Lethality, an Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Lethality 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 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Lethality

5 ranks

• Requires 10 points in Assassination
• Requires Malice at 5/5

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

Every rank of Lethality

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.
Rank 2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 8%.
Rank 3	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 12%.
Rank 4	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 16%.
Rank 5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 20%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Assassination tree

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Needs

• Malice at 5/5

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Relentless Strikes
• Improved Expose Armor

Row above (row 2)

• Ruthlessness
• Murder
• Improved Slice and Dice

Row below (row 4)

• Vile Poisons
• Cold Blood
• Improved Poisons

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

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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.