WoW Forever Rogue buffs and nerfs
Every change Blizzard made to the Rogue's abilities and talents in each WoW Forever beta build, read from the game client. 0 buffs, 0 nerfs and 4 other changes since 2 October 2026.
How buffs and nerfs are worked out
From the numbers, never from the words. A change is a buff when every number that moved moved your way: more damage, healing or effect, a lower cost, cooldown or cast time, a longer duration or range, a higher spell power coefficient, or learned at a lower level or with fewer points in other talents. It is a nerf when every number moved the other way. Anything else is listed as changed: a mix (cheaper but weaker), a tooltip whose words changed, or numbers in other units, such as a cost of 125 Mana that became 8% of base Mana. Read the before and after to judge those. Not listed: Season of Discovery spells left in the client that nobody can learn in Forever, and tooltips whose numbers only grew because the beta's level cap went from 20 to 30 on 2 October.
28 October 2026: beta build 1.60.1.70658
- Changed: Sap. Rank 1 cost: "incapacitated" → "sapped"
2 October 2026: beta build 1.60.1.70170
- Changed: Expose Armor. Rank 1 tooltip: “Finishing move that exposes the target for 30 sec, reducing armor per combo point: 1 point : 90 armor 2 points: 180 armor 3 points: 270 armor 4 points: 360 armor 5 points: 450 armor” → “Finishing move that exposes the target for 30 sec, reducing Armor per combo point: 1 point : 90 Armor 2 points: 180 Armor 3 points: 270 Armor 4 points: 360 Armor 5 points: 450 Armor”
- Changed: Setup. Rank 1 tooltip: “Gives you a 33% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging an attack or fully resisting a spell.” → “Gives you a 33% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging one of their attacks or fully resisting one of their spells.”
- Changed: Venom. Tooltip: “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 seconds 2 points: 12 seconds 3 points: 15 seconds 4 points: 18 seconds 5 points: 21 seconds” → “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”
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Every change is also in the build changelog, with the old and new tooltip text.