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Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

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1 sec3 sec cooldownTen yards

Inflicts Physical damage to a player.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to a player. The duration of the caster's next increases by 1 sec. This effect

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Sinister Strike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Sinister Strike is a Physical spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 10 yards, a 3 sec cooldown and effects that last 1 min. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) and applies an aura. It stacks up to 5 times.

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
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks5
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Sinister Strike appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Sinister Strike". This page is record #466109. 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
#183928cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#188286cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193315used by: Outlaw Rogue; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different owner
#197834cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#276889cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#279877subtext: Rank 2; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#285175cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#341541cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#417184duration: 6 sec; effect values: 100, 20 (this record: 100, 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#472915cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#473189cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#473257cast time: instant; duration: none; effect 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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