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Talent · Rogue · Assassination changed

Lethality

Lethality was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%." 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

Lethality rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Lethality
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.

WoW Forever
Lethality
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.

of 5
2 points spent changed

Lethality rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Lethality
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.

WoW Forever
Lethality
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 8%.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Lethality rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Lethality
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 18%.

WoW Forever
Lethality
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.

of 5
4 points spent changed

Lethality rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Lethality
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 24%.

WoW Forever
Lethality
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Lethality rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Lethality
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%.

WoW Forever
Lethality
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.

of 5

Lethality changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
rankTexts [ "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 18%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 24%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 30%." ] [ "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 8%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.", "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%." ]
rankValues [ [ 6 ], [ 12 ], [ 18 ], [ 24 ], [ 30 ] ] [ [ 4 ], [ 8 ], [ 12 ], [ 16 ], [ 20 ] ]

Questions about Lethality

Was Lethality nerfed in WoW Forever?

Lethality 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 critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%."

What changed for Lethality in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value