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Ambush

Spell

Ambush

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castSelf Only

Ambush the target, causing 14.6154 damage.

Ambush

Tooltip

Ambush the target, causing 14.6154 damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 14.6154. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Ambush is a Physical spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals weapon damage (base value 14.6154).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon Damage (58)
Value: 14.6154
Spell power coefficient: 1

Raw client values from the current retail game build. 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 111 separate Spell records named "Ambush". This page is record #24337. 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
#8676used by: Rogue; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different owner
#39668school: Nature; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#39669effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#41390effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#56239effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#96640duration: 2 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#96641effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149842effect types: JumpA different effect setup
#165658effect types: Teleport; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#188282duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 164, Apply Aura, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#194429effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#246451effect types: JumpA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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