Ruthlessness

Ruthlessness, a Rogue Assassination ability, was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 differs from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Rogue talent Ruthlessness, unchanged from Classic Era. See it in the Rogue talent calculator.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Ruthlessness tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Ruthlessness

Rank 1 · Physical school

Gives your finishing moves a 20% chance to add a combo point to your target.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Ruthlessness

Changed: Physical school

Changed: Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Gives your finishing moves a $h% chance to add a combo point to your target.	Gives your finishing moves a $m1% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 14157, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 60, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 14157, "variance": 0 } ]
procChance	20	100
procCooldownMs	none	500
subtext	Rank 1	none

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Spell · Physical · Rank 2 unchanged

Ruthlessness (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2: same text.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Ruthlessness

Rank 2 · Physical school

Gives your finishing moves a 40% chance to add a combo point to your target.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Ruthlessness

Physical school

Gives your finishing moves a 40% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.

Shown at rank 2 of 3.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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Spell · Physical · Rank 3 unchanged

Ruthlessness (Rank 3) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 3 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 3: same text.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Ruthlessness

Rank 3 · Physical school

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

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Ruthlessness

Physical school

Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.

Shown at rank 3 of 3.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

What changed for Ruthlessness in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed effect values changed, tooltip now says "Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.", rank text Rank 1 to none, updated proc cooldown
• Rank 2 unchanged rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it reads the same as Classic Era
• Rank 3 unchanged rank 3 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it reads the same as Classic Era

Ruthlessness changes between Forever builds

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