Bandit's Guile

Bandit's Guile
Bandit's Guile (3 ranks) Tier 6 Combat rogue talent Passive Your Sinister Strike and Revealing Strike abilities have a 33/67/100% chance to grant you an evolving insight into an opponent's defenses, increasing damage to that target by up to 30%. Opponents can adapt over time, negating this benefit, and Striking a different opponent will begin the cycle anew.
Properties
Class	Rogue
Other information
Affects	[Revealing Strike], [Sinister Strike]
Related buffs
Shallow Insight Your insight into your recent target's defenses grants you an additional 10% damage to that target. Duration: 15 seconds Moderate Insight Your insight into your recent target's defenses grants you an additional 20% damage to that target. Duration: 15 seconds Deep Insight Your insight into your recent target's defenses grants you an additional 30% damage to that target. Duration: 15 seconds

Bandit's Guile is a Combat rogue talent.

Notes

A hidden counter keeps track of the number of uses of [Sinister Strike] or [Revealing Strike]. As soon as four Strikes are made, the next level of Insight will be granted.

Deep Insight will always end after 15 seconds, but the durations of Shallow and Moderate Insight are refreshed to 15 seconds with every new Strike made. Once a buff expires, the cycle will start over with no Insight. The timer is at work even with no Insight; after 15 seconds without a Strike, any accumulated strikes toward Shallow Insight will be lost.

Patch changes

Retail

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): [Revealing Strike] no longer advances Bandit's Guile.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Changed to continue increasing from strikes on any enemy instead of resetting upon striking a new target. Damage bonus changed to apply to all targets instead of the struck enemy.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage bonus increased to 10/20/30% as the rogue gains greater insight, up from 5/10/15%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.
  

Classic

• Patch 5.5.0 (2025-07-01): Added a counter for Bandit's Guile that will track your Sinister Strikes and Revealing Strikes, showing how close you are to gaining Insight.
  

Other versions

• MoP Classic

  Bandit's Guile
  Bandit's Guile Level 60 Combat rogue ability Passive Your training allows you to recognize and take advantage of the natural ebb and flow of combat. Your Sinister Strike and Revealing Strike abilities increase your damage dealt by up to 40%. After reaching this maximum, the effect will fade after 15 sec and the cycle will begin anew.
  Properties
  Class	Rogue
  Other information
  Level learned	60
  Affects	[Revealing Strike], [Sinister Strike]
  Related buffs
  Shallow Insight Damage dealt increased by 10%. Duration: 15 seconds Moderate Insight Damage dealt increased by 20%. Duration: 15 seconds Deep Insight Damage dealt increased by 30%. Duration: 15 seconds

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