Elusiveness (rogue talent)

Elusiveness
	Elusiveness; Row 3 rogue talent; Passive; Evasion also reduces damage taken by 20%, and Feint also reduces non-area-of-effect damage taken by 20%.;
Properties
Class	Rogue
Talents
Talent required	[Evasion] or [Gouge]/ [Airborne Irritant] or [Shadowstep]
Other information
Affects	[Evasion], [Feint]

For the Classic talent, see [Elusiveness]. For the night elf racial, see [Elusiveness].

Elusiveness is a rogue class talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Cheat Death].

Patch changes

Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07):
- Now causes [Evasion] to reduce damage taken by 20% (was 10%).
- Moved to row 3 (was row 2).
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Elusiveness/ [Cheat Death] choice node has moved up to row 2, taking the position where [Feint] used to be.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 5 class talent (was a level 5 talent). Now also increases Evasion's damage reduction by 10%.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 35 (was 60).
Hotfix (2017-07-24): Fixed a bug where Elusiveness reduced the amount of AOE damage reduction Feint provided.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer affects area-of-effect attacks. Now available at level 60 (was 45).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned and available to all specializations as a level 45 talent (was a tier 2 Subtlety talent). Causes Feint to also reduce all damage taken by 30% for 5 sec.
Old: Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 30/60 sec and your Cloak of Shadows and Combat Readiness abilities by 15/30 sec.
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Now reduces the cooldown of [Cloak of Shadows] by 15/30 seconds, up from 10/20, and now also reduces the cooldown of [Combat Readiness] by 15/30 seconds.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now reduces the cooldown of Cloak of Shadows by 10/20 seconds, down from 15/30 seconds.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Moved to Tier 3 (was Tier 4). Now reduces cooldown of Vanish and Blind by 30/60 sec and Cloak of Shadows by 15/30 sec.
Old: Reduces the cooldown of your Vanish and Blind abilities by 45/90 sec.
Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Moved to Tier 4 (was Tier 2), swapping places with [Improved Sap].
Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Now has 2 ranks (was 5 ranks). Cooldown reduction is now 45 sec/1.5 min (was 15 sec/30 sec/45 sec/1 min/1.3 min). No longer affects Evasion.