Garrote

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

Garrote
Garrote Level 44 Assassination rogue ability Melee range 45 Energy Instant Garrote the enemy, causing (842.4% of attack power) Bleed damage over 18 sec. Silences the target for 3 sec when used from Stealth. Awards 1 combo point.
Usable by
Class	Rogue
Properties
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	44
Improvements	[Exsanguinate], [Subterfuge], [Thuggee]
Related debuffs
Bleed Garrote Suffering (93.6% of attack power) damage every 2 seconds. Duration: 18 seconds Garrote - Silence Silenced Duration: 3 seconds

Garrote is a powerful rogue damage over time ability, that also silences the target for 3 seconds. Garrote can only be used while stealthed and standing behind the target.

Improvements

• [Exsanguinate]
• [Subterfuge]
• [Thuggee]

Tips and tactics

• Garrote is used more often in raids because of the fact that most mobs in raids are immune to [Cheap Shot].
• For targets not immune to stuns it's best used after opening with Cheap Shot (unless at full CP, at which point it's best to use [Rupture] and then Garrote).
• Garrote's silence effect 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]. See silence effect for general tips on usage.

Trivia

• Garrote is one of Valeera's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Patches and hotfixes

• Hotfix (2017-02-03): Damage increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now only available to Assassination rogues. Can now be used outside Stealth, but only silenced if used from Stealth. Damage increased by 1400%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now ticks every 2 seconds (up from every 3 seconds). Damage has been adjusted to compensate.
  • [Find Weakness]' effects have been merged into baseline [Ambush], Garrote, and [Cheap Shot] for Subtlety rogues.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer requires the rogue to be behind the target.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now costs 45 Energy, down from 50.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Fixed a bug where the Silence effect was getting resisted too often.
  
• Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Garrote now has a silence effect in addition to its bleed (only for Rank 7 and above).
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): The damage from this ability has been increased. In addition, Garrote now increases in potency with greater attack power.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Fixed a bug where combo points were not always being applied to the target when using Garrote.
  
• Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage increased.
  

See also

• Garrote TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB