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Sinister Strike

Spell

Sinister Strike

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts normal damage plus 3 to an enemy.

Sinister Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts normal damage plus 3 to an enemy.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 17). Its base value is 3. It scales with 1 times spell power.

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 3).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon Damage (17)
Value: 3
Spell power coefficient: 1

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

Sinister Strike sounds

The sounds the game plays when Sinister Strike 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

SinisterStrikeImpactSoundKit 5530

  1. Sinisterstrikeimpact3.0s · ID 569227 · 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 30 separate Spell records named "Sinister Strike". This page is record #15581. 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, Energize; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#14873effect values: 1 (this record: 3)Different tuning
#15667effect values: 2 (this record: 3)Different tuning
#19472effect values: 1 (this record: 3)Different tuning
#46558effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57640effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59409effect types: noneA different effect setup
#60195effect types: noneA different effect setup
#69920effect types: noneA different effect setup
#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.

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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