7.
Overkill is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 7.
Deadened Nerves is now a Tier 4 talent, down from Tier 7. Now reduces damage taken by 3/7/10%, up from 2/4/6%.
Seal Fate is now a Tier 4 and 2 Ranks talent, down from Tier 6 and 5 Ranks. Your critical strikes from abilities that add combo points have a 50/100% chance to add an additional combo point, up from 20/40/60/80/100%.
Murderous Intent is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 6. Revamped - When you Backstab an enemy that is below 35% health, you instantly recover 15/30 Energy.
Fleet Footed is now a Tier 2 talent, down from Tier 5. Renamed to Quickening. Now increases all healing effects on you by 10/20% and your movement speed by 8/15%.
Cold Blood is now a Tier 3 talent, down from Tier 5. Now generates 25 Energy, and affects your next non-periodic offensive ability. Cooldown reduced to 2 min, down from 3 min.
Vile Poisons is now a Tier 3 talent, down from Tier 4. No longer increases the damage of Envenom ability. No longer increases poison's chance to resist dispel effects. Now gives you a 33/67/100% of the normal chance of applying poisons from your equipped melee weapons when you use the Fan of Knives ability.
Improved Expose Armor is now a Tier 5 talent, up from Tier 3. Revamped - Gives a 50/100% chance to refund all combo points used when performing your Expose Armor ability.
Lethality is now Tier 1 talent, down from Tier 3. now increases the critical strike damage bonus of Sinister Strike, Backstab, Mutilate and Hemorrhage abilities by 10/20/30%.
Coup de Grace now also affects Envenom.

New Talents

Vendetta - Marks an enemy for death, increasing all damage you deal to the target by 20% and granting you unerring vision of your target, regardless of concealments such as stealth and invisibility. Lasts 30 sec. / 30 yd range, Instant, 2 min cooldown
Venomous Wounds - Each time your Rupture or Garrote deals damage to an enemy that you have poisoned, you have a 30/60% chance to deal 403.96 additional Nature damage and to regain 10 Energy. If an enemy dies while afflicted by your Rupture, you regain energy proportional to the remaining Rupture duration.
Blackjack - Even after your Sap wears off, its effects linger on enemies, reducing their damage done by 35/70% for 8 sec.
Deadly Momentum - After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, you have a 50/100% chance to increase the critical strike chance of your next attack within 10 sec by 40%, and to refresh your Slice and Dice and Recuperate abilities to their original duration.

Removed Talents

Hunger For Blood has been removed from the tree.
Mutilate is now a primary spell of the Assassination tree.
Turn the Tables has been removed from the tree.
Focused Attacks has been removed from the tree.
Find Weakness has been removed from the tree.
Improved Kidney Shot has been removed from the tree.
Quick Recovery has been removed from the tree.
Improved Poisons has been removed from the tree.
Vigor has been removed from the tree.
Remorseless Attacks has been removed from the tree.
Malice has been removed from the tree.

Combat

Primary Spells

Blade Flurry - While active, the rogue's attacks strike an additional nearby opponent, but energy regeneration is reduced by 20%. Lasts 15 sec. / Instant, 30 sec cooldown
Vitality (Passive) - Increases your Energy regeneration rate by 25% and your Attack Power by 15%.
Ambidexterity (Passive) - Increases the damage done by your off hand and thrown weapons by 75%.
Main Gauche (Mastery) - Your main hand attacks have a 10% chance to grant you an extra off hand attack. Each point of Mastery increases the chance by an additional 1.25%.

Skills

Recuperate - Finishing move that consumes combo points on any nearby target to restore 3% of maximum health every 3 sec. Lasts longer per combo point:, 1 point : 6 seconds, 2 points: 12 seconds, 3 points: 18 seconds, 4 points: 24 seconds, 5 points: 30 seconds / 30 Energy, 100 yd range, Instant
Fan of Knives now costs 35 Energy, down from 50 Energy. Now deals 80% of thrown weapon damage instead of 105% weapon damage with daggers, and 70% weapon damage with all other weapons.
Shiv now also dispells an Enrage effect on the target.
Feint now lowers your threat by 5%. In addition, reduces the damage you take from area of effect attacks by 50% for 6 sec.
Kick now costs 15 Energy, down from 25 Energy.
Sprint now increases your movement speed by 70% for 8 sec, up from 50% for 15 sec. Cooldown changed to 1 min, down from 3 min.
Evasion now also reduces the chance that ranged attacks hit the rogue by 25%.
Backstab now causes 200% weapon damage, up from 150%.

