Ghostly Strike (Classic)

Ghostly Strike
	Ghostly Strike; Tier 3 Subtlety rogue talent; 5 yd range; 40 Energy; 20 sec cooldown; Instant; A strike that deals 125% weapon damage (180% if a dagger is equipped) and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point.;
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	20 seconds
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon
Improvements	[Remorseless Attacks], [Lethality]
Related buff
	; Ghostly Strike ; Dodge chance increased by 15%. ; Duration: 7 sec. ;

For the retail talent, see [Ghostly Strike].

Ghostly Strike is a tier 3 talent in the rogue's Subtlety tree and gives a lightweight [Evasion] designed for more regular use.

Notes

Ghostly Strike increases your dodge chance by 15%, even if the attack fails to hit.
The ability will be removed at Cataclysm expansion (by the current announcements).

[Remorseless Attacks], will give your next Ghostly Strike a 20% or 40% increased chance to crit after killing an opponent that yields honor or experience. The improved crit chance lasts for 20 seconds.
[Lethality] increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Ghostly Strike by 6%, 12%, 18%, 24%, or 30%.
[Glyph of Ghostly Strike] increases the damage dealt by 50% and the duration of its effect by 4 sec., but increases its cooldown by 10 sec.

Ghostly Strike stacks with Evasion, giving you a 65% dodge increase when both abilities are active.
Ghostly Strike is not affected by weapon speed normalization, so the best weapons to equip when using Ghostly Strike are slow, heavy hitting weapons such as swords and maces.

Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed.
Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): If the rogue has a dagger equipped, this ability now deals 180% weapon damage instead of 125%.
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Fixed a data error that caused Ghostly Strike to generate more threat than intended.
Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Energy cost reduced to 40 (was 50).
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Ghostly Strike no longer deals damage to you when you use it.
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Ghostly Strike now properly increases the attack power contribution by the percent modifier.