Opportunity, a Subtlety Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Opportunity is a passive talent in row 1 of the Subtlety tree. It needs no points in Subtlety, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Opportunity

2 ranks

Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 5%.

Every rank of Opportunity

RankText
Rank 1Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 5%.
Rank 2Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 10%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Subtlety tree

Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above
None: this is the first row
Row below (row 2)

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

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its rank count.

Ranks

Classic Era

5 ranks

WoW Forever

2 ranks

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 4%.

WoW Forever

Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 5%.

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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.