Ambush

Ambush
Ambush Level 7 rogue ability Melee range 50 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing (278% of Attack power) Physical damage. Awards 2 combo points.
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	7
Improvements	[Deal Fate], [Improved Ambush], [Unseen Blade]

Ambush in the TCG.

Ambush is a level 7 rogue ability. It is a powerful instant attack performed while Stealthed.

Subtlety rogues replace it with [Shadowstrike] at level 12.

Trivia

• Ambush is one of Valeera's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Gallery

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  Ambush in Hearthstone.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05): Damage increased by 7%.
  
• Hotfix (2025-03-25): Damage increased by 40% (does not affect PvP).
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-22): Fixed an issue that prevented Ambush from being correctly affected by [Adrenaline Rush]'s reduced global cooldown modifier.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level lowered to 7, now available to all specializations.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Ambush damage increased by 33%.
  
• Hotfix (2017-04-17): Damage increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Increased the damage by 3.5%.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 22 (was 14).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Outlaw at level 14 (was all rogues at level 6). Base damage increased by 43% and is no longer increased if wielding a dagger.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • No longer requires the rogue to be behind the target.
  • [Find Weakness]' effects have been merged into baseline Ambush, [Garrote], and [Cheap Shot] for Subtlety rogues.
    
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 12%.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Weapon damage increased from 190% to 325%. Now learned at level 6 (was 8).
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Available at level 8 (was 18). No longer requires a dagger, but deals more damage if one is equipped.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now generates two combo points, but is no longer affected by [Lethality].
  
• Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): The damage multiplier on this ability has been increased from 250% to 275%.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19):
  • Fixed a bug where combo points were not always being applied to the target when using Ambush.
  • Ambush now properly increases the attack power contribution by the percent modifier.
    

See also

• Ambush, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  Ambush
  Ambush (6 ranks) Level 18 rogue ability Melee range 60 Energy Instant Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing 250% weapon damage plus 70 to the target. Must be stealthed and behind the target. Requires a dagger in the main hand. Awards 1 combo point.
  Properties
  Class	Rogue
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	18
  Improvements	[Improved Ambush], [Initiative], [Opportunity]

• BC Classic

  Ambush
  Ambush (7 ranks) Level 18 rogue ability Melee range 60 Energy Instant Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing 275% weapon damage plus 70 to the target. Must be stealthed and behind the target. Requires a dagger in the main hand. Awards 1 combo point.
  Properties
  Class	Rogue
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	18
  Improvements	[Improved Ambush], [Initiative], [Opportunity]

• Wrath Classic

  Ambush
  Ambush (10 ranks) Level 18 rogue ability Melee range 60 Energy Instant Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing 275% weapon damage plus 77 to the target. Must be stealthed and behind the target. Requires a dagger in the main hand. Awards 2 combo points.
  Properties
  Class	Rogue
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	18
  Improvements	[Improved Ambush], [Initiative], [Opportunity], [Slaughter From The Shadows], [Waylay]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Ambush]

• Cataclysm Classic

  Ambush
  Ambush Level 8 rogue ability Melee range 60 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing 191% weapon damage plus 307 to the target (276% plus 444 if a dagger is equipped). Must be stealthed and behind the target. Awards 2 combo points.
  Properties
  Class	Rogue
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Find Weakness], [Improved Ambush], [Initiative], [Opportunity], [Slaughter From The Shadows], [Waylay]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Ambush]

• MoP Classic

  Ambush
  Ambush Level 6 rogue ability Melee range 60 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing 325% weapon damage plus 623 to the target (470% plus 9001 if a dagger is equipped). Must be stealthed and behind the target. Awards 2 combo points
  Properties
  Class	Rogue
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	6
  Improvements	[Cloak and Dagger], [Find Weakness]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Ambush]

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