Rogue Class Changes Coming in Season 5

We’ve summarized all the Rogue changes that have been so far confirmed by Blizzard for Season 5.

Disclaimer

We’ve taken the data from both DonTheCrown‘s and Rob‘s Season 5 sheets and compiled them into actual class changes. Blizzard has confirmed these changes for Season 5 during the content creator roundtable, but the list is incomplete and we’ll need to wait until the official Season 5 patch notes to have a full list of all changes for each class.

Main Stat Scaling

Rogues will receive 1% damage per 9 main stat (Dexterity) in Season 5. That’s around a 6-7% damage increase.

Skill Changes

FlurryFlurry

  • Bonus damage increased to up to 130%.
  • Lucky Hit chance increased to up to 20%.
  • Enhanced FlurryEnhanced Flurry cap reduced to 25%.
  • Advanced FlurryAdvanced Flurry bonus per stack reduced to 10% with a 30% total cap.

CaltropsCaltrops

Paragon and Specialization Changes

Preparation specialization duration increased from 8 to 10 seconds.

Exploit WeaknessExploit Weakness

  • Reworked.
  • Now reads: Lucky Hit: Hitting a vulnerable enemy has up to a 60% chance to increase your damage by 1% for 25 seconds, up to 25%. At 25 stacks the bonus remains for 6 seconds then expires.
  • No longer excludes elites.

No WitnessesNo Witnesses

  • Duration increased to 10 seconds and damage bonus cap increased to 45%.

Aspect Changes

  • Bursting Bones: Scaling with size from Path of Tragoul.
  • Reaper’s Aspect: Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds.

Unique Changes

WindforceWindforce

  • 130% damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.
  • Up to 18% Movement Speed.
  • Up to 55% chance for BarrageBarrage to cast twice.
  • Up to +4 to Barrage.
  • Up to +2 to MaliceMalice.
  • Unique affix chance increased to up to 50%.
  • Knockback removed.

Eyes in the DarkEyes in the Dark

  • Up to 1427 Maximum Life.
  • Up to 300% Ultimate skill damage.
  • Up to 15% Damage Reduction from trapped enemies.
  • Up to +4 to AftermathAftermath.
  • Traps arm 1 seconds faster.

Saboteur's SignetSaboteur’s Signet

  • Up to 275% Grenade Damage.
  • Up to 42% Stun Grenade size.
  • +1 Energy when a Stun Grenade explodes.
  • Up to 8% Cooldown Reduction.
  • Unique affix chance increased to 45%.

Other Season 5 Class Changes

If you’re interested to learn more about the upcoming class changes, you can check out our Barbarian, Druid and Necromancer overviews.


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