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Blind

Blind

15 Energy	15 yd range

Instant	2 min cooldown

Requires Rogue
Requires level 38

Blinds the target, causing it to wander disoriented for up to 1 min. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Usable while stealthed.

Buff

Spell Details

Duration

1 minute

School

Physical

Mechanic

Disoriented

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

15 Energy

Range

15 yards (Shorter)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

2 minutes

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Decrease Run Speed %
Value: -60%

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Confuse

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Mod % Damage Taken (Arcane, Fire, Frost, Holy, Nature, Physical, Shadow)

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Rogue DPS Guide (Assassination,
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Comments

Comment by ekornmeyer

Blind is an ability that I never PvP without. It can get expensive at times to create, depending on your server's prices, but it is worth it! It has saved me countless times in situations where my opponent tries to run away, or if I need to run away myself.

1 Fadeleaf creates 3 Blind Powders, so it is really not that bad.

Comment by rainbowrocker

You can also blind paladins when they BoP which can make/break a fight since you can keep the paladin from healing while in that BoP. Very handy imo.

Comment by flamebait

Invaluable against mages, too, since they can blink out of CS and KS.

Comment by Waldoss

I've also used it many a time to catch up to someone who is just out of melee range. This ability is too often underused for the amount of usefulness that it has.

Comment by Rigors

With one of the semi-recent patches, pickpocketing can yield lockboxes that contain rogue reagents, including blinding powder, so if you're not an herbalist and refuse to pay exorbitant AH prices, you can go pickpocketing to feed your pvp habit.

Comment by Tehsteve

This ability is amazing. Think of Hammer of Judgement (or repentance) only for rogues, and with an added twist. You can stun your enemy for 10 seconds, allowing you to heal yourself with bandages AND because the enemy can't take agressive action against you, you lose combat, allowing you to restealth.

Blind can be disrupted by Dot's though, so don't use it if your enemy is taking damage over time, it'd just waste the reagent. Also, this ability counts as a "poison" effect, so it can be stone-skinned out of with dwarves or cleansed from allies with abilities and items.
It should be noted that if you take the talent "Elusiveness" (in subtlety) the cooldown is reduced by 1.5minutes, giving it a 1min 30 seconds cooldown, making it one of the most useful and useable abilities in a rogue's arsenal.

Comment by radeox

Blind gives you a 60% reduced movement speed, so you move with 40% speed.

As in patch 2.1.0 there will be a new talent instead of 'Improved sap', named 'dirty tricks', this will increase the range of your blind abilities by 2/4yard.

Comment by Taiki

What creatures, if any, appart from bosses are immune to this?

Comment by xlr8

In patch 2.2.0 blind dont need blinding powder to be used ant its not a poison anymore so it can be stopper by spells like stoneform!

Comment by Denis

Useful for stunlocks 1v1 pvp. DoTs like rupture and garrote may interrupt this effect.

Comment by Laecell

2.3 - *BLIND NO LONGER REQUIRES A REAGENT*

woot

Edit : Additionally, blind is not dispellable any more. AKA it is no longer a poison effect.
Another Edit: It can miss wtf? I'd think it would be resist, not miss

Comment by camarouge

Oof! Sap + Blind is 20 sec of PvP CC.

If thats not enough to kill the unlucky 2v1'd dude in arena then you probably should reconsider a few things, namely your partner ;)

Anyway, the skill is useful in PvE as well, if, say, you do a bad pull in a heroic or what-not, or your hunter needs time to reapply his trap.

Comment by zournyque

Since blind is no longer a poison effect it shares diminishing return(s) with cyclone.

Comment by m0l0t0v

Paladins can go out of Blind if they Blessing of Sacrifice a party member.

Comment by brighteye

Blind is considered a ranged attack, so it can miss, but it can't be dodged.

Whether or not it is improved by one's chance to hit or hit rating, I'm not sure. I have a sinking feeling, however, that the chances of landing a Blind is reduced by class talents like Heightened Senses, Arctic Winds, and Improved Blink, but not improved by one's chance to hit.

Although it's a physical attack, it's also considered a "disorient," and as far as I know there are no disorient resists in the game. But if there were, then I think another dice would roll for resisting disorients. Otherwise, it can't be resisted.

I think the reason why I think Blind is not improved by hit rating is for the same reason that landing a Cheap Shot or Kidney Shot successfully is not improved by one's hit rating, and yet the chances for a stun to land successfully is reduced by the passive universal 5% resist, talents like Iron Will, the orc racial, and the meta gem.

Comment by Rarehunter

You would think a blinded target would try get the dirt out of their eyes instead of just walking around dazed >.>

Comment by Zakton

You'd think wearing goggles would make you immune to some dirt thrown at your eyes. But what do I know?

