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title: "Classic Era Rogue Talents – WoWCensus"
description: "Rogue talent picks observed in Classic Era nearby-player inspections, ranked by popularity within each spec."
url: "https://wowcensus.io/classic/rogue/"
---

# Classic Era Rogue Talents – WoWCensus
[Paladin](/classic/paladin/)[Warrior](/classic/warrior/)[Druid](/classic/druid/)[Hunter](/classic/hunter/)[Shaman](/classic/shaman/)[Priest](/classic/priest/)[Rogue](/classic/rogue/)[Mage](/classic/mage/)[Warlock](/classic/warlock/)

## Rogue talents

Among Rogues we've inspected, **Combat** (67%) is the most common build, followed by **Assassination** (8%) and **Subtlety** (8%).

**224**Rogues with talents

## Spec split

**Assassination** 19 · 8%**Combat** 149 · 67%**Subtlety** 17 · 8%**Hybrid** 39 · 17%

#### Assassination

**19**8%

1.  1**Malice****84%**
    
2.  2**Improved Eviscerate****58%**
    
3.  3**Murder****58%**
    
4.  4**Remorseless Attacks****58%**
    
5.  5**Lethality****53%**
    
6.  6**Ruthlessness****42%**
    
7.  7**Improved Slice and Dice****37%**
    
8.  8**Relentless Strikes****37%**
    
9.  9**Improved Poisons****21%**
    
10.  10**Cold Blood****16%**
     
11.  11**Improved Expose Armor****16%**
     
12.  12**Improved Kidney Shot****16%**
     
13.  13**Seal Fate****16%**
     
14.  14**Vigor****11%**
     
15.  15**Vile Poisons****11%**
     

Median level 22

#### Combat

**149**67%

1.  1**Improved Sinister Strike****98%**
    
2.  2**Precision****94%**
    
3.  3**Dual Wield Specialization****79%**
    
4.  4**Blade Flurry****72%**
    
5.  5**Endurance****69%**
    
6.  6**Improved Gouge****69%**
    
7.  7**Lightning Reflexes****66%**
    
8.  8**Weapon Expertise****62%**
    
9.  9**Adrenaline Rush****58%**
    
10.  10**Improved Sprint****58%**
     
11.  11**Aggression****44%**
     
12.  12**Sword Specialization****43%**
     
13.  13**Deflection****34%**
     
14.  14**Dagger Specialization****25%**
     
15.  15**Improved Backstab****22%**
     
16.  16**Riposte****20%**
     
17.  17**Improved Kick****4%**
     
18.  18**Mace Specialization****3%**
     
19.  19**Fist Weapon Specialization****1%**
     

Median level 56

#### Subtlety

**17**8%

1.  1**Master of Deception****82%**
    
2.  2**Camouflage****76%**
    
3.  3**Opportunity****71%**
    
4.  4**Serrated Blades****59%**
    
5.  5**Ghostly Strike****53%**
    
6.  6**Initiative****53%**
    
7.  7**Hemorrhage****47%**
    
8.  8**Improved Ambush****47%**
    
9.  9**Deadliness****41%**
    
10.  10**Preparation****41%**
     
11.  11**Elusiveness****35%**
     
12.  12**Heightened Senses****35%**
     
13.  13**Improved Sap****35%**
     
14.  14**Dirty Deeds****29%**
     
15.  15**Premeditation****29%**
     
16.  16**Setup****18%**
     
17.  17**Sleight of Hand****0%**
     

Median level 35