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Eviscerate

Eviscerate

35 Energy	Melee Range

Instant
Requires Rogue
Requires level 3

Requires Melee Weapon
Finishing move that causes damage per combo point:
1 point : [(Attack power * 0.577) * 0.88] damage
2 points: [(Attack power * 0.577) * 0.88 * 2] damage
3 points: [(Attack power * 0.577) * 0.88 * 3] damage
4 points: [(Attack power * 0.577) * 0.88 * 4] damage
5 points: [(Attack power * 0.577) * 0.88 * 5] damage

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

35 Energy

Range

5 yards (Combat)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1 second

Effect

School Damage (Physical)

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Guides

Rogue DPS Guide (Assassination,
Combat, Subtlety)

Rogue PvE
compendium - the
do's and dont's

Warlords of Draenor
Rogue Changes

Comments

Comment by joshka

nothing worse for a cloth wearer then to get hit by a huge eviscerate crit.

Comment by Tucci

Is it just me, or is the formula shown in the website's tooltip flawed?

Consider this rogue with 2000 AP. According to the formula given, his Eviscerate damage would be:

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1285 - 1405

Which leads us to a negative damage of -120 hit points.

And it doesn't matter what his AP would be, because it is multiplied by .15 in both terms, so it makes no difference.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Comment by Mortenz

unfortunately his Ability suffers a lot from resilience and armor. When the tooltip says ~1150 Damage, it can actually CRIT for 1150 damage, since resilience really makes this ability less useful. Not saying its worthless, but seeing on Druids "Eviscerate" , from each energy point they gain more damage, and in my opinion, that would be nice to give Eviscerate too.

Comment by Redgerasimos

I cant really decide what is better to use in raids...(eviscerate or envenom or rupture when malice is up?)I have gone crazy by calculating dps etc testing specs and all that stuff...I also hear and see many different opinions about what is better in raids...Can any1 say what is the best spec and what is better in dps to use in raids with some proof plx? Basicly i play the common 19/42/0 swords with 2 @ resist stun & fear effects which is quite good in some fights (aka archimonde where the main goal is to avoid the fire when u getting feared)Anyways i play only with eviscerate as a finishing move (since i have the bonus from T5) shiv to refresh or add deadly poison stacks and ss ofc...I am confused...bah any suggestions? :P

Comment by BoddAH

While it may be true that Eviscerate used to hit harder back in the day, I don’t think it’s underpowered. It still has its uses in PvP and PvE (Finishing someone/something off ; while Rupture and Slice’n’Dice is already up ; Dealing damage and still being able to gouge/blind etc…)
Additionaly, with the right spec this can still hit like a truck:

On a target with Exposed Armor (0 armor on cloth/leather targets), with a 19/0/42 or similar Shadow Step spec a critical Eviscerate on a low health target can hit for about 5,000 damage, making it as effective as a 35% Execute in that context.

This can be achieved with 2000 base attack power + Improved Eviscerate (+15%) + Dirty Deeds (+20%) + Shadowstep (+20%) + Critical Strike (+100%)

1405 Base damage * 1,15 * 1,20 * 1,20 * 2,0 = 4,700

The situation isn’t even that uncommon. If your target is low on health and tries to run away, you can Shadowstep and finish the job in a quite impressive way doing this…

Comment by Mykai

I killed a lock with 6500 hp in 4 seconds with:
Premeditation->Shadowstep->Ambush->Vanish->Ambush->Eviscerate.....
pretty easy

Yeah that's great if you like wasting a whole vanish to kill a pansy lock.
I can kill a lock as Muti or Combat (if I get opener) is ten or less seconds.
Why not wait a few seconds and NOT blow all your important cooldowns?
Just something to think about...
Yeah Eviscerate should ignore armor or act like execute ... Its almost useless now that we have resilience.
Or does blizz intend it to be a grinding PvE type finisher? But "finisher" implies its the end of the battle. I have 5 combo points before the mob is below 50%...
If Blizz does we should see rupture get a ... Or at least have Muti not have the prerequisite of being behind the target before you mutilate... hmmmm....idk...
"Awwww its bwoke daddy"
imo ofc. =)

Comment by Hotsushi

Well I dont know about the math but I just got critted for 9300 with 336 resilience in mail.

