Datamined Deathstalker Rogue Hero Talents in The War Within Alpha - Update: Now Available for Testing

The War Within Posted 24 days ago by Jaydaa

Thanks to a recent hotfix on alpha, Deathstalker Rogue is now available for testing and in our talent calculator.

Potential Deathstalker Rogue Hero Talents

NEW Evasion reduces magical damage taken by 20%.
Cloak of Shadows reduces physical damage taken by 20%.

NEW
Assassination:
Your next Fan of Knives after applying Deathstalker's Mark deals an additional (20% of Attack power) Shadow damage and generates 1 additional combo point.
Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial:
Your next Shuriken Storm after applying Deathstalker's Mark deals an additional (20% of Attack power) Shadow damage and generates 1 additional combo point.

NEW Rupture deals an additional (2.5% of Attack power) Plague damage each time it deals damage, stacking up to 10 times. Rupture duration increased by 3 sec.

NEW
Assassination:
When you consume the final Deathstalker's Mark from a target, gain 60 Energy and your next Envenom cast with maximum combo points is guaranteed to critically strike, deals 30% additional damage, and applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to the target.
Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial:
When you consume the final Deathstalker's Mark from a target, gain 60 Energy and your next Eviscerate cast with maximum combo points is guaranteed to critically strike, deals 30% additional damage, and applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to the target.

NEW
Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial:
Grappling Hook may be used a second time within 3 sec, with no cooldown.
Assassination:
Shadowstep may be used a second time within 3 sec, with no cooldown.

NEW
Assassination:
Ambush from Stealth applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing (30% of Attack power) Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next Ambush or Mutilate by 10%.
You may only have one target Marked at a time.
Outlaw, Initial:
Shadowstrike from Stealth applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing (30% of Attack power) Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next by 10%.
You may only have one target Marked at a time.
Subtlety:
Shadowstrike from Stealth or Shadow Dance applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing (30% of Attack power) Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next by 10%.
You may only have one target Marked at a time.

NEW
Assassination:
Ambush from Stealth applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing (30% of Attack power) Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next Ambush or MutilateBackstab or Shadowstrike by 10%.
You may only have one target Marked at a time.
Outlaw, Initial:
Shadowstrike from Stealth applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing (30% of Attack power) Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next Backstab or Shadowstrike by 10%.
You may only have one target Marked at a time.
Subtlety:
Shadowstrike from Stealth or Shadow Dance applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker's Mark to your target. When you spend 5 or more combo points on attacks against a Marked target you consume an application of Deathstalker's Mark, dealing (30% of Attack power) Plague damage and increasing the damage of your next Backstab or Shadowstrike by 10%.
You may only have one target Marked at a time.

NEW Cloak of Shadows duration increased by 2 sec.

NEW
Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial:
Slice and Dice causes your Backstab to deal an additional (20% of Attack power) Plague damage.
Assassination:
Slice and Dice causes your Mutilate to deal an additional (20% of Attack power) Plague damage.

NEW Fan of Knives, Shuriken Storm, Crimson Tempest, and Black Powder deal 20% additional damage while 3 or more enemies are afflicted with Rupture.

NEW Autoattacks against Marked targets deal an additional (10% of Attack power) Plague damage.

NEW Autoattacks against Marked targets deal additional 15% haste+15% mastery Plague damage.

NEW
Assassination:
After Deathmark expires, gain 3 sec of 10% increased Nature damage.
Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial:
After Shadow Blades expires, gain 3 sec of 10% increased Shadow damage.

NEW If you have critically struck with Fan of Knives or Shuriken Storm, increase the critical strike chance of Fan of Knives, Shuriken Storm, and Black Powder by 15% for 12 sec.

NEW Each time you consume a stack of Deathstalker's Mark, reduce the cooldown of Shadowstep by 3 sec.

NEW Shroud of Concealment duration increased by 5 sec.

NEW Damage dealt to targets other than your Marked target deals 3% Plague damage to your Marked target.

NEW
Assassination:
Shiv additionally increases the damage of your next Envenom by 10%.
Outlaw, Subtlety, Initial:
Symbols of Death additionally increases the damage of your next Eviscerate or Black Powder by 10%.

Comment by RavenoflogicSorry guys, they had to rework druid, warlock and mage again. Just no time for the other classes.
Your testing will have to wait.Comment by TastierTastyWair so subtlety and assassination get no forced "when leaving stealth", unlike the fatebound tree so it is just outlaw the rogue dev hates.Comment by bannyvaderTotemic is missing from the Hero Talents articleComment by ChadethyHmmm so after reading through these regardless of order these could end up I can't say I'm necessarily jumping out of my seat with excitement. Seems pretty uninspired for what a "deathstalker" could be.Comment by CodemagusSorry guys, they had to rework druid, warlock and mage again. Just no time for the other classes.
Your testing will have to wait.Comment by LautnerI hope Hunters don't get any updates for another two expansion, they cry more than anyone else yet have the most players in the world.Comment by FograsJust hope your stealth doesnt break early.Comment by hotmanpopWair so subtlety and assassination get no forced "when leaving stealth", unlike the fatebound tree so it is just outlaw the rogue dev hates.Comment by CorpselanceDealing "plague" damage would only be interesting if it had a cool visual effect or the numbers were, idk, another color maybe?Comment by BwgmonI hope Hunters don't get any updates for another two expansion, they cry more than anyone else yet have the most players in the world.Comment by ShuurahPlague: I didn't know about this school of damage, but then Nature + Shadow? To benefit from the talents and mastery of Assa and the Dark Brew for Sub? But Dark Brew turns all Nature damage into Shadow, so what's the interaction like?

Flensing Knives: you need to have SnD active to gain a particle of damage...

Clear the Witnesses: Isn't Shuriken Storm already a combo point per target? Isn't that just overcap?

Darkest Night: an infinite loop? No, right?

Momentum of Despair: sounds like Silent Storm

Deathstalker's Mark: Another tree with some sort of counter/mark style. And single target, explicitly single target. For Assa, it means controlling two marks on the target now. For Sub, does the CD align with the other abilities and how does it interact with Darkest Night?

Overall, definitely not what I expected from this tree, but now is just 'wait and see' for what the arrangement looks like and what the gameplay is like, I suppose.

(edit: correct typos)Comment by the9tailDealing "plague" damage would only be interesting if it had a cool visual effect or the numbers were, idk, another color maybe?Comment by MikeMJGI feel like whoever was posting this article had a seizure midway through typing it. Lots of double, triple and quadruple repeats