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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Ambush

Spell

Ambush

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castSelf Only

Ambush the target, causing 256 to 384 damage.

Ambush

Tooltip

Ambush the target, causing 256 to 384 damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 256. 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 256).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon Damage (58)
Value: 256
Spell power coefficient: 1

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 #39669. 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
#8676subtext: Rank 1; used by: Rogue; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, effect 328; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#24337no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#39668school: Nature; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#41390effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#56239effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#96640effect types: noneA different effect setup
#96641effect types: noneA different effect setup
#149842effect types: noneA different effect setup
#165658effect types: noneA different effect setup
#188282effect types: noneA different effect setup
#194429effect types: noneA different effect setup
#246451effect types: noneA 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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