Blindside (rogue ability)

For the current talent, see [Blindside].

Blindside
Blindside Level 15 Assassination rogue talent Melee range 30 Energy Instant Requires Daggers Exploits the vulnerability of foes with less than 35% health, dealing (60% of Attack power) Physical damage to the target. Mutilate has a 25% chance to make your next Blindside free and usable on any target, regardless of their health. Awards 1 combo point.
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level available	15

Blindside is a very efficient Assassination rogue attack, available at level 40. The tradeoff for this efficiency is that it can only be used when the target is at low health, or when randomly triggered by [Mutilate]. When an enemy's health is approaching the 35% threshold, rogues may wish to pool energy, since it would be better spent on efficient uses of Blindside below 35% rather than other less efficient abilities above the threshold.

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2018-07-20): Fixed a bug where Blindside was not learnable until level 40.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Re-added as a level 15 Assassination talent (was a level 40 Assassination abiltiy). Renamed from Dispatch to Blindside. No longer replaces Sinister Strike.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 645% weapon damage (up from 460%).
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now deals 15% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

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