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Ruthlessness

Spell

Ruthlessness

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castSelf Only

Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.

Ruthlessness

Tooltip

Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a Combo Point to your target.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 0.5 sec.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 60. It scales with 1 times spell power. It triggers Ruthlessness.

What it does

Ruthlessness is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Ruthlessness (record #14157).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Proc cooldown0.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 60
Spell power coefficient: 1
Trigger spell: Ruthlessness

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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Ruthlessness". This page is record #14156. 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
#14161used by: Talent: Rogue; effect types: noneA different owner
#1258235effect 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.

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 sighted1 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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