Improved Expose Armor, an Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever
Improved Expose Armor is a passive talent in row 3 of the Assassination tree. It needs 10 points in Assassination, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Improved Expose Armor
2 ranks
- Requires 10 points in Assassination
Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.
Every rank of Improved Expose Armor
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points. |
| Rank 2 | Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 10, and refunds 2 Combo Points when cast with 5 Combo Points. |
Where it sits in the Assassination tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above (row 2)
- Row below (row 4)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Expose Armor.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
Increases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25%.
Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.
Open the Rogue talent calculator
All Assassination talents
- Improved Gouge
- Remorseless Attacks
- Malice
- Ruthlessness
- Murder
- Improved Slice and Dice
- Relentless Strikes
- Improved Expose Armor
- Lethality
- Vile Poisons
- Cold Blood
- Improved Poisons
- Vigor
- Mutilate
- Improved Kidney Shot
- Seal Fate
- Venom
The other Rogue trees: Combat and Subtlety. 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.