Improved Gouge

Improved Gouge
Talent Improved Gouge {{{cast_time}}} sec cast Requires Rogue Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by X sec and reduces its energy cost by Y.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	N/A
School	N/A
Casting time	Unknown sec cast
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Requirements
Location	N/A
Level required	10

• Talent
• Improved Gouge
• {{{cast_time}}} sec cast
• Requires Rogue
• Increases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by X sec and reduces its energy cost by Y.

Improved Gouge is a Rogue talent located in the 3rd tier of the Combat Tree. This talent increases the duration of the rogue ability Gouge and reduces its energy cost.

Rank table

Rank	Duration increase	Energy cost reduction
1	1 sec	15
2	2 sec	30

Functionality

If you don't use Gouge very often (which you may not, especially if you solo through PVE content with swords), then the utility of this talent may not be apparent. The main use for it revolves around waiting for cooldowns such as Kidney Shot and energy pooling. Some argue you can restealth by getting out of combat before Gouge wears off, but on practice combat always lasts longer than Improved Gouge and it is only possible to restealth if the enemy doesn't attack you for about a second. You can run out of range with this talent and restealth, though.

This makes Improved Gouge an invaluable part of PVP stunlock builds, as well.

External links

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