Rogue: Stealth and reset control
Choose stealth access, opening tools and Preparation before reaching Thousand Cuts. Hemorrhage supplies a distinct option in the middle of the tree.
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
Stealth and opening bonuses are situational. Preparation resets the abilities listed in its tooltip, not every cooldown on your character.
What you give up
This forgoes the sustained deep Combat package. Its purpose is control and reset choices, not a universal best PvP setup.
Why these core choices?
Premeditation
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.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Preparation
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Hemorrhage
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.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Serrated Blades.Thousand Cuts
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.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Preparation.Complete allocation
All 19 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.
Assassination · 20 points
Improved Gouge 3 / 3
Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 1.5 sec.
Row 1. Read every rank →
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 →
Subtlety · 31 points
Camouflage 5 / 5
Reduces your speed penalty from your Stealth ability by 15% and reduces its cooldown by 6 sec.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Master of Deception 3 / 3
Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode as if you were 3 levels higher.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Opportunity 2 / 2
Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 10%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Elusiveness 2 / 2
Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 90 sec.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Dirty Tricks 2 / 2
Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 50%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Improved Ambush 3 / 3
Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 45%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Premeditation 1 / 1 Core choice
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.
20 yd range | Instant | 2 min cooldown
Row 4. Read every rank →
Serrated Blades 3 / 3
Causes your attacks to ignore 9% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 30%.
Row 4. Read every rank →
Dirty Deeds 2 / 2
Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 20, and your Garrote ability no longer requires you to be behind your target.
Row 5. Read every rank →
Preparation 1 / 1 Core choice
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.
Instant | 10 min cooldown
Row 5. Read every rank →
Hemorrhage 1 / 1 Core choice
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.
35 Energy | Melee Range | Instant
Row 5 · Requires maximum Serrated Blades. Read every rank →
Quietus 5 / 5
Your Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities cause 10% more damage against targets below 35% health.
Row 6 · Requires maximum Dirty Deeds. Read every rank →
Thousand Cuts 1 / 1 Core choice
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.
Row 7 · Requires maximum Preparation. 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.
Lethality → Remorseless Attacks
Move one point: Lethality 5 → 4; Remorseless Attacks 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Lethality: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.
Remorseless Attacks: After killing a non-trivial enemy, gives you a 20% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Mutilate, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.
Lethality → Murder
Move one point: Lethality 5 → 4; Murder 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Lethality: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.
Murder: Increases all damage dealt by 2% against Humanoid and Giant targets.
Lethality → Improved Expose Armor
Move one point: Lethality 5 → 4; Improved Expose Armor 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Lethality: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.
Improved Expose Armor: Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.
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 | Camouflage | 1 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 11 | Camouflage | 2 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 12 | Camouflage | 3 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 13 | Camouflage | 4 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 14 | Camouflage | 5 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 15 | Master of Deception | 1 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 16 | Master of Deception | 2 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 17 | Master of Deception | 3 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 18 | Opportunity | 1 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 19 | Opportunity | 2 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 20 | Elusiveness | 1 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 21 | Elusiveness | 2 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 22 | Dirty Tricks | 1 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 23 | Dirty Tricks | 2 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 24 | Improved Ambush | 1 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 25 | Premeditation | 1 / 1 | Subtlety |
| 26 | Improved Ambush | 2 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 27 | Improved Ambush | 3 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 28 | Serrated Blades | 1 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 29 | Serrated Blades | 2 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 30 | Preparation | 1 / 1 | Subtlety |
| 31 | Serrated Blades | 3 / 3 | Subtlety |
| 32 | Hemorrhage | 1 / 1 | Subtlety |
| 33 | Dirty Deeds | 1 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 34 | Dirty Deeds | 2 / 2 | Subtlety |
| 35 | Quietus | 1 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 36 | Quietus | 2 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 37 | Quietus | 3 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 38 | Quietus | 4 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 39 | Quietus | 5 / 5 | Subtlety |
| 40 | Thousand Cuts | 1 / 1 | Subtlety |
| 41 | Malice | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 42 | Malice | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 43 | Malice | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 44 | Malice | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 45 | Malice | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
| 46 | Improved Gouge | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 47 | Improved Gouge | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 48 | Improved Gouge | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 49 | Ruthlessness | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 50 | Ruthlessness | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 51 | Ruthlessness | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 52 | Improved Slice and Dice | 1 / 3 | Assassination |
| 53 | Improved Slice and Dice | 2 / 3 | Assassination |
| 54 | Improved Slice and Dice | 3 / 3 | Assassination |
| 55 | Relentless Strikes | 1 / 1 | Assassination |
| 56 | Lethality | 1 / 5 | Assassination |
| 57 | Lethality | 2 / 5 | Assassination |
| 58 | Lethality | 3 / 5 | Assassination |
| 59 | Lethality | 4 / 5 | Assassination |
| 60 | Lethality | 5 / 5 | Assassination |
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