Comment by Yakeshi

This is one of the three moves you start off with as a Rogue. The other two are Sinister Strike and Throw.

Comment by Duskryn

I'm not entirely sure what to say about the math shown above me. Even specced into Rupture, with the 4-piece set bonus for Tier 8, my Rupture was still doing less damage than my Eviscerate critical strikes (when specced into Eviscerate.)

I simply find it much easier to use Eviscerate repeatedly instead of keep up Rupture and use Eviscerate while Rupture is ticking. When I'm in a 25-man raid, my Eviscerate crits for about 10.5k on a raid boss.

Comment by Mutantgerbil00

Wowhead's formula must be wrong. If the 1 combo point formula were right, you'd be hurting yourself.

Comment by cawfee

The in-game tooltip right now incorrectly reads "16 Energy". It does take the full 35 to cast, but it "lights up" at 16 Energy as being available when it's really not.

Comment by Den4ever

Assuming you have 7000 attack power, the 5 point Eviscerate will hit for an average of 6042-6394 damage. If you put 3 points into the Coup de Grace talent, which increases the damage done by your Eviscerate and Envenom by 20%, Eviscerate will hit for approximately 7250-7672 damage. The damage will be different because of your opponent's armor and your talents. Also, I think your AP will most likely be higher as a level 85, so...do the math.

Also, I did some calculations as well for a Sub rogue...It turned out pretty awesome!

Check this out:

Assuming you have 7000 AP (It will be higher at lvl 85, this is just an example)

You were supposed to hit for 6042-6394.

Assuming you will hit within 6 sec after breaking Stealth (Master of Subtlety), you will cause 10% increased damage: 6646-7033.

Assuming you have a Bleed effect on your target (2 points in Sanguinary Vein), you will do 10% increased damage: 7310-7736.

Assuming you have maxed out Coup de Grace (located in the first set of talents in Assassination tree), your Eviscerate will do 20% increased damage: 8772-9283.

Assuming your mastery, Executioner, does 25% increased damage, you will hit for: (now this is crazy): 10965-11603.

Of course, your damage will be reduced by the opponent's armor, but still, its pretty awesome!

Edit: Subtlety Rogue info added.

Comment by dasani

the energy error is now fixed with the new patch. 4.0.6

Comment by Putrifier

Is the guy in the icon sporting an epic 'stache?
Why would anyone try and eviscerate someone like that? we should be worshiping the moustache!

Comment by lyom

If you are playing as any horde character, eviscerate can be used to summon forth the Song of the Nightelf.

To do that, simply engage a male nightelf in PvP. When he is low on health and you have accrued five combo points, use this ability. The male nightelf immediately kneels before you, pushing back his shoulders and extending his arms as he prepares his sonata. He opens his mouth wide enough to allow you look straight in his stomach and goes Uwgh. AAAAAAAAAAAH!

The only disadvantage of the song is that it's so short. However, it might be possible to use Fan of Knives in a group of male nightelves to intensify the results. I haven't tried this yet, but maybe someone else can.

Comment by sylancer

Eviscerate actually is only available for Combat, Subtlety Rogue,

for Assassination Rogue, Envenom replaces Eviscerate.

Hearthstone: Eviscerate

Comment by idhauntthat

Rogue **specializations** that increase Eviscerate damage! These "specializations" are **automatically acquired at a certain level** with a certain specialization(spec), with the exception of : it is spec. independent, and is acquired at lvl 36, by all rogues.

if Subtlety!:

Master of Subtlety Requires lvl 10.
Sinister Calling Requires lvl 10.
Find Weakness Req. lvl 20.
Req. lvl 36 . Causes .
Sanguinary Vein Req. lvl 60.
Mastery: Executioner Req. lvl 80.

if Combat!:

Vitality Req. lvl 10.
Revealing Strike Req. lvl 20.
Req. lvl 36 . Causes .
Bandit's Guile Req. lvl 60.

...and lastly, Assassination...!...? It's so short because at lvl 20, Assassination replaces Eviscerate with Envenom, meaning evisc. is no longer usable at (or beyond) lvl 20 in Assassination spec. However, I can tell you from personal experience, this is a blessing in disguise, because due to the overall mechanics of the assassination spec., you wouldn't want to use evisc. anyways.

Assassin's Resolve. Requires lvl 10.

Comment by WaterCherry

It's a deep cut!

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