Comment by Kurasu

I find this ability to be absolutely amazing in PVE. For one thing, you can use it to escape from a target that got a bit too painful. For another, it helps with personal CC, getting an enemy out of the fight for a number of seconds. And for a third, blind's duration is almost the exact same duration as a bandaging takes. So blind, bandage, and you'll be fighting ready by the time the enemy comes out of its stun... as long as it lasts the full (or close to) duration.

Comment by Grimgnaw

Blind gives you a 60% reduced movement speed - does it mean that Movement Slowing Effect Duration Abilities somehow works with blind?

Comment by Pithrandil

Can someone please try to use this ability on Illidan, an Illidari demon hunter, or Drek'thar?
I would really like to see that happen :D.

Comment by Kataya

Blinds chance to hit is increased by hit rating, this means a PvP geared rogue with sufficient hit rating (79 - 5%) to hit all specials against a level 70 player can miss a mage due to arctic winds.

Comment by kylex3

the cooldown of blind is 2 minutes with elusiveness (used to be 1 minute 30 seconds.)

Comment by Daretocarebear

I'm just a simple Rogue

DPS and Stealth

Stacking lots of agility along with lots of health

When the situation is at it's worst

I'll cast my hearthstone, but Blind you first

Rivals the Paladins "Bubblehearth". Blindhearth.

Comment by roflrogue

I once was on arathi basin, in the blacksmith, and there was a warrior (I was full green) i used sap on him, took the base, and re-stealthed

Later I was in the farm, and there was a warrior and a druid, (I tought i can't use sap twice T-T) but i think...blind! so I sapped the warrior, blinded the druid, took the base and used sprint to run (the idea was to make them lose a base, and thus, time and points xD)

Comment by azimuth

Does anyone know which movement impairing abilities should cause the enemy to wander around disoriented? We have discussion with my fellow guildies and so far only Blind proved by its description coz it clearly states that the enemy would "wander disoriented". I think Fear and Psychic Scream should have similar behavior too. Though I'm not sure about Intimidating Shout. TY :)

Comment by Myhv

I wounder what makes this spell act like fear (ie not break with any dmg). Felt it today 2 times. At first thought that it was smt else, but second time I was sure: I was blinded, getting raped and still wasn't able to control my char.

Comment by cjm336

http://www.spike.com/full-episode/spartan-vs-ninja/31578

The origin of black eggs introduced the rumor that ninjas could dissappear in a cloud of smoke.

Black eggs were filed with finely crushed glass and potent chili pepper.

In all due honesty, if you get hit by this, you should never recover.

Comment by Kazi12

Very usefull against lone defenders at AB bases, EoS flag cappers, gurubashi arena chest, etc... Why?

Step1: Sap, start capping/opening
They trinket,
Step2: Vanish if you want, or just cast blind and successfuly cap/ open w/e.

Comment by Livetoheal

Does this share DR with any other cc abilities? Running a rogue comp and I keep seeing the blind on for 3 seconds only.

Comment by Dudash

Blind is going to a lot more popular when 4.2 drops. Hell, rogues are going to be a lot more popular when 4.2 drops. Being able to CC one enemy with Sap for 2.33min, for those smart rogues who have it glyphed, and then Blind another for 1min will make rogues even more useful than other melee classes.

Comment by hotchrisbfries

Blind is now dodgeable and affected by expertise in 5.0+

Comment by SgtFrog

The latest patch will reduce the CD to one minute. Stunlocks, stunlocks everywhere!

Comment by Pipkins

Some tips on the application of Blind in situations where it's important to avoid having to fight more than one thing at a time, if at all (e.g. high level instances, guarded PvP nodes etc):

The victim meanders around in about a yard's radius of where they were stood. Your Stealth isn't revealed if they walk onto you so move around them as you would if you had Sapped them. This is handy if you don't have Shadow Step/Cloak and Dagger for your tier 4 talent, as you can use an ability that requires you to be behind the target even if they are stood up against a wall. Just wait for them to turn their back to you then strike. Works just as well with Distract, but the wide area of effect could cause trouble in tight spaces.
When you are trying to collect something without disturbing anything nearby, know that while Blind does indeed not break your Stealth, it does enter you into combat. So if you want to incapacitate two enemies, Sap the stronger of the two because you will eventually have to kill the Blinded victim unless you're willing to give up your Vanish CD.
Blind works on many mobs that can't be Sapped.
You can use Blind in combat, so you don't have to worry too much about misjudging the aggro range of anything nearby once leaving Stealth-just put it out of action and deal with it later.

Comment by Overlordjack

POCKET SAND!

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