WoW Forever Rogue guide: talents, levelling build, PvP and stats

28 Oct 2026 (AEDT), from the beta notes incl. the 26 Oct (US) final racial pass. Launch: Thu 5 Nov 10:00 AEDT. Unconfirmed = our read; may change at launch.

RoRogue Trees: Assassination, Combat, Subtlety. Talents from 10; milestones at 11/16/21/31 points; Dual Spec at 40; respec at a city trainer.

Overview only; our in-depth Rogue guide has full builds, openers and rotations.

Key Forever changes

Change 1

Hack and Slash (Combat row 5) replaces weapon specs: swords/axes up to 5% extra attacks, daggers/fist up to 5% crit, maces ignore up to 15% armor.

Change 2

Combat 16-point talent: Flawless Execution (Eviscerate costs 10 less Energy).

Change 3

Assassination: Cold Blood (16), Mutilate (21), Venom (31). Subtlety: Premeditation (16), Thousand Cuts (31).

Change 4

Smooth Energy regen; Sap no longer breaks Stealth; poisons proc only on your own hits (15 Oct).

Our build calls

Levelling

Unconfirmed: Combat with swords or axes (Hack and Slash, Flawless Execution). Point-by-point builds after launch; Wowhead Forever calculator may have rank-scaling gaps.