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PhysicalTooltip
Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon.
Axe/Sword: Your successful
melee attacks have a 5% chance
to trigger an extra attack on the
target.
Dagger/Fist: Increases your
critical strike chance by 5%.
Mace: Your attacks ignore 15% of
your target's armor.
How it works
Its aura has a 1% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 0.2 sec.
Hack and Slash is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 5.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 15.
- Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 5.
What it does
Hack and Slash is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.
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
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Proc chance | 1% |
| Proc cooldown | 0.2 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4 Value: 5 |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4 Value: 15 |
| Effect #3 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4 Value: 5 |
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.
How to learn
How to learn Hack and Slash
Learned at- Level 1
From- Rogue trainer
Who can learn it- Any Rogue
Visit a Rogue trainer once you reach level 1 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Rogue trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.
Alliance Rogue trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| AnisharRogue Trainer | Darnassus Capital | 37.9, 20.9 |
| Erion ShadewhisperRogue Trainer | Darnassus Capital | 34.5, 25.9 |
| SyurnaRogue Trainer | Darnassus Capital | 37.0, 21.9 |
| FenthwickRogue Trainer | Ironforge Capital | 51.5, 15.3 |
| Hulfdan BlackbeardRogue Trainer | Ironforge Capital | 52.0, 14.8 |
| Ormyr FlinteyeRogue Trainer | Ironforge Capital | 52.9, 15.0 |
| Lord Tony RomanoRogue Trainer | Stormwind City Capital | 80.3, 68.6 |
| Osborne the Night ManRogue Trainer | Stormwind City Capital | 77.4, 65.3 |
6 more in starting zones and towns
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Hogral BakkanRogue Trainer | Dun Morogh | 47.6, 52.6 |
| Solm HargrinRogue Trainer | Dun Morogh | 28.4, 67.5 |
| Jorik KerridanRogue Trainer | Elwynn Forest | 50.3, 39.9 |
| Keryn SylviusRogue Trainer | Elwynn Forest | 43.9, 65.9 |
| Frahun ShadewhisperRogue Trainer | Teldrassil | 59.6, 38.7 |
| Jannok BreezesongRogue Trainer | Teldrassil | 56.4, 60.1 |
Horde Rogue trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| GestRogue Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 42.7, 51.5 |
| OrmokRogue Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 43.9, 54.6 |
| ShenthulRogue Trainer | Orgrimmar Capital | 43.0, 53.7 |
| Carolyn WardRogue Trainer | Undercity Capital | 83.9, 72.1 |
| Gregory CharlesRogue Trainer | Undercity Capital | 84.9, 73.5 |
| Miles DexterRogue Trainer | Undercity Capital | 85.2, 71.6 |
4 more in starting zones and towns
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| KaplakRogue Trainer | Durotar | 52.0, 43.7 |
| RwagRogue Trainer | Durotar | 41.3, 68.0 |
| David TriasRogue Trainer | Tirisfal Glades | 32.5, 65.7 |
| Marion CallRogue Trainer | Tirisfal Glades | 61.8, 52.0 |
Neutral Rogue trainers
| Trainer | Zone | Map |
|---|---|---|
| FahradGrand Master Rogue | Hillsbrad Foothills | 82.7, 18.7 |
| Ian StromRogue Trainer | Stranglethorn Vale | 26.8, 77.1 |
Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.
Related
More Combat spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Hack and Slash". This page is record #13960. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.
| Record | What differs from this record | Likely reason |
|---|---|---|
| #163414 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #163581 | used by: Cast by Hack and Slash; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #164588 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #164593 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #164595 | used by: Cast by Hack and Slash; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #262308 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #263313 | used by: Cast by Hack and Slash; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #337214 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #383873 | used by: Cast by Hack and Slash; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #383877 | used by: Talent: Warrior; effect types: none | A different owner |
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
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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