Skip to content
Shank

Spell

Shank

Physical

Advertisement

Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts normal damage plus 3.64916 to an enemy when attacking from behind.

Shank

Tooltip

Inflicts normal damage plus 3.64916 to an enemy when attacking from behind.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 3.6492. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shank is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals weapon damage (base value 3.6492).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon Damage (58)
Value: 3.6492
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 10 separate Spell records named "Shank". This page is record #15617. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#15248effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#118963cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133831effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#134769cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#244845difficulty rows: Mythic; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#261866cast time: 0.1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277296cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277901cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#370559cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA 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

Comments

Read player comments on Shank at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)