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Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 100% weapon damage.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts 100% 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 100.

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 100).

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: 100

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 #90951. 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
#15581effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15667effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19472effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46558effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57640different tooltip textA variant record
#59409effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60195effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69920effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76500effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90214no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#112931different tooltip textA variant record
#129040no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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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