Rake

Rake
	Rake; Row 1 druid talent; Melee range; 35 Energy; Instant; Requires Cat Form; Rake the target for (16.32% of Attack power) Bleed damage and an additional (117.85% of Attack power) Bleed damage over 15 sec.; ; Awards 1 combo point.; Rank 2: While stealthed, Rake will also stun the target for 4 sec and deal 60% increased damage.;
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Rank levels	13 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Double-Clawed Rake], [Fresh Wound], [Infected Wounds], [Pouncing Strikes], [Sudden Ambush], [Veinripper]
Related debuffs
	; Rake ; Bleeding for (23.11% of Attack power) damage every 3 seconds. ; Duration: 15 seconds ; ; ; Rake ; Stunned. ; Duration: 4 seconds ;

For the beast, see The Rake. For the hunter pet cat ability, see [Rake]. For the Pet Battle ability, see [Rake].

No one wants to become a druid's scratching post.^[1]

Rake in Hearthstone.

Rake is a druid talent. It is a basic direct damage melee attack with a damage over time component. It is an effective damage technique against high armor enemies (Mail and Plate wearers), as well as preventing rogues from using [Vanish]. It is automatically learned for Feral druids.

Notes

Deals 20% less damage in PvP combat.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2024-01-22): Periodic damage increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Hotfix (2023-12-05): Damage decreased by 10%.
Hotfix (2023-11-14): Damage increased by 60%.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 2%.
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): New connection between Rake and [Rip].
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25):
- Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 10 Feral ability).
- Rank 2 removed. Rank 3 moved to Rank 2 and now learned at level 13 for Balance, Guardian, and Restoration only.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
- Now available at level 10 (was 12).
- Rank 2 moved to Rank 3 at level 38. Rank 3 moved to Rank 2 at level 37.
Hotfix (2018-09-10): Rake deals an additional 60% damage in PvP situations while Stealthed (was 100%).
Hotfix (2018-05-01): Rake deals an additional 25% damage while stealthed in PvP situations (was 50%).
Hotfix (2016-11-14): (Feral) Rake now deals 20% less damage to players.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
- Now available at level 12 (was 6).
- Rank 2 moved to Rank 3 at level 54. New Rank 2 added at level 25: While stealthed, Rake will also stun the target for 4 sec and deal 60% increased damage.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19):
- Now deals 100% more damage when used from [Prowl]. Damage increased by 76.5%.
- Rank 2 added at level 42: Reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 12 sec.
Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Now deals 20% more damage. In PvP combat, now deals 20% less damage.
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 10% more damage.
Hotfix (2014-10-21): Rake should no longer incorrectly stun the target if the attack misses while the Druid is stealthed.
Hotfix (2014-10-17):
- Damage increased by 12%.
- Rake's Bleed effect should now always be applied to the target if the initial hit lands.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now also stuns the target for 4 seconds if used while stealthed, and is only available to Feral druids.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Bleed duration increased from 9 to 15 sec.
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Initial damage on hit now deals the same damage as each periodic tick (and is treated the same for all combat calculations). Periodic damage now gains 14.7% of attack power per tick, up from 12.6%, and base damage per tick has been lowered from 557 to 56. There is a known issue with Rake's tooltip being incorrect from this change will be corrected in a future patch.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now scales from 2.07% of Attack Power, down from 2.3%. Additional bleed damage now scales from 37.8% of Attack Power, down from 42%, base damage reduced by 10%, from 1859 to 1672.
Hotfix (2010-12-15): Rake will no longer receive twice the benefit from the Feral druid Mastery Razor Claws.
Hotfix (2010-12-02): Rake is now dealing the same damage outside of [Cat Form] when the druid has the Razor Claws mastery. Rake damage also stays consistent when modified by [Mangle (Cat)] as a druid shifts out of Cat Form.
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Ranks 6 and 7 base points on initial and periodic damage reduced by about 7%. Scaling from attack power unchanged.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): The damage for this ability has been increased.
The initial damage was increased, the bleed effect multiplier increased from 0.06 to 0.18, and gained additional damage.
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate the initial damage done is bleed damage. In addition, Rake can now always be re-applied, even when Mangle is active.
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): The initial damage is no longer mitigated by armor.
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Damage has been increased.
Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased. Energy cost reduced if Rake fails.