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Dirty Tricks, a Subtlety Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Dirty Tricks is a passive talent in row 2 of the Subtlety tree. It needs 5 points in Subtlety, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Dirty Tricks

2 ranks

  • Requires 5 points in Subtlety

Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 25%.

Every rank of Dirty Tricks

RankText
Rank 1Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 25%.
Rank 2Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 50%.

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 1)
Row below (row 3)

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

Compared with Classic Era

Dirty Tricks 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.