Sap

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Overview

'Hey...did you feel something?...buddy?'

Opening move which saps a humanoid opponent. A rogue's longest-lasting Crowd Control ability.

Functionality

Saps the target humanoid for 45 seconds. Must be stealthed.

Use

65 Energy
Instant Cast
5 yard Range

Limitations

• Requires Melee Weapon
• Must be stealthed
• Only works on Humanoids
• Will not work on targets that are in combat
• Any damage caused will revive the target
• Only one target may be sapped at a time

Talents

• [Dirty Tricks] - increased the Sap range and decreases energy cost.
• Pre 2.1 [Improved Sap] - remain stealthed after the Sap

Notes

• Does not have a chance to break early, always lasting the full duration unless the sapped humanoid is hit. Suffers diminishing returns & duration in PVP.
• No longer considered an incapacitate effect.

Rank Table

Rank	Duration	Level	Cost
1	25 seconds	10	4
2	35 seconds	28	81
3	45 seconds	40	1 4

Tips

• Patch 2.0 and 2.0.3 buffed Sap and Improved Sap significantly.
• 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.

Burning Crusade Patch 2.1

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%.

Burning Crusade Patch 2.4

More changes have been made 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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