Death Mark

Rogue · Subtlety · opens at 30 points spent · 1 rank

Death Mark does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.

Changed in the latest patch (Blizzard's 2 November changes). See the patch notes

25 Energy / 1 Power · 20 yd range · Instant · 10 sec cooldown

Death Mark ranks in Forever

  1. Rank 1 Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt, up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance: 1 point : 12% stored, (165 + 4% of Attack Power) × (1 + critical strike chance) damage cap 2 points: 24% stored, (267 + 8% of Attack Power) × (1 + critical strike chance) damage cap 3 points: 36% stored, (369 + 12% of Attack Power) × (1 + critical strike chance) damage cap 4 points: 48% stored, (471 + 16% of Attack Power) × (1 + critical strike chance) damage cap 5 points: 60% stored, (573 + 20% of Attack Power) × (1 + critical strike chance) damage cap

Where Death Mark sits in the Subtlety tree

Death Mark is a Subtlety talent for Rogue. You need 30 points in Subtlety before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Preparation first.

How often people take Death Mark

1 of the 153 public Rogue builds saved here (1%) put at least one point in Death Mark. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Where this came from

New in Forever.

  • Forever client build 1.60.1.70755
  • the WoW: Forever client's hotfix cache, 4 November 2026 (DBCache.bin, build 70755)