Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot Melee   range 40 Energy Instant Requires Stealth Requires Melee Weapon Stuns the target for 4 sec. Awards 2 combo point. Subtlety For the next 10 sec, your attacks bypass up to 100% of that enemy's armor.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Level required	30
Other information
Requirements	Requires Stealth Requires Melee Weapon
Related debuff
Cheap Shot Stunned. Duration: 4 seconds

• Cheap Shot
• Meleerange
• 40 Energy
• Instant
• Stuns the target for 4 sec. Awards 2 combo point.
  
  Subtlety
  For the next 10 sec, your attacks bypass up to 100% of that enemy's armor.

Cheap Shot is a core rogue ability learned at level 30. It stuns the target for four seconds and awards two combo points but requires the rogue to be [stealthed].

Modified by

• Glyph of Cheap Shot

Talents

• Cloak and Dagger
• Prey on the Weak
• Subterfuge
• Nerve Strike

Subtlety abilities

• Find Weakness
• Shadow Dance

Notes

• Can be used as an opening attack.
• Unlike [Gouge], [Blind], and [Sap], damage done does not wake target. That's because this is a true stun and not a "CC" effect.

Tips

• Cheap Shot is seen as a crucial Stun Lock ability. Using [Vanish] makes it possible to use Cheap Shot twice in one fight.
• To get full use after vanishing, make sure you Cheap Shot as soon as possible since your opponent will see you if you are still in point blank range; note this is possible even with periodic damage if timed correctly.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Now shares a diminishing return with Pounce (druid).
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): This ability no longer has diminishing returns against anything other than itself.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Fixed a bug where combo points were not always being applied to the target when using Cheap Shot.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB