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Sinister Strike
Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice
  • Sinister Strike
  • Level 1 rogue ability
  • Melee range
  • 45 Energy
  • Instant
  • Requires One Handed Melee Weapon
  • Viciously strike an enemy, causing (21.762% of Attack power) Physical damage.

    Awards 1 combo point each time it strikes.
Properties
Class Rogue
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned 1
Improvements Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice [Opportunity], Ability dualwield [Triple Threat]
It adds injury to insult.[1]

Sinister Strike (commonly abbreviated to SS) is a level 1 rogue ability. You must have a melee weapon equipped to use the ability. Sinister Strike can be used on any mob, in any position, in any combat state, and has no refresh rate beyond its energy requirement. You must be facing your target.

This ability is replaced with Ability rogue shadowstrikes [Mutilate] for Assassination rogues and Ability backstab [Backstab] for Subtlety rogues.

Trivia[]

Sinister Strike TCG

In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and Hearthstone.

Gallery[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 converted into the Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice [Opportunity] talent.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2022-08-03): Fixed an issue that could cause bonus Sinister Strike hits to break Ability vanish [Vanish] under certain conditions.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5 (2022-05-31): Sinister Strike damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Now deals 20% more damage in PvP Combat (was 10% more damage).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Rank 2 added at level 12 for Outlaw: Has a 35% chance to hit an additional time, making your next Pistol Shot half cost and double damage.
  • Legion Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16): Damage increased by 30%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Re-added.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 10% more damage.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Deals an increased 240% of weapon damage (up from 145%), but now costs 50 Energy (up from 40 Energy).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Weapon damage increased from 100% to 145%. Energy cost reduced from 45 to 40.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Sinister Strike only awards a Combo Point at level 3, when Ability rogue eviscerate [Eviscerate] becomes available.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
  • Test-inline Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.

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Base Outlaw
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