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Backstab the target, causing 150% weapon damage plus 15 to the target. Must be behind the target. Requires a dagger in the main hand. Awards 1 combo points.
How it works
Each cast of Backstab costs 60 Energy. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.
Backstab is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is effect type 121, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 10. It scales with 1 times spell power.
- Effect 2 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150. It scales with 1 times spell power.
- Effect 3 is effect type 328, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 1.
What it does
Backstab 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 150).
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
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Cost | 60 Energy |
| Range | 5 yards (Combat Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Effect 121 Value: 10 Spell power coefficient: 1 |
| Effect #2 | Weapon % Damage (31) Value: 150 Spell power coefficient: 1 |
| Effect #3 | Effect 328 Value: 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.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Backstab appears in: 1 class specialization.
Class specialization
- Subtlety Rogue (replaces Sinister Strike)Specialization spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Combat spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 40 separate Spell records named "Backstab". This page is record #53. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #7159 | effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15582 | effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15657 | used by: Cast by Shadowstep; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #22416 | effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #30992 | effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #34614 | effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #37685 | effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #52540 | effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #58471 | effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #63754 | effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #71410 | effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #75360 | effect types: none | A 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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