Sap

Sap
Sap (3 ranks) Rogue ability 5 . yd range 65 Energy Instant Incapacitates the target for up to X sec. Must be stealthed. Only works on Humanoids, Beasts, Demons and Dragonkin that are not in combat. Any damage caused will revive the target. Only 1 target may be sapped at a time.
Properties
Class	Rogue
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee Weapon Requires Stealth
Improvements	[Dirty Tricks]
Related debuff
Sap Sapped. Duration: X sec.

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Sap is the longest-lasting crowd control ability a rogue has. It will completely incapacitate a target for up to 60 seconds.

Rank table

Rank	Duration	Level	Cost
1	25 sec.	10	4
2	35 sec.	28	81
3	45 sec.	40	1 4

Notes

• Does not have a chance to break early, always lasting the full duration unless the sapped target is hit. Suffers diminishing returns & duration in PVP.
• No longer considered an incapacitate effect.

Related talents

• [Dirty Tricks], increases the Sap range and decreases energy cost.

Tips

• Sap is an effective crowd control technique, especially with the improved talent. 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 will wake when the second one is sapped.
• Out in the world, 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

With the release of Patch 2.1, the mechanics for Sap have been changed:

• Sap will no longer remove you from [Stealth].
• The talent Improved Sap has been renamed to [Dirty Tricks], and increases the range of Sap and [Blind] by 2/5 yards whilst decreasing the energy cost by 25/50%.

Patch 2.4 introduced more changes to Sap:

• Sap is no longer considered an incapacitate effect; changed to allow more creatures to be crowd controlled in dungeons who were previously immune.