Venom, an Assassination Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Venom is an active talent in row 7 of the Assassination tree. It needs 30 points in Assassination, so the earliest you can take it is level 40 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Venom

1 rank

• 25 Energy
• 1 to 5 Combo Points
• Instant

• Requires 30 points in Assassination
• Requires Mutilate at 1/1

Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 sec 2 points: 12 sec 3 points: 15 sec 4 points: 18 sec 5 points: 21 sec

Every rank of Venom

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 sec 2 points: 12 sec 3 points: 15 sec 4 points: 18 sec 5 points: 21 sec

Where it sits in the Assassination tree

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Needs

• Mutilate at 1/1

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

None

Row above (row 6)

• Seal Fate

Row below

None: this is the last row

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

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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.