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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)
Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts normal damage plus 450 to an enemy.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts normal damage plus 450 to an enemy.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 450.

What it does

Sinister Strike is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals weapon damage (base value 450).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon Damage (58)
Value: 450

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 30 separate Spell records named "Sinister Strike". This page is record #46558. 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
#1752subtext: Rank 1; used by: Rogue; effect types: effect 121, effect 328; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#14873no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#15581different tooltip textA variant record
#15667no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#19472no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#57640effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59409no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#60195no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#69920difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: School DamageA per-difficulty version
#76500effect types: noneA different effect setup
#90214effect types: noneA different effect setup
#90951effect 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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