Cutthroat

Cutthroat is a new talent in WoW Forever that does not exist in Classic Era. Rogue Subtlety talent, 1 ranks.

Cutthroat details in WoW Forever

The ability this talent grants, the tooltip players see in-game, side by side with each changed line marked.

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Cutthroat

Physical school

Instant

Your Ambush, Backstab, and Garrote abilities no longer require you to be behind your target, and Backstab has a 15% chance to make your next Ambush within 10 sec not require you to be in Stealth.

Forever 1.60.1.69913

Cutthroat

Physical school

Instant

Your Backstab has a 15% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: the displayed icon was reassigned, and effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Ability field diff every changed column on the granted spell

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Your Ambush, Backstab, and Garrote abilities no longer require you to be behind your target, and Backstab has a $424980s2% chance to make your next Ambush within $462707d not require you to be in Stealth.	Your Backstab has a $m1% chance to cause your next Ambush within $462707d to not require Stealth.
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