Rogue: Poison and Mutilate
Connect Mutilate to Venom and invest in critical and poison-related effects. Combat supplies weapon-oriented support.
Editorial planning guide, grounded in the supplied beta talent descriptions. The allocation and point order have been checked for legal ranks and prerequisites. Combat performance has not been simulated or game-tested.
When to use this plan
Check the selected ability tooltips and weapon requirements before choosing equipment. Poison-specific talents only help effects that actually use those poisons.
What you give up
The route does not reach Adrenaline Rush or Thousand Cuts. It is an explicit allocation for comparison, not a measured damage ranking.
Why these core choices?
Cold Blood
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Mutilate
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.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Seal Fate
Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Selected rank 5 of 5.Venom
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 seconds 2 points: 12 seconds 3 points: 15 seconds 4 points: 18 seconds 5 points: 21 seconds
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Mutilate.Complete allocation
All 18 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.
Assassination · 31 points
Malice 5 / 5
Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Ruthlessness 3 / 3
Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Improved Slice and Dice 3 / 3
Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 45%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Relentless Strikes 1 / 1
Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy.
Row 3. Read every rank →
Lethality 5 / 5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.
Row 3 · Requires maximum Malice. Read every rank →
Vile Poisons 5 / 5
Increases the damage dealt by your poisons by 20% and gives your poisons an additional 40% chance to resist dispel effects.
Row 4. Read every rank →
Cold Blood 1 / 1 Core choice
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.
Instant | 3 min cooldown
Row 4. Read every rank →
Improved Poisons 1 / 5
Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge.
Row 4. Read every rank →
Mutilate 1 / 1 Core choice
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.
60 Energy | Melee Range | Instant | Requires Daggers
Row 5. Read every rank →
Seal Fate 5 / 5 Core choice
Your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points have a 100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Row 6. Read every rank →
Venom 1 / 1 Core choice
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 seconds 2 points: 12 seconds 3 points: 15 seconds 4 points: 18 seconds 5 points: 21 seconds
25 Energy | 100 yd range | Instant
Row 7 · Requires maximum Mutilate. Read every rank →
Combat · 20 points
Improved Eviscerate 3 / 3
Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 20%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Improved Sinister Strike 2 / 2
Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 5.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Puncturing Wounds 3 / 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 30% and your Mutilate by 15%, and gives Backstab a 45% chance to add an additional Combo Point.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Dual Wield Specialization 5 / 5
Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 25%.
Row 4 · Requires maximum Precision. Read every rank →
Three valid adjustments
Each option below is a separate one-point change to the original plan. It preserves the point budget, row gates and prerequisites. Choose an effect you need; the options are not a damage ranking and should not be applied together without rechecking.
Dual Wield Specialization → Lightning Reflexes
Move one point: Dual Wield Specialization 5 → 4; Lightning Reflexes 1 → 2.
Effect after this change
Dual Wield Specialization: Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 20%.
Lightning Reflexes: Increases your Dodge chance by 2%.
Dual Wield Specialization → Endurance
Move one point: Dual Wield Specialization 5 → 4; Endurance 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Dual Wield Specialization: Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 20%.
Endurance: Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 30%.
Dual Wield Specialization → Riposte
Move one point: Dual Wield Specialization 5 → 4; Riposte 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Dual Wield Specialization: Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 20%.
Riposte: A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.
Level-by-level point order
This route reaches the complete allocation without a respec. It follows this guide’s core choices and prerequisites, rather than claiming an optimal speed-leveling route. Talented changes the level when each point becomes available, not the 51-point limit.
First point at level 10; all 51 points at level 60.
Use a Talented rank your character has actually unlocked in the Legacy system. This control models its point timing, not the rest of your Legacy allocation.
Show all 51 steps
| Level | Add one point | New rank | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Malice | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 11 | Malice | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 12 | Malice | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 13 | Malice | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 14 | Malice | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 15 | Ruthlessness | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 16 | Ruthlessness | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 17 | Ruthlessness | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 18 | Improved Slice and Dice | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 19 | Improved Slice and Dice | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 20 | Improved Slice and Dice | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 21 | Relentless Strikes | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 22 | Lethality | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 23 | Lethality | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 24 | Lethality | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 25 | Cold Blood | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 26 | Lethality | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 27 | Lethality | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 28 | Vile Poisons | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 29 | Vile Poisons | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 30 | Mutilate | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 31 | Vile Poisons | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 32 | Vile Poisons | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 33 | Vile Poisons | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 34 | Improved Poisons | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 35 | Seal Fate | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 36 | Seal Fate | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 37 | Seal Fate | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 38 | Seal Fate | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 39 | Seal Fate | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 40 | Venom | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 41 | Improved Sinister Strike | 1 / 2 | Combat |
| 42 | Improved Sinister Strike | 2 / 2 | Combat |
| 43 | Improved Eviscerate | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 44 | Improved Eviscerate | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 45 | Improved Eviscerate | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 46 | Precision | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 47 | Precision | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 48 | Precision | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 49 | Puncturing Wounds | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 50 | Puncturing Wounds | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 51 | Puncturing Wounds | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 52 | Deflection | 1 / 3 | Combat |
| 53 | Deflection | 2 / 3 | Combat |
| 54 | Deflection | 3 / 3 | Combat |
| 55 | Lightning Reflexes | 1 / 5 | Combat |
| 56 | Dual Wield Specialization | 1 / 5 | Combat |
| 57 | Dual Wield Specialization | 2 / 5 | Combat |
| 58 | Dual Wield Specialization | 3 / 5 | Combat |
| 59 | Dual Wield Specialization | 4 / 5 | Combat |
| 60 | Dual Wield Specialization | 5 / 5 | Combat |
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