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Cheap Shot

Spell

Cheap Shot

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castCombat Range

Stuns an enemy for 4 sec.

Cheap Shot

Tooltip

Stuns an enemy for 4 sec. Must be stealthed. Awards 2 combo points.

How it works

Each cast of Cheap Shot costs 60 Energy. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

Cheap Shot is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 2.

What it does

Cheap Shot is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura and restores a resource (base value 2). The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Cost60 Energy
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration4 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Energize (30)
Value: 2
Misc value: 4

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Cheap Shot sounds

The sounds the game plays when Cheap Shot is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

SwingWeaponSpecialWarriorSoundKit 3091

  1. Swingweaponspecialwarriora0.6s · ID 569828 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Swingweaponspecialwarriorc0.6s · ID 569827 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Swingweaponspecialwarriorb0.6s · ID 569830 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Swingweaponspecialwarriord0.7s · ID 569829 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

KidneyShotSoundKit 3323

  1. Kidneyshot0.5s · ID 569110 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Cheap Shot". This page is record #14902. 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
#1833used by: Rogue; different tooltip textA different owner
#6409subtext: Rank 1; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#30986effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31819effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31843effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34243effect types: noneA different effect setup
#132651effect types: noneA different effect setup
#133002effect types: noneA different effect setup
#138412effect types: noneA different effect setup
#145424effect types: noneA different effect setup
#171953effect types: noneA different effect setup
#188148used by: Cast by Cheap Shot; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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