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Improved Poisons

Improved Poisons was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge." Rogue Assassination talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Improved Poisons rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Poisons
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 2%.

WoW Forever
Improved Poisons
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge.

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2 points spent changed

Improved Poisons rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Poisons
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 4%.

WoW Forever
Improved Poisons
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 4%, and gives Poison applications a 20% chance to not consume a charge.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Improved Poisons rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Poisons
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 6%.

WoW Forever
Improved Poisons
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 6%, and gives Poison applications a 30% chance to not consume a charge.

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4 points spent changed

Improved Poisons rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Poisons
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 8%.

WoW Forever
Improved Poisons
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 8%, and gives Poison applications a 40% chance to not consume a charge.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Improved Poisons rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Poisons
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 10%.

WoW Forever
Improved Poisons
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 10%, and gives Poison applications a 50% chance to not consume a charge.

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Improved Poisons changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
rankTexts [ "Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 2%.", "Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 4%.", "Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 6%.", "Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 8%.", "Increases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 10%." ] [ "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge.", "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 4%, and gives Poison applications a 20% chance to not consume a charge.", "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 6%, and gives Poison applications a 30% chance to not consume a charge.", "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 8%, and gives Poison applications a 40% chance to not consume a charge.", "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 10%, and gives Poison applications a 50% chance to not consume a charge." ]
rankValues [ [ 2 ], [ 4 ], [ 6 ], [ 8 ], [ 10 ] ] [ [ 2, 10 ], [ 4, 20 ], [ 6, 30 ], [ 8, 40 ], [ 10, 50 ] ]

Questions about Improved Poisons

Was Improved Poisons nerfed in WoW Forever?

Improved Poisons is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge."

What changed for Improved Poisons in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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