Sinister Strike

Sinister Strike
	Sinister Strike; Level 1 rogue ability; Melee range; 45 Energy; Instant; Requires One Handed Melee Weapon; Viciously strike an enemy, causing (60% of Attack power) Physical damage.; ; Awards 1 combo point each time it strikes.;
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	1
Improvements	[Count the Odds], [Opportunity], [Triple Threat]

It adds injury to insult.^[1]

Sinister Strike (commonly abbreviated to SS) is a level 1 rogue ability. You must have a melee weapon equipped to use the ability. Sinister Strike can be used on any mob, in any position, in any combat state, and has no refresh rate beyond its energy requirement. You must be facing your target.

This ability is replaced with [Mutilate] for Assassination rogues and [Backstab] for Subtlety rogues.

Trivia

In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and Hearthstone.

Sinister Strike is a basic Rogue spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "There's something about this strike that just feels off. Sinister, even."
Sinister Strike is one of Valeera's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Gallery

Icon for Valeera's Sinister Strike ability in Heroes of the Storm.

Patch changes

Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 converted into the [Opportunity] talent.
Hotfix (2022-08-03): Fixed an issue that could cause bonus Sinister Strike hits to break [Vanish] under certain conditions.
Patch 9.2.5 (2022-05-31): Sinister Strike damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.
Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Now deals 20% more damage in PvP Combat (was 10% more damage).
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Rank 2 added at level 12 for Outlaw: Has a 35% chance to hit an additional time, making your next Pistol Shot half cost and double damage.
Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16): Damage increased by 30%.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Re-added.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 10% more damage.
Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Deals an increased 240% of weapon damage (up from 145%), but now costs 50 Energy (up from 40 Energy).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Weapon damage increased from 100% to 145%. Energy cost reduced from 45 to 40.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Sinister Strike only awards a Combo Point at level 3, when [Eviscerate] becomes available.
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 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.