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Ambush
Ability rogue ambush
  • Ambush
  • Level 7 rogue ability
  • Melee range
  • 50 Energy
  • Instant
  • Requires Melee Weapon
    Requires Stealth
  • Ambush the target, causing (137.48% of Attack power) Physical damage.

    Awards 2 combo points.
Properties
Class Rogue
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned 7
Improvements Inv misc dice 01 [Count the Odds], Ability rogue ambush [Improved Ambush], Rogue venomzest [Venom Rush], Ability rogue deadlybrew [Vicious Venoms]
Ambush TCG

Ambush in the TCG.

Ambush is a level 7 rogue ability. It is a powerful instant attack performed while Stealthed.

Subtlety rogues replace it with Ability rogue shadowstrike [Shadowstrike] at level 12.

Tips and tactics[]

  • Very effective in taking out cloth-wearing targets quickly.
  • Ambush is arguably preferable over Ability cheapshot [Cheap Shot] in PvP as an opener against mages, as a mage's Spell arcane blink [Blink] ability is usable while under a stun effect.
  • A critical hit with an Ambush followed by an Spell shadow ritualofsacrifice [Improved Sinister Strike] (or a well-timed Ability backstab [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.
  • A quickly-executed "Ambush -> Vanish -> Ambush" combo attack can inflict severe damage on any single target.

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Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-22): Fixed an issue that prevented Ambush from being correctly affected by Spell shadow shadowworddominate [Adrenaline Rush]'s reduced global cooldown modifier.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 20%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Level lowered to 7, now available to all specializations.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Ambush damage increased by 33%.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-04-17): Damage increased by 4%.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Increased the damage by 3.5%.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 22 (was 14).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Outlaw at level 14 (was all rogues at level 6). Base damage increased by 43% and is no longer increased if wielding a dagger.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Damage has been increased by 12%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Weapon damage increased from 190% to 325%. Now learned at level 6 (was 8).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Available at level 8 (was 18). No longer requires a dagger, but deals more damage if one is equipped.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small 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.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Now generates two combo points, but is no longer affected by Ability criticalstrike [Lethality].
  • Bc icon Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): The damage multiplier on this ability has been increased from 250% to 275%.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19):
    • 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.
  • Test-inline Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.

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