# Backstab in Azeroth Survivors > Backstab is a Physical spell in the Rogue spell pool of Azeroth Survivors, with a base interval of 1.8 seconds between casts. Azeroth Survivors is an unofficial fan game made by Aethus and is not a Blizzard Entertainment game. This wiki is run by UBG76, which is not the developer or the official site. Page: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/spells/backstab/ - Game: Azeroth Survivors - Verified version: 0.132.0 - Verified date: October 31, 2026 ## What is Backstab in Azeroth Survivors? Backstab is a Physical spell in the Rogue spell pool of Azeroth Survivors, with a base interval of 1.8 seconds between casts. ### How does Backstab hit? Backstab is a Physical melee strike with a 7-yard reach, a stored target count of 2 and a base wait of 1.8 seconds. The client stores it with the same strike type as Execute and Eviscerate. That type's tooltip promises double damage against an enemy below 30% health and aims at bosses and elites first, so Backstab most likely shares that behavior, though we have not confirmed it in play. ### Where does Backstab fit in the Rogue kit? Backstab is the Subtlety tree's opener. It sits in the normal Rogue pool and can come up on level-up cards, but Shadow Dance makes it the spell every run starts with. It is a little slower than Sinister Strike, 1.8 seconds against 1, and it shares two talents with it. ### Which talents change Backstab? Opportunity, a row 1 Subtlety talent, adds damage over five ranks. Mutilate, the Assassination milestone at 20 points, makes Backstab and Sinister Strike strike again at once for 50% of the blow. Shadow Dance, the Subtlety capstone at 30 points, starts each run with Backstab in place of [Sinister Strike](/wiki/azeroth-survivors/spells/sinister-strike/), and it makes Backstab and Eviscerate splash part of their damage onto every enemy within 5 yards of their target. No other talent gives Backstab area damage. One more line in the client, which the data does not tie to a source, gives Sinister Strike and Backstab a chance to strike twice and makes Adrenaline Rush last longer. ## What are Backstab's stats in Azeroth Survivors? Backstab has Rogue as its class, the Physical school, an interval of 1.8 sec and a range of 7 yd. - Class or source: Rogue - School: Physical - Interval (sec): 1.8 - Range (yd): 7 ## What is Backstab related to? Backstab links to 1 class and 3 talents in the verified data. - [Rogue](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/classes/rogue/): Rogue is one of the nine Azeroth Survivors classes: it starts each run with Sinister Strike on 190 base health and draws from an 11-spell pool. - [Mutilate](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/talents/#rogue-mutilate): Mutilate is a Rogue milestone in the Assassination tree of Azeroth Survivors, on row 5 with 1 rank. - [Opportunity](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/talents/#rogue-opportunity): Opportunity is a Rogue talent in the Subtlety tree of Azeroth Survivors, on row 1 with 5 ranks. - [Shadow Dance](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/talents/#rogue-shadow-dance): Shadow Dance is a Rogue capstone in the Subtlety tree of Azeroth Survivors, on row 7 with 1 rank. ## What else should you know about Backstab? ### Does Backstab need you to stand behind the enemy? Nothing in the game text asks for it. The 0.132.0 data stores Backstab as a 7-yard strike on 2 targets, with no facing rule in its tooltip. ### How do you start a Rogue run with Backstab? Take Shadow Dance, the Subtlety capstone. It replaces Sinister Strike with Backstab at the start and adds a 5-yard splash to Backstab and Eviscerate. ## Which sources support this page? Azeroth Survivors 0.132.0 client data (wenilla_bg.wasm) supports this page, verified against version 0.132.0. - [Azeroth Survivors 0.132.0 client data (wenilla_bg.wasm)](https://wow.aethus.pl/) Previous: [Sinister Strike](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/spells/sinister-strike/) Next: [Smite](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/spells/smite/) ## Start - Play Azeroth Survivors: https://ubg76.uk/game/azeroth-survivors/ (opens on wow.aethus.pl) - Azeroth Survivors Wiki: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/ - Classes: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/classes/ - Spells: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/spells/ - Talents: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/talents/ - Zones: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/zones/ - Bosses: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/bosses/ - Races: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/races/ - Gear sets: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/gear-sets/ - Achievements: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/achievements/ - Codex: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/codex/ - Difficulty levels and affixes: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/azeroth-survivors/difficulty/ - Game wikis: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/ - All games: https://ubg76.uk/games/