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Spell glossary: Rogue

The spells and talents of a sustained single-target Rogue rotation at level 20, with their real values sourced from WoW: Forever's own Wowhead tooltips.

Abilities

Ability	Required level	Cost	Cooldown	Cast	Effect	Source
Sinister Strike	14	45 Energy	None	Instant	100% weapon dmg +10 +1 Combo points instantly	Wowhead tooltip
Backstab	20	60 Energy	None	Instant	150% weapon dmg +32 +1 Combo points instantly	Wowhead tooltip
Eviscerate	16	35 Energy, 1 to 5 Combo Points	None	Instant	scales with combo points (see table)	Wowhead tooltip
Slice and Dice	10	25 Energy, 1 to 5 Combo Points	None	Instant	scales with combo points (see table)	Wowhead tooltip

Talents

Ability	Tree	Max rank	Effect	DPS relevant?
Improved Eviscerate	Combat	3	—	Yes
Improved Sinister Strike	Combat	2	—	Yes
Lightning Reflexes	Combat	5	—	No
Puncturing Wounds	Combat	3	Increases Backstab critical strike chance and gives a chance to generate an extra combo point (per Icy Veins' guide text; exact per-rank values not looked up)	Yes
Deflection	Combat	3	—	No
Precision	Combat	3	+1% hit chance per rank (consistent with every other class' identically-named hit-chance talent found so far)	Yes
Endurance	Combat	2	—	No
Riposte	Combat	1	—	No
Improved Sprint	Combat	2	—	No
Improved Kick	Combat	2	—	No
Flawless Execution	Combat	1	—	Not checked
Dual Wield Specialization	Combat	5	—	Yes
Blade Flurry	Combat	1	—	Yes
Hack and Slash	Combat	5	—	Yes
Weapon Expertise	Combat	2	—	Yes
Aggression	Combat	3	—	Yes
Adrenaline Rush	Combat	1	—	Yes

What's still missing

This class isn't complete yet: here's precisely what hasn't been sourced yet, rather than leaving it silent.

Only the Combat single-target rotation pieces are covered (Sinister Strike, Backstab, Eviscerate, Slice and Dice). Ambush (stealth opener), Instant Poison (weapon buff named in the real rotation), Gouge, Kick, Sprint, and all Assassination/Subtlety trees are not looked up.
French names for Backstab, Eviscerate and Slice and Dice were NOT found from a reliable source this pass (only Sinister Strike's real FR name, "Attaque pernicieuse", is confirmed, via data/wow_talents/rogue.json's own Improved Sinister Strike entry) -- left in English with a note rather than guessed.
Eviscerate's Attack-Power scaling coefficient: the tooltip states the ability's damage "increased by Attack Power" but the exact coefficient wasn't visible in the effect breakdown captured this pass (unlike e.g. Mage spells, which show an explicit "SP mod: X").
"talents.assassination" and "talents.subtlety" are empty placeholders -- the real level-20 Combat build spends 0 points in either.
Combat's own Dual Wield Specialization (n105740, Combat tree) wasn't cross-checked against Warrior's for whether Rogue's version has the same real values -- don't assume they match.

See also: the DPS simulator and character optimizer use this same data.

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