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Garrote

For the Bloodsail Buccaneers vessel, see Garrote (vessel).
Garrote
  • Garrote
  • Level 15 Assassination rogue ability
  • Melee range
  • 45 Energy
  • 6 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Requires One-Handed Melee Weapon
  • Garrote the enemy, causing (198.405% of Attack power) Bleed damage over 18 sec.

    Awards 1 combo point.
Properties
Class Rogue
School Physical
Cooldown 6 seconds
Other information
Level learned 15
Improvements [Bloody Mess], [Improved Garrote], [Iron Wire], [Shrouded Suffocation], [Systemic Failure], [Venomous Wounds]
Related debuff
  • Bleed
  • Garrote
  • Suffering (22.045% of Attack power) damage every 2 seconds.
  • Duration: 18 seconds

Garrote is a powerful rogue damage over time ability.

Tips and tactics

  • Garrote is used more often in raids because of the fact that most mobs in raids are immune to [Cheap Shot].
  • For targets not immune to stuns it's best used after opening with Cheap Shot (unless at full CP, at which point it's best to use [Rupture] and then Garrote).

Trivia

Patch changes

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now learned at level 15 (was 16). Rank 2 removed.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 16 (was 12). Rank 2 now learned at level 46 (was 42).
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-08-10): Now deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-02-03): Damage increased by 4%.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Silence effect moved to Rank 2 at level 42.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 12 (was 48).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now only available to Assassination rogues at level 48 (was all rogues at 44). Can now be used outside Stealth, but only silences if used from Stealth. Damage increased by 1400%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
    • Now ticks every 2 seconds (up from every 3 seconds). Damage has been adjusted to compensate.
    • [Find Weakness]' effects have been merged into baseline [Ambush], Garrote, and [Cheap Shot] for Subtlety rogues.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer requires the rogue to be behind the target. Now learned at level 44 (was 40).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now costs 45 Energy, down from 50.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now silences the enemy for 3 sec. Now learned at level 40 (was 14).
  • Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): All Silence spells now have diminishing returns. This includes Garrote.
  • Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Fixed a bug where the Silence effect was getting resisted too often.
  • Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Garrote now has a silence effect in addition to its bleed (only for Rank 7 and above).
  • Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): The damage from this ability has been increased. In addition, Garrote now increases in potency with greater attack power.
  • Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Fixed a bug where combo points were not always being applied to the target when using Garrote.
  • Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.

See also

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