Premeditation

Premeditation
Premeditation (1 rank) Rogue ability 30 yd range No cost 20 sec cooldown Instant When used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 20 sec or the combo points are lost.
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	20 sec
Talents
Talent tree	Subtlety
Talent required	[Preparation]
Other information
Requirements	Requires Stealth
Improvements	none

"Leave nothing to chance."
—The Assassin's Creed, Chapter 1

Premeditation is an ability gained from the subtlety talent tree. You can use it to generate 2 combo points on your target, which will allow you to use a finishing move faster.

Notes

Essentially, this enables the rogue to gain 3 (or 4-5 if [Cheap Shot] is used) combo points from his opener alone. If you also have 3 points [Initiative] and use this talent you will have a 75% chance of gaining 5 combo points using Cheap Shot.

• [Preparation] will immediately finish the cooldown on premeditation.

Patch changes

• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Now instant cast with a 30-yard range.

  Old: 1 second cast time, 5-yard range.
  

• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Fixed a bug where the combo points gained using the ability were not properly removed after the duration expired. Also increased range and duration.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB