Rogue abilities (WoW)  

This page will contain a list and analysis of each rogue ability. For now, see [1]

The Rogues abilities are split between the talent threes: Assassination, Combat and Subtlety.

Stealth Moves

These abilities requires the rogue to be in stealth mode.

• Ambush - Deals 275% weapon damage + X. Must be stealthed and behind the target. Awards 1 combo point.
• Cheap Shot - Stuns the target for 4 seconds. Must be stealthed. Awards 2 combo points.
• Garotte - Garotte the target, doing X damage over 18 seconds and silencing them at higher level. Must be stealthed and behind target. Awards 1 combo point.
• Pickpocket - Pick the target's pocket. Must be stealthed.
• Sap - Disorient the target for 45 seconds (12 in pvp). Only work on humanoid that aren't in combat. Must be stealthed.

Melee

These abilities requires the rogue to be in melee range of his target, for the most part, they awards combo points and are you main damage dealers.

• Backstab - Cause 174% Weapon damage + X. Must be behind target. Awards 1 combo point.
• Feint - Cause no damage, but lowers your threat.
• Ghostly Strike - Deals 125% weapon damage and grants you +15% dodge for 7 seconds. Awards 1 combo point.
• Gouge - Deals X damage and incapacitate the target for Y seconds. Target must be facing you. Awards 1 combo point.
• Kick - Deals X damage, interrupt spell casting and lock the magical school being used for 5 seconds.
• Mutilate - Deals both weapon damage +X. +50% damage on poisoned target. Must be behind the target. Awards 2 combo points.
• Riposte - Deals 150% weapon damage and disarm the target for 6 seconds. Requires a parry.
• Sinister Strike - Deals weapon damage + X. Awards a combo point.
• Shiv - Deals off-hand damage and apply the poison on it. Awards a combo point.

Finishers

Finishers requires combo points, from 1 to 5, and have various effects. With the exception of Slice and Dice and Deadly Throw, they all requires you to be within melee range of the target.

• Deadly Throw - Does damage based off amount of combo point and snare the target for 6 seconds. Ranged finisher that requires a throwing weapon.
• Envenom - Deals poison damage to your target, consuming 1 deadly poison charge per combo point.
• Eviscerate - Deals X damage.
• Expose Armor - Reduce target's Armor for 30 seconds. Armor taken way is based off amount of combo points.
• Rupture - Deal damage over time. Duration and damage dealt is dependent on combo points.
• Kidney Shot - Stuns target for 2-6 second, depending on how many combo points you have.
• Slice and Dice - Increase attack speed by 30%, duration is dependent on amount of combo points.

Self-Buffs

Those abilities include any and all action that strengthen the rogue's fighting abilities by putting a buff on him.

• Adrenaline Rush - Double your energy generation rate for 15 seconds.
• Blade Flurry - Increase attack speed by 20% and strike a 2nd nearby target for 15 seconds.
• Cloak of Shadow - Remove all magical effects and increase your resistance to magic by 90% for 4 seconds.
• Cold Blood - Increase your next ability's crit chance by 100%.
• Evasion - Increase dodge rate by 50% for 15 seconds.
• Premeditation - Awards 2 combo points on the target that must be used within 10 seconds or fade away. Requires stealth.
• Preparation - Reset the cooldown of Cold Blood, Vanish, Sprint, Evasion, Shadowstep and Premeditation
• Sprint - Increase run speed by 70% for 15 seconds.
• Stealth - Puts you into stealth mode, opening different attack option and making you nigh invisible. Cannot be in combat.
• Vanish - Returns you to stealth, even if in combat.
• Shadowstep - Attempts to move through the shadows to the back of your target. Increase speed by 70% for 3 seconds and grants a 20% damage increase and 50% threat decrease to your next attack.

Poisons

Poisons all share the same mechanism. They are created using a tradeskill interface and need component that are bought from a vendor or pickpocketing. They are then applied to a weapon and remain for 1 hour.

Poisons being weapon buffs, persist through death but do not stack with other weapon buffs (Sharpening Stones, Windfury Totems, etc). Poison grant a % chance every time you hit with the weapon that a certain affect will occur. Since you have 2 weapons, you can use 2 poisons at the same time.

• Crippling Poison - 30% chance to snare the target to 70% speed for 12 seconds.
• Instant Poison - 20% chance to deal X extra nature damage to the target.
• Deadly Poison - 30% chance to deal X nature damage over 12 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times.
• Mind-numbing Poison - 20% chance to increase casting time speed by 60% for 14 seconds.
• Wound Poison - 30% chance to deal X nature damage and lower healing received by 10% for 15 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times.
• Anesthetic Poison - 20% chance to deal X nature damage and cause no threat.

Others

• Blind - Blind the target from up to 10 yards away, making it wander aimlessly for 10 seconds. Any damage taken will break the effect.
• Detect Trap - Passive ability that makes it easier to detect traps.
• Disarm Trap - Allows to disarm a traps.
• Distraction - Throws a distraction, attracting the attention of all nearby monster for 10 seconds.
• Safe Fall - Passive ability that increase safe falling distance.