Talents Changes

Killing Spree is now a Tier 7 talent, down from Tier 11.
Savage Combat is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 9.
Throwing Specialization is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 8. Now increases range of Throw and Deadly Throw by 5/10 yards, up from 2/4 yards.
Combat Potency is now a Tier 4 talent and 3 Ranks, down from Tier 8 and 5 Ranks. Now generates 5/10/15 Energy, up from 3/6/9/12/15.
Adrenaline Rush is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 7. Now also increases your melee attack speed by 20%.
Blade Twisting is now a Tier 4 talent, down from Tier 6. No longer increases damage dealt by Sinister Strike or Backstab. Now has a 20/40/% chance to daze the target, up from 10%.
Improved Kick is now a Tier 2 talent, down from Tier 4. Now causes your Kick ability to also silence the target for 1.5/3 sec.
Improved Sprint is now a Tier 2 talent, down from Tier 4.
Lightning Reflexes is now a Tier 3 talent, down from Tier 4. Increases your dodge chance by 3/6/9% (up from 2/4/6%) and your attack speed by 2/4/6%. (Down from 4/7/10% melee haste)
Aggression is now a Tier 2 talent and 3 Ranks, down from Tier 4 and 5 Ranks. Now increases damage of Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Eviscerate by 5/10/15%, up from 3/6/9/12/15%.
Precision is now a Tier 1 and 3 Ranks talent, down from Tier 2 and 5 Ranks. Now increases your chance to hit with weapons and poisons by 2/4/6%, up from 1/2/3/4/5%.
Improved Gouge is now a Tier 3 and 2 Ranks talent, up from Tier 1 and 3 Ranks. Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 1/2 sec and reduces its energy cost by 15/30.
Improved Sinister Strike is now a 3 Ranks talent, up from 2 Ranks. Now also increases damage dealt by Sinister Strike by 10/20/30%. Reduces its Energy cost by 2/4/6 (up from 3/5).

New Talents

Bandit's Guile - Your Sinister Strike and Revealing Strike abilities have a 33/67/100% chance to grant you an evolving insight into an opponent's defenses, increasing damage to that target by up to 15%. Opponents will adapt their defenses once this maximum is reached, or if you Strike a different opponent, and the cycle will begin anew.
Restless Blades - Your damaging finishing moves reduce the cooldown of your Adrenaline Rush, Killing Spree, and Sprint abilities by 1/2 sec per combo point.
Revealing Strike - An instant strike that causes 125% of your normal weapon damage and increases the effectiveness of your next offensive finishing move on that target by 20% for 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point. / 40 Energy, Melee Range, Instant
Reinforced Leather - Increases your armor contribution from cloth and leather items by 25/50%.
Improved Recuperate - Causes your Recuperate ability to restore an additional 1/2% of your maximum health and reduces all damage taken by 3/6% while your Recuperate ability is active.

Removed Talents

Prey on the Weak has been removed from the tree.
Unfair Advantage has been removed from the tree.
Surprise Attacks has been removed from the tree.
Vitality is gone. Now a primary spell.
Nerves of Steel has been removed from the tree.
Weapon Expertise has been removed from the tree.
Mace Specialization has been removed from the tree.
Blade Flurry is gone. Now a primary spell.
Hack and Slash has been removed from the tree.
Endurance has been removed from the tree.
Riposte has been removed from the tree.
Close Quarters Combat has been removed from the tree.
Deflection has been removed from the tree.
Dual Wield Specialization has been removed from the tree.

Subtlety

Primary Spells

Shadowstep - Causes you to step through the shadows and appear behind an enemy target. Your next Ambush or Garrote delivered within 10 sec will deal 30% additional damage, and your movement speed is increased by 70% for 3 sec. / 25 Yard Range, Instant, 20 sec cooldown
Master of Subtlety (Passive) - Attacks made while stealthed and for 6 seconds after breaking stealth cause an additional 10% damage.
Sinister Calling (Passive) - Increases your total Agility by 25% and increases the percentage damage bonus of Backstab and Hemorrhage by an additional 25%.
Executioner (Mastery) Increases the damage done by all your finishing moves by 20%. Each point of Mastery increases damage by an additional 2.5%.

