Runes are special items available in the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic. These runes can be equipped to your gear, giving your character powerful passive effects. This WoW SoD Rogue Runes guide covers the new Rogue runes introduced in SoD Phase 3 and the existing ones.
All Rogue Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 3
The following Rogue Runes are new in WoW SoD Phase 3:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Combat Potency | You have a 20% chance to gain 15 Energy every time you deal melee damage with your off-hand weapon. | Head |
| Focused Attacks | You gain 3 Energy every time you deal a melee or ranged critical strike. | Head |
| Honor Among Thieves | When any player in your party critically hits with a spell or ability, you gain a combo point on your current target. This effect cannot occur more than once every second. | Head |
| Carnage | Your abilities deal 20% increased damage to targets afflicted by one of your Bleed effects. | Wrists |
| Cut to the Chase | Your Eviscerate and Envenom abilities refresh either your Slice and Dice or your Blade Dance duration to its 5 combo point maximum. If both are active, only the one with shortest remaining duration will be refreshed. | Wrists |
| Unfair Advantage | Whenever you dodge an attack you gain an Unfair Advantage, striking back for 100% of your main hand weapon’s damage. This cannot occur more than once per second. | Wrists |
All Rogue Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 2
The following Rogue Runes are new in WoW SoD Phase 2:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Poisoned Knife | Instantly throw your off-hand weapon to deal normal off-hand weapon damage with a 100% chance to apply the poison from your off-hand weapon to the target. Awards 1 combo point. Poisoned Knife benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. | Waist |
| Shadowstep | Attempts to step through the shadows and reappear behind your enemy and increases movement speed by 70% for 3 sec. | Waist |
| Shuriken Toss | Throw a shuriken at your enemy dealing damage equal to 15% of your Attack Power, and also strike up to 4 additional nearby targets. Awards 1 combo point. | Waist |
| Master of Subtlety | Attacks made while stealthed and for 6 seconds after breaking stealth cause an additional 10% damage. | Waist |
| Rolling with the Punches | Each time you Dodge or Parry, you gain 6% increased Health, stacking up to 5 times. | Feet |
| Waylay | Your Ambush and Backstab hits unbalance your target, increasing the time between their melee attacks by 10%, and reducing movement speed by 50% for 8 sec. | Feet |
All Rogue Runes in Season of Discovery Phase 1
The following Rogue Runes are new in WoW SoD Phase 1:
| Rune | Effect | Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Deadly Brew | Grants several improvements to your poisons: When you inflict any other poison on a target, you also inflict Deadly Poison. If your weapon does not have a poison applied, it has a chance to trigger Instant Poison as if Instant Poison were applied. Deadly Poison and Instant Poison now gain increased damage from your Attack Power. | Chest |
| Just a Flesh Wound | You take 20% reduced Physical damage while Blade Dance is active. Additionally, you have 6% reduced chance to be critically hit by melee attacks, the threat generated by all your actions is massively increased, and your Feint ability is replaced with Tease, which Taunts the target to attack you. Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you. | Chest |
| Quick Draw | Draw your ranged weapon and fire a quick shot at an enemy, causing normal ranged weapon damage and reducing the target’s movement speed by 50% for 6 sec. Awards 1 combo point. Quick Draw benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. | Chest |
| Slaughter from the Shadows | Reduces the Energy cost of your Backstab and Ambush abilities by 20. Engrave Gloves – Mutilate Does not apply to Mutilate Does not apply to abilities learned from other runes. | Chest |
| Main Gauche | Instantly strike with your off-hand weapon for normal off-hand weapon damage and increase your chance to parry by 10% for 10 sec. Awards 3 combo points. Main Gauche benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. | Hands |
| Mutilate | Instantly attacks with both weapons for 100% weapon damage plus an additional 108 with each weapon. Damage is increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 combo points. Mutilate benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Backstab unless otherwise specified. | Hands |
| Saber Slash | Viciously slash an enemy for 100% weapon damage, and cause the target to bleed for 16 damage every 2 sec for 12 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Each stack also increases damage done by your Saber Slash and Sinister Strike by 20%. Awards 1 combo point. Saber Slash benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. | Hands |
| Shadowstrike | Teleport behind your target and strike, causing 150% weapon damage to the target. Must be stealthed. Awards 1 combo point. | Hands |
| Shiv | Instantly attack with your off-hand weapon to deal normal off-hand weapon damage with a 100% chance to apply the poison from your off-hand weapon to the target. Slower weapons require more energy. Awards 1 combo point. Shiv benefits from all talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. | Legs |
| Between the Eyes | Ranged Finishing move that causes damage per combo point, increased by Attack Power, and Stuns the target: • 1 point: 148 to 226 damage, 1 sec Stun • 2 points: 238 to 364 damage, 2 sec Stun • 3 points: 329 to 503 damage, 3 sec Stun • 4 points: 420 to 641 damage, 4 sec Stun • 5 points: 510 to 780 damage, 5 sec Stun Cooldown shared with Kidney Shot. | Legs |
| Blade Dance | Finishing move that increases your Parry chance by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: • 1 point : 14 seconds • 2 points: 18 seconds • 3 points: 22 seconds • 4 points: 26 seconds • 5 points: 30 seconds | Legs |
| Envenom | Finishing move that deals instant poison damage based on your Deadly Poison doses on the target. Following the Envenom attack you have a 75% increased frequency of applying Instant Poison for 1 sec plus an additional 1 sec per combo point. One dose is activated per combo point: • 1 dose: 155 damage • 2 doses: 310 damage • 3 doses: 464 damage • 4 doses: 619 damage • 5 doses: 774 damage | Legs |
