Roll the Bones

Roll the Bones
Roll the Bones Level 36 Outlaw rogue ability 25 Energy Instant Finishing move that rolls the dice of fate, providing a random combat enhancement. Lasts longer per combo point:   1 point: 12 seconds   2 points: 18 seconds   3 points: 24 seconds   4 points: 30 seconds   5 points: 36 seconds
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	36
Improvements	[Deeper Stratagem], [Slice and Dice], [Take Your Cut]

Roll the Bones is a level 36 Outlaw rogue ability.

Notes

Combat enhancements include:

• Jolly Roger - Causes [Saber Slash] to have an additional 25% chance of striking an additional time.
• Grand Melee - Increases your attack speed by 55% and your Leech by 25%.
• Shark Infested Waters - Increases Critical Strike chance by 25%.
• True Bearing - Each time you use a finishing move, you reduce the remaining cooldown on [Adrenaline Rush], [Sprint], [Between the Eyes], [Vanish], [Grappling Hook], [Cannonball Barrage], [Killing Spree], [Marked for Death], and [Death from Above] by 1 sec per combo point spent.
• Buried Treasure - Your base Energy regeneration is increased by 30%.
• Broadsides - Your combo-point generating abilities generate 1 additional combo point and deal 20% increased damage.

When activated, one or more of these combat enhancements will be selected at random - on occasions the player may receive all six enhancements when Roll the Bones is used.

Improvements

• [Deeper Stratagem] (talent)
• [Slice and Dice] (talent)
• [Take Your Cut] (honor talent)

Trivia

• The name Roll the Bones is a reference to the term Roll the Bones, another name for rolling dice. It could also be a reference to the studio album of the same by the Canadian prog-rock Rush or the title track of the album, which shares the name.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
  • Broadsides now also increases the damage of your combo-point generating abilities by 20%.
  • Buried Treasure increases Energy regeneration by 30% (was 25%).
  • Grand Melee now increases attack speed by 55% (was 50%).
  • True Bearing causes Finishing moves to reduce the cooldown of many abilities by 1.0 seconds (was 2.0 seconds) per combo point.
    

Developers' notes: The distribution of the number of buffs you get from Roll the Bones has changed. On average, you will get fewer buffs. Our goal is to significantly reduce the desire to frequently recast Roll the Bones when you get 1 buff.

• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): True Bearing no longer reduces the cooldown of [Blind], [Cloak of Shadows], or [Riposte].
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-08): "
  • Jolly Roger causes Saber Slash to have an additional 25% chance of striking an additional time (was 40%).
  • Buried Treasure increases your base Energy regeneration by 25% (was 40%).
  • Shark Infested Waters increases Critical Strike Chance by 25% (was 40%).
  • Grand Melee increases your attack speed by 50% and your Leech by 25% (was 40% and 20%)."
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB