Garrote

For the Bloodsail Buccaneers vessel, see Garrot (vessel).

Garrote
Garrote Melee   range 45 Energy Instant Requires Stealth Garrote the enemy, silencing them for 3 sec and causing x damage over 18 sec. Awards 1 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	Offensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Level required	48
Other information
Requirements	Requires Stealth
Related debuff
Garrote X damage every 2 seconds. Duration: 18 seconds
Related debuff
Garrote - Silence Silenced. Duration: 3 seconds
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• Garrote
• Meleerange
• 45 Energy
• Instant
• Garrote the enemy, silencing them for 3 sec and causing x damage over 18 sec. Awards 1 combo point.
  
  Subtlety
  For the next 10 sec, your attacks bypass up to 100% of that enemy's armor.

• Garrote - Silence
• Silenced.
• Duration: 3 seconds

Garrote is a core rogue ability learned at level 48. It is a powerful damage over time ability that a rogue can use while stealthed to open a fight, also offering the ability to silence an opponent. It awards one combo point.

Modified by

• Glyph of Garrote

Talents

• Cloak and Dagger
• Subterfuge

Subtlety abilities

• Find Weakness
• Sanguinary Vein
• Shadow Dance

Tips

• Garrote is used more often in raids because of the fact that most mobs in raids are immune to stun effects ([Cheap Shot]), and [Ambush] causes too much threat upon the opening move whereas Garrote's threat is spread across a longer period.
• The silence component makes it a highly viable opener versus casters who can shake off a stun or immediately react to an ambush with a detrimental effect that can turn the fight around, such as Blink.
• In PvP, also used extensively against other rogues if caught off guard, since damage resets stealth, making even vanish useless for enough time to finish the enemy.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Garrote now ticks every 2 seconds (up from every 3 seconds). Damage has been adjusted to compensate.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Garrote now costs 45 Energy, down from 50.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): Fixed a bug where the Silence effect on Garrote was getting resisted too often.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Fixed a bug where combo points were not always being applied to the target when using Garrote.
  

External links

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• WoWDB