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Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

An instant strike that deals Physical damage to an enemy.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

An instant strike that deals Physical damage to an enemy.

How it works

  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 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 (31)
Value: 100

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 30 separate Spell records named "Sinister Strike". This page is record #183928. 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
#76500effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90214different tooltip textA variant record
#90951different tooltip textA variant record
#112931effect values: 110 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#129040effect values: 110 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#172028effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#188286effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193315used by: Outlaw Rogue; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different owner
#197834effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#276889cast time: 1.5 secA variant record
#279877subtext: Rank 2; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#285175effect types: School Damage; 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.

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