Skip to content
Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

Advertisement

Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 125% weapon damage to an enemy.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts 125% weapon damage to an enemy.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 125.

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 125).

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
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 125

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 #57640. 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
#14873effect values: 110 (this record: 125)Different tuning
#15581effect values: 300 (this record: 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15667effect values: 200 (this record: 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19472effect values: 100 (this record: 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#46558effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59409effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60195effect values: 200 (this record: 125)Different tuning
#69920effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76500effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90214effect values: 100 (this record: 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#90951effect values: 100 (this record: 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#112931effect values: 110 (this record: 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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.

Comments

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