Sap
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| Sap | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Rogue |
| Properties | |
| Type | Utility |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Talents | |
| Improvement talents | Dirty Tricks |
| Other information | |
| Ranks | 4 |
| Requirements | Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth |
| Related debuff | |
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Sap is the longest-lasting crowd control ability a rogue has. It will completely incapacitate a target for up to 60 seconds.
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Rank table
| Rank | Duration | Level | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 sec. | 10 | 4
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| 2 | 35 sec. | 28 | 81
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| 3 | 45 sec. | 40 | 1 4
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| 4 | 60 sec. | 71 | 25
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Notes
- It is important to note that Sap will only affect humanoids on rank 1-3, rank 4 offers additional type of NPC's in addition to a duration increase.
- Does not have a chance to break early, always lasting the full duration unless the sapped target is hit. Suffers diminishing returns & duration in PVP.
- No longer considered an incapacitate effect.
- Sap can last longer than 1 minute if used in conjunction with the Glyph of Sap.
Related talents
- Dirty Tricks, increases the Sap range and decreases energy cost.
Tips
Sapping in a neutral town does agro the guards. No more annoying people of the opposite faction :(
- Sap is an effective crowd control technique, especially with the improved talent. Don't forget to tell the party which mob you are sapping, as any damage breaks the effect.
- Sap does not cause threat, meaning that if you Sap a mob and then move out of normal aggro range, the mob will not attack you after the sap effect is broken.
- You may choose to sap a different target. The first sap will wake when the second one is sapped.
- Out in the world, mobs that are sapped won't be tagged as your kill until you deal damage to them. Be wary of other players stealing your kill.
- Sap can be useful in a PvP environment, to even out a 2-on-1, to take out a shaman's totems before you fight him, to capture a flag quickly in Battlegrounds, or even after a vanish. Remember, like all crowd control effects, Sap is limited to a 10 second duration in PvP.
- Sapping a player of the opposite Faction will turn on your PvP Flag. Be wary.
Patch changes
With the release of Patch 2.1, the mechanics for Sap have been changed:
- Sap will no longer remove you from stealth.
- The talent Improved Sap has been renamed to Dirty Tricks, and increases the range of Sap and Blind by 2/5 yards whilst decreasing the energy cost by 25/50%.
Patch 2.4 introduced more changes to Sap:
- Sap is no longer considered an incapacitate effect; changed to allow more creatures to be crowd controlled in dungeons who were previously immune.
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