Sweeping Strikes

Sweeping Strikes
Sweeping Strikes (1 rank) Warrior ability 30 Rage 30 sec cooldown Instant Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	30 sec
Talents
Talent tree	Arms, Tier 4
Other information
Requirements	Requires Melee weapon
Related buff
Sweeping Strikes Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Duration: 30 seconds

[[Category:warrior abilities]][[Category:warrior abilities]]

Sweeping Strikes is an Arms tree talent ability unlocked at 21 points. It is a 30 second self-buff, costs 30 Rage and functions similarly to [Cleave]; for the next five melee swings, all melee attacks hit both the target, and the enemy nearest to him as well. This applies to any abilities used within the duration as well.

Notes

• Requires Melee Weapon Equipped.
• Stacks with Cleave, causing four attacks on two enemies every swing
• Damage dealt from a Sweeping Strike will never crit.
• Sweeping Strikes will not cause [Execute] to strike a nearby opponent unless the nearby opponent has less than 20% health (does not consume a charge of Sweeping Strikes either).
• If you use a special attack like [Slam] or [Mortal Strike] on an opponent, it will strike the nearest opponent if you have Sweeping Strikes up. In the case of Mortal Strike, though, only the damage is dealt; the second mob will not get the debuff from the attack.

Tips and Tactics

Combined with Cleave, this is a good way to deal with adds, or pulling two enemies at a time, but both this, and Cleave, cost a lot of Rage, so timing and careful judgment of the odds are essential.

Using Sweeping Strikes in combination with Cleave against two enemies will grant two hits against each enemy, for a total of four hits in one swing. However, it will also use two charges of Sweeping Strikes.

In a tight spot with two mobs on you, combining this with [Retaliation] can swing the battle in your favor.

Sweeping Strikes doesn't always work; if you don't see the damage above the second mob's head, chances are the enemies aren't positioned correctly. Try to move around so that they're close together and standing side-by-side to get the effect of the ability.

Glyph improvements

Glyph of Sweeping Strikes
Glyph of Sweeping Strikes Level 25 Arms warrior ability Instant When you hit a target with Sweeping Strikes, you gain 1 Rage.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Specialization	Arms
Properties
Level learned	25
Glyph type	Major Glyph
Source item
20 Glyph of Sweeping Strikes Major Glyph Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph. When you hit a target with Sweeping Strikes, you gain 1 Rage. Classes: Warrior Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 1

Source

This item is created with Inscription (250); discovered through  [Research: Shimmering Ink].

Materials required:

3x [Shimmering Ink]

1x [Light Parchment]

Patch changes

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now uses Shimmering Ink instead of  [Ethereal Ink]. Discovery source added. Required skill level reduced.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Updated.

  Previous version: Reduces the rage cost of your Sweeping Strikes ability by 100%.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Patch changes

• Template:Patched
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Corrected inaccurate information in combat log tooltip.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): [Death Wish] and Sweeping Strikes have swapped locations in their respective talent trees.
  
• Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): This ability can no longer hit critters as its secondary targets and will now use a proper range calculation for all secondary targets.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13):
  • Sweeping Strikes and [Death Wish] have swapped locations in the talent trees.
  • Sweeping Strikes now lasts 10 seconds and affects your next 10 swings.
  • This ability now works correctly in all cases with shielded targets.

  Before the patch, the number of swings was 5.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB