Overview
WoW Forever Assassination is built around your poisons. 
Mutilate, a new talent, becomes your only combo point builder: it strikes with both weapons and deals 20% more damage to a poisoned target. So keep 
Deadly Poison on at least one weapon.
Venom, a new finisher, raises your poison damage by 30% and your chance to apply them by 10%. In practice, it is a second 
Slice and Dice to maintain. Your poisons ignore armor, but a boss immune to Nature cripples the spec.
The gameplay stays simple: you build, you spend. The challenge is keeping Slice and Dice, Venom and your poison charges up at the same time. At level 20, the spec disappoints: it plays like Combat until Mutilate, Venom and 
Seal Fate. The class sits in A tier among DPS at that level.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- PoisonsDamage that ignores armor.
- Improved Expose ArmorThe spec that loses the least by taking it for the raid.
- Survival toolsEvasion, Vanish, Feint.
Weaknesses
- No raid buffYour spot rests on your damage.
- ImmunitiesAn enemy immune to poison or Nature takes away a large part of your damage.
- EnergyIt feels a little slow.
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Your poison damage ignores armor, and this is the spec that loses the least when the raid needs 
Improved Expose Armor. 
Evasion, 
Vanish and 
Feint keep you alive.
On the other hand, you bring no raid buff, your energy feels slow, and enemies immune to poison or Nature take away a large part of your damage.
Key spells
Key talents
Malice (5 ranks)+5% crit on your attacks and your poisons.- Combo points and energy refunded by your finishers.
- +45% Slice and Dice duration.
- More damage on your ability crits, Mutilate included.
- Stronger, more frequent poisons, and a 50% chance not to consume a charge.
- A guaranteed crit, Mutilate included.
- Expose Armor costs less and refunds 2 combo points at 5 points.
Rotation and priorities
Single target:
In dungeons, 
Sap is now risk-free. Alternate 
Kick and 
Gouge on casters, and use 
Pick Lock on locked doors, as in The Deadmines.
Stats
- 1Attack power
- then 2Agility
- then 3Hit
- then 4Critical strike
- 1 Attack power
- for your poisons
Order to be confirmed: the exact priority is not settled yet.
No list is established. Your poisons scale with attack power; aim for Agility, hit and crit too. The order is still to be confirmed.
Leveling
Two level 20 builds exist. The dagger build, shared by all three specs: 
Improved Eviscerate 3/3, 
Improved Sinister Strike 2/2, 
Puncturing Wounds 3/3 for a 41-energy Backstab, 
Precision 1/3 and 
Opportunity 2/2. The energy build: Malice 5/5, 
Ruthlessness 3/3, Improved Slice and Dice 2/3 and 
Relentless Strikes, with a slow one-handed weapon or daggers.
Find a slow weapon early and train its skill, or switch to daggers for Backstab. Your damage comes first from your auto attacks and your builder: upgrade your main-hand weapon first. Wailing Caverns, The Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep have pieces for you.
Changes compared to Classic
- New builder talent, +20% against a poisoned target.
- New finisher that strengthens your poisons.
- Also raises poison crit.
- 2% per point, against Humanoids and Giants.
- Also affects Mutilate, 4% per point.
- Cheaper, refunds 2 combo points at 5 points.
- Now only raises damage against the stunned target.
- Moves up the tree, 2 points for the same energy.
- 50% chance not to consume a charge.