Skills

Tricks of the Trade Transferred threat is not permanent, and will fade after 30 sec.
Blind now costs 15 Energy, down from 30 Energy. Range increased to 15 yards, up from 10 yards.
Vanish improved stealth mode now lasts 3 sec, down from 10 sec. For the first 3 sec after vanishing, damage and harmful effects received will not break stealth.
Sap now lasts up to 1 min, up from 25 sec. Now costs 35 Energy, down from 65 Energy. Now has a 10 yards range, up from 5 yards.

Talents Changes

Shadow Dance is now a Tier 7 talent, down from Tier 11.
Slaughter from the Shadows is now a Tier 6 and 3 Ranks talent, down from Tier 10 and 5 Ranks. Reduces energy cost of Backstab and Ambush by 7/14/20 (Up from 4/8/12/16/20) and energy cost of Hemorrhage and Fan of Knives by 2/4/6. No longer increases all damage done.
Honor Among Thieves now also Increases the ranged and melee critical hit chance of all party and raid members by 5%. Talent effect cannot occur more than once every 4/3/2 seconds. (Down from 1 sec)
Waylay is now a Tier 2 talent, down from Tier 8.
Enveloping Shadows is now a Tier 4 talent, down from Tier 7. Now also increases the duration of Feint by 1/2/3 sec.
Premeditation is now a Tier 4 talent, down from Tier 7.
Cheat Death is now a Tier 5 talent, down from Tier 7.
Preparation no longer affects Cold Blood. Cooldown reduced from 8 min to 5 min.
Hemorrhage is now a Tier 3 talent, down from Tier 5. Now causes the target to take 30% additional damage from bleed effects for 1 min.
Initiative is now a Tier 2 and 2 Ranks talent, down from Tier 4 and 3 Ranks. Now has a 50/100% chance to proc, up from 33/66/100%.
Improved Ambush is now a Tier 1 talent, down from Tier 4. Now increases the critical strike chance of Ambush by 20/40% (down from 25/50%) and also increase its damage by 5/10%.
Elusiveness is now a Tier 2 talent, down from Tier 3.
Camouflage is now a Tier 1 and 2 Ranks talent, down from Tier 2 and 3 Ranks. Renamed to Nightstalker. Increases speed while stealthed by 7/15% (up from 5/10/15%) and reduces cooldown of Stealth by 3/6 sec. (Up from 2/3/6 sec)
Relentless Strikes is now a 3 Ranks talent, down from 5 Ranks. Now has a 7/14/20% chance to proc, up from 4/8/12/16/20%.
Opportunity is now a Tier 2 talent and 3 Ranks, up from Tier 1 and 2 Ranks. Increases the damage dealt with your Backstab, Mutilate, Garrote and Ambush abilities by 10/20/30%. (Up from 10/20%)

New Talents

Serrated Blades is now a Tier 6 and 2 Ranks talent, up from Tier 3 and 3 Ranks. Revamped - Your Eviscerate has a 10/20% chance per combo point to refresh your Rupture on the target to its original duration.
Sanguinary Vein - Increases your damage dealt to targets who are afflicted with a Bleed effect by 5/10%. /
Energetic Recovery - Empowers your Recuperate ability, causing its periodic effect to also restore 4/8/12 Energy.
Find Weakness - Your Ambush, Garrote, and Cheap Shot abilities reveal a flaw in your target's defenses, causing all your attacks to bypass 25/50% of that enemy's armor for 10 sec.

Removed Talents

Shadowstep is now a primary spell of the Subtlety tree.
Filthy Tricks has been removed from the tree.
Sinister Calling has been removed from the tree.
Master of Subtlety has been removed from the tree.
Deadliness has been removed from the tree.
Heightened Senses has been removed from the tree.
Dirty Deeds has been removed from the tree.
Setup has been removed from the tree.
Ghostly Strike has been removed from the tree.
Sleight of Hand has been removed from the tree.
Dirty Tricks has been removed from the tree.
Master of Deception has been removed from the tree.