Sap

Sap
Sap 10 yd  range 35 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth Incapacitates a target not in combat for up to 1 min. Only works on Humanoids, Beasts, Demons and Dragonkin. Any damage caused will revive the target. Only 1 target may be sapped at a time.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Level required	12
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth
Related debuff
Sap Sapped. Duration: 1 minute
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• Sap
• 10 yd  range
• 35 Energy
• Instant
• Incapacitates a target not in combat for up to 1 min. Only works on Humanoids, Beasts, Demons and Dragonkin. Any damage caused will revive the target. Only 1 target may be sapped at a time.

Sap is a core rogue ability learned at level 12. It is the longest-lasting crowd control ability a rogue has. It will completely incapacitate a target for 60 seconds.

Modified by

Talents

• Prey on the Weak
• Subterfuge

Subtlety abilities

• Shadow Dance

Notes

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• Sap does not have a chance to break early, always lasting the full duration unless the sapped target is hit. It suffers diminishing returns and duration in PvP.
• It is no longer considered an incapacitate effect.

Tips

• Sapping in a neutral town does aggro the guards.
• Sap is an effective crowd control technique. Don't forget to tell the party which mob you are sapping, as any damage breaks the effect.
• Sap does not cause threat, meaning that if you Sap a mob and then move out of normal aggro range, the mob will not attack you after the Sap effect is broken.
• You may choose to Sap a different target. The first Sap target will wake when the second one is Sapped.
• Mobs that are Sapped won't be tagged as your kill until you deal damage to them. Be wary of other players stealing your kill.
• Sap can be useful in a PvP environment to even out a 2-on-1, to take out a Shaman's totems before you fight him, to capture a flag quickly in battlegrounds, or even after a [Vanish]. Remember, like all crowd-control effects, Sap is limited to a 10-second duration in PvP.
• Sapping a player of the opposite faction will turn on your PvP Flag. Be wary.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Sap now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (25-Mar-2008): Sap is no longer considered an incapacitate effect; changed to allow more creatures to be crowd controlled in dungeons who were previously immune.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): Multiple Saps placed by multiple Rogues will now be handled correctly in all cases.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (22-May-2007): Sap will no longer remove you from Stealth.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (09-Jan-2007): There is no longer a random chance the effect of "Sap" will end (i.e. removed the heartbeat resist check). The effect will still end early when the target is damaged.
  
• Patch 1.2.0 (18-Dec-2004): Players now have an increasing chance to break free of the effect, such that it is unlikely the effect will last more than 15 seconds.
  

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