Ambush
Ambush Melee range 60 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth Ambush the target, causing 325% weapon damage plus X to the target (470.275% plus X if a dagger is equipped). Must be stealthed and behind the target. Awards 2 combo point.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Level required	6
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth
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• Ambush
• Melee range
• 60 Energy
• Instant
• Ambush the target, causing 325% weapon damage plus X to the target (470.275% plus X if a dagger is equipped). Must be stealthed and behind the target. Awards 2 combo point.

Ambush is a core rogue ability learned at level six. It is one of the hardest hitting in the rogue's arsenal of abilities. Note that using a dagger results in a higher percentage of damage and the rogue must be [Stealth]ed and behind the target.

Modified by

• [Anticipation] (talent)
• [Cloak and Dagger] (talent)
• [Shadow Blades] (core ability)
• [Seal Fate] ( assassination spec ability)
• [Find Weakness] ( subtlety spec ability)
• [Shadow Dance] ( subtlety spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Ambush
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Rogue
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Increases the range of Ambush by 5 yards.
• Sell Price: 1

Tips

• Very effective in taking out cloth-wearing targets quickly.
• Ambush is arguably preferable over [Cheap Shot] in PvP as an opener against mages, as a mage's Blink ability is usable while under a stun effect.
• A critical hit with an Ambush followed by a well-timed [Backstab] can put an enemy at a severe health disadvantage from the beginning of the fight, in addition to starting you off with 2-3 Combo Points.
• Use [Distract] in PvE if you are having trouble getting behind a target to line up an Ambush.
• A quickly-executed "Ambush -> [Vanish] -> Ambush" combo attack can inflict severe damage on any single target.

Patch changes

• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Available at level 8. No longer requires a dagger, but a dagger gives more Ambush damage than an other melee weapon. 
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from talents which increase its damage by a percentage. 
  
• Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): The damage multiplier on this ability has been increased from 250% to 275%. 
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Now uses normalized attack power. 
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Fixed a bug where combo points were not always being applied to the target when using Ambush. Ambush now properly increases the attack power contribution by the percent modifier. 
  

External links

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• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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