Sinister Strike

Sinister Strike
Sinister Strike Level 1 rogue ability Melee range 40 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon An instant strike that causes X damage in addition to 145% of your normal weapon damage.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	1
Improvements	[Bandit's Guile]

It adds injury to insult.

Sinister Strike (commonly abbreviated to SS) is a rogue combat ability, which all rogues start with at level 1. It deals normal weapon damage plus extra physical damage which scales with your level. You must have a melee weapon equipped to use the ability, and not be disarmed. Sinister Strike can be used on any mob, in any position, in any combat state, and has no refresh rate beyond its energy requirement. You must be facing your target.

It is recommended that you use a weapon with the highest average damage that you can attain for your main hand when using Sinister Strike, as the damage from Sinister Strike is calculated from a range between your weapon's minimum and maximum damage.

Improvements

• [Bandit's Guile]

Armor

• The 4 piece bonus of the Bonescythe Armor Set gives you 5 energy for every one of your Sinister Strike critical hits.
• The 4 piece bonus of the Slayer's Armor Set increases the damage of your Sinister Strike by 6%.

Formulas

The Sinister Strike damage calculation formula:

Aggression = 1 + (0.07/0.14/0.20)
Lethality = 0.10 * Lethality Rank
Modifier = (Attack Power / 14) * Normalized Weapon Speed (for 1h, NWS is 2.4)
Sinister Strike = (Weapon Damage + Modifier + Extra Damage From Sinister Strike) * Aggression
Critical Sinister Strike = Sinister Strike * (2 + Lethality)

See also

• Sinister Strike TCG Card

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Weapon damage increased from 100% to 145%. Energy cost reduced from 45 to 40.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Sinister Strike only awards a Combo Point at level 3, when [Eviscerate] becomes available.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB