What changed for the Rogue in WoW TBC — WoW TBC

Puncturing Wounds · Assassination

Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 30%, and the critical strike chance of your Mutilate ability by 15%.

Fleet Footed · Assassination

Increases your chance to resist movement impairing effects by 10% and increases your movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.

Quick Recovery · Assassination

All healing effects on you are increased by 20%. In addition, your finishing moves cost 80% less Energy when they fail to hit.

Master Poisoner · Assassination

Reduces the chance your poisons will be resisted by 10% and increases your chance to resist Poison effects by an additional 30%.

Deadened Nerves · Assassination

Decreases all physical damage taken by 5%.

Find Weakness · Assassination

Your finishing moves increase the damage of all your offensive abilities by 10% for 10 sec.

Mutilate · Assassination

Instantly attacks with both weapons for an additional 44 with each weapon. Damage is increased by 50% against Poisoned targets. Must be behind the target. Awards 2 combo points.

Blade Twisting · Combat

Gives your Sinister Strike, Backstab, Gouge and Shiv abilities a 20% chance to Daze the target for 8 sec.

Vitality · Combat

Increases your total Stamina by 4% and your total Agility by 2%.

Nerves of Steel · Combat

Increases your chance to resist Stun and Fear effects by an additional 10%.

Combat Potency · Combat

Gives your successful off-hand melee attacks a 20% chance to generate 15 Energy.

Surprise Attacks · Combat

Your finishing moves can no longer be dodged, and the damage dealt by your Sinister Strike, Backstab, Shiv and Gouge abilities is increased by 10%.

Dirty Tricks · Subtlety

Increases the range of your Blind and Sap abilities by 5 yards and reduces the energy cost of your Blind and Sap abilities by 50%.

Master of Subtlety · Subtlety

Attacks made while stealthed and for 6 seconds after breaking stealth cause an additional 10% damage.

Enveloping Shadows · Subtlety

Increases your chance to avoid area of effect attacks by an additional 15%.

Cheat Death · Subtlety

You have a 100% chance that an attack which would otherwise kill you will instead reduce you to 10% of your maximum health. In addition, all damage taken will be reduced by up to 90% for 3 sec (modified by resilience). This effect cannot occur more than once per minute.

Sinister Calling · Subtlety

Increases your total Agility by 15% and increases the percentage damage bonus of Backstab and Hemorrhage by an additional 5%.

Shadowstep · Subtlety

Attempts to step through the shadows and reappear behind your enemy and increases movement speed by 70% for 3 sec. The damage of your next ability is increased by 20% and the threat caused is reduced by 50%. Lasts 10 sec.

Remorseless Attacks · Assassination

In WoW Classic

After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.

Now

After killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 40% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Hemorrhage, Backstab, Mutilate, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.

Ruthlessness · Assassination

In WoW Classic

Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a combo point to your target.

Now

Gives your melee finishing moves a 60% chance to add a combo point to your target.

Lethality · Assassination

In WoW Classic

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%.

Now

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, Mutilate, Shiv, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%.

Vile Poisons · Assassination

In WoW Classic

Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects.

Now

Increases the damage dealt by your poisons and Envenom ability by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects.

Cold Blood · Assassination

In WoW Classic

When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%.

Now

When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next offensive ability by 100%.

Improved Slice and Dice · Combat

Moved from Assassination

Precision · Combat

In WoW Classic

Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 5%.

Now

Increases your chance to hit with weapons by 5%.

Improved Sprint · Combat

In WoW Classic

Gives a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.

Now

Gives a 100% chance to remove all Movement Impairing effects when you activate your Sprint ability.

Mace Specialization · Combat

In WoW Classic

Increases your skill with Maces by 5, and gives you a 6% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace.

Now

Increases the damage dealt by your critical strikes with maces by 5%, and gives you a 6% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a mace.

Sword Specialization · Combat

In WoW Classic

Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword.

Now

Gives you a 5% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after hitting your target with your Sword.

Weapon Expertise · Combat

In WoW Classic

Increases your skill with Sword, Fist and Dagger weapons by 5.

Now

Increases your expertise by 10.

Aggression · Combat

In WoW Classic

Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 6%.

Now

Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Eviscerate abilities by 6%.

Opportunity · Subtlety

In WoW Classic

Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 20%.

Now

Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Mutilate, Garrote and Ambush abilities by 20%.

Elusiveness · Subtlety

Tier 2 → 4

In WoW Classic

Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 1.5 min.

Now

Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 90 sec.

Serrated Blades · Subtlety

In WoW Classic

Causes your attacks to ignore 300 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.

Now

Causes your attacks to ignore 560 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.

Preparation · Subtlety

In WoW Classic

When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.

Now

When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your Evasion, Sprint, Vanish, Cold Blood, Shadowstep and Premeditation abilities.

Dirty Deeds · Subtlety

In WoW Classic

Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 20.

Now

Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 20. Additionally, your special abilities cause 20% more damage against targets below 35% health.

Hemorrhage · Subtlety

In WoW Classic

An instant strike that damages the opponent and causes the target to hemorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 3. Lasts 30 charges or 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point.

Now

An instant strike that deals 110% weapon damage and causes the target to hemorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 13. Lasts 10 charges or 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point.

Deadliness · Subtlety

In WoW Classic

Increases your Attack Power by 10%.

Now

Increases your attack power by 10%.

Improved Backstab · Combat

Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 30%.

Improved Sap · Subtlety

Gives you a 90% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability.