Nightblade (rogue ability)

Nightblade
Nightblade Level 46 Subtlety rogue ability Melee range 25 Energy Instant Requires Melee Weapon Finishing move that infects the target with shadowy energy, dealing Shadow damage over time and causing attacks against the target to reduce movement speed by 50% for 8 sec. Lasts longer per combo point.   1 point  : (552% of AP) over 8 sec   2 points: (690% of AP) over 10 sec   3 points: (828% of AP) over 12 sec   4 points: (966% of AP) over 14 sec   5 points: (1104% of AP) over 16 sec You deal 15% increased damage to enemies afflicted by your Nightblade.
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Shadow
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	46
Affects	[Deepening Shadows]
Improvements	[Deeper Stratagem], [Tangled Shadow]
Related debuffs
Nightblade Suffering (90% of Attack power) Shadow damage every 2 sec and snared by attacks. Taking 15% increased damage from the Rogue. Duration: 8-16 seconds Night Terrors Movement speed slowed by 50%. Duration: 8-16 seconds

Nightblade is a level 46 Subtlety rogue ability.

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Removed, replaced with [Rupture]
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Nightblade now increases your damage dealt to the target by 15%, with damage over time component reduced by 35%.

  Developers' notes: Further pushes Subtlety away from maintaining Nightblade on all secondary targets and instead into focusing their damage into 1 target. Additionally, gives Nightblade a mechanical interaction with the rest of the core rotation that fulfills the "setup" feel of Subtlety.
  

• Hotfix (2017-01-31): Nightblade/Night Terrors now reduce the movement of targets by 50% (was 30%). The reduction remains at 30% in PvP situations.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Night Terrors now reduces movement speed by 30% (was 50%).
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23):
  • Nightblade damage increased by 15%.
  • Nightblade now deals 15% less damage in PvP.
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.
  

External links

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