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Cutthroat, a Subtlety Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Cutthroat is a passive talent in row 6 of the Subtlety tree. It needs 25 points in Subtlety, so the earliest you can take it is level 35 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Cutthroat

5 ranks

  • Requires 25 points in Subtlety

Your Backstab has a 3% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.

Every rank of Cutthroat

RankText
Rank 1Your Backstab has a 3% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.
Rank 2Your Backstab has a 6% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.
Rank 3Your Backstab has a 9% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.
Rank 4Your Backstab has a 12% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.
Rank 5Your Backstab has a 15% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Subtlety tree

CamouflageMaster of DeceptionOpportunitySetupElusivenessDirty TricksImproved AmbushInitiativeGhostly StrikeImproved DistractHeightened SensesPremeditationSerrated BladesDirty DeedsPreparationHemorrhageQuietusCutthroatThousand Cuts
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 5)
Row below (row 7)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Cutthroat.

Compared with Classic Era

Cutthroat has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.

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All Subtlety talents

  1. Camouflage
  2. Master of Deception
  3. Opportunity
  4. Setup
  5. Elusiveness
  6. Dirty Tricks
  7. Improved Ambush
  8. Initiative
  9. Ghostly Strike
  10. Improved Distract
  11. Heightened Senses
  12. Premeditation
  13. Serrated Blades
  14. Dirty Deeds
  15. Preparation
  16. Hemorrhage
  17. Quietus
  18. Cutthroat
  19. Thousand Cuts

The other Rogue trees: Assassination and Combat. Everything that changed for the Rogue since Classic is on the changes page.

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.