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Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 110% weapon damage.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts 110% weapon damage.

How it works

Each cast of Sinister Strike costs 40 Energy.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 110.

What it does

Sinister Strike is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 110).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Cost40 Energy
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 110

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Sinister Strike". This page is record #129040. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#59409effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60195effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69920difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#76500difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#90214no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#90951difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 PlayerA per-difficulty version
#112931different tooltip textA variant record
#172028effect types: noneA different effect setup
#183928effect types: noneA different effect setup
#188286effect types: noneA different effect setup
#193315used by: Outlaw Rogue; effect types: noneA different owner
#197834effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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