Notes/Description
- When activated, user's next strike will be a critical.
- Attacker must be behind the enemy. (The game is very lenient in the definition of "behind", as this ability will also work from an angle.)
- If this ability is used by a Main Thief, the next strike will also receive 1 base weapon damage for every point of DEX the player has.
- Lasts for one minute or until an attack is made.
- Sneak Attack works with the following types of attacks.
- Physical Melee attacks. (Non-Ranged)
- Physical Weapon Skill. (Limited: See below for more details)
- Direct Physical Blue Magic. (Such as Frenetic Rip, but not AoE such as Frypan)
- Side Info:
- The attack does not guarantee the next attack to hit. (Contrary to popular belief)
- The DEX-based damage increase for Thief is determined when the hit connects, not when the job ability is used.
- When used without a weapon skill, it will bypass Blink and Utsusemi, but will not remove shadows from these hits.
- When used in conjunction with a physical weapon skill, this ability will enhance the attack. Only the first hit of a multi-hit weapon skill is enhanced.
- Usage of a ranged attack while this ability is active does not cause Sneak Attack to wear off.
- This ability will work from any direction if Hide is active and the user has no enmity. See Hide for more details.
- This ability is often abbreviated as "SA".
- Some Japanese players may abbreviate this ability as "fui" (??). "Fui" is the Japanese word for sudden, abrubt, unexpected, unforeseen, or surprise.
- When combined with Trick Attack, some Japanese players may use the abbreviation "fuidama" (???) a combination of "fui" (??) and "dama" (?, deceive).
- Which Weapon Skills DO stack with Sneak Attack?
- H2H: Combo, Shoulder Tackle, One Inch Punch, Raging Fists, Spinning Attack, Howling Fist, Dragon Kick, Asuran Fists.
- Dagger: Wasp Sting, Shadowstitch, Viper Bite, Dancing Edge, Shark Bite, Evisceration.
- Sword: Fast Blade, Flat Blade, Circle Blade, Vorpal Blade, Swift Blade, Savage Blade.
- Great Sword: Hard Slash, Power Slash, Shockwave, Crescent Moon, Sickle Moon, Spinning Slash, Ground Strike.
- Club: Brainshaker, Skullbreaker, True Strike, Judgment, Hexa Strike, Black Halo, Mystic Boon.
- Staff: Heavy Swing, Shell Crusher, Full Swing, Spirit Taker, Retribution.
- Axe: Raging Axe, Smash Axe, Gale Axe, Avalanche Axe, Spinning Axe, Rampage, Calamity, Mistral Axe, Decimation.
- Great axe: Shield Break, Iron Tempest, Sturmwind, Armor Break, Keen Edge, Weapon Break, Raging Rush, Full Break, Steel Cyclone.
- Scythe: Slice, Spinning Scythe, Vorpal Scythe, Guillotine, Cross Reaper, Spiral Hell.
- Polearm: Double Thrust, Leg Sweep, Penta Thrust, Vorpal Thrust, Skewer, Wheeling Thrust, Impulse Drive, Drakesbane.
- Katana: Blade: Rin, Blade: Retsu, Blade: Jin, Blade: Ten, Blade: Ku
- Great Katana: Tachi: Enpi, Tachi: Hobaku, Tachi: Goten, Tachi: Kagero, Tachi: Jinpu, Tachi: Koki, Tachi: Yukikaze, Tachi: Gekko, Tachi: Kasha.
--Delvoni 04:41, 18 April 2009 (UTC) (Clean up)
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Macro Syntax
- /ja "Sneak Attack" <me>
- Some people like to macro Sneak Attack with a weapon skill:
- /ja "Sneak Attack" <me>
- /wait 1
- /ws "Viper Bite" <t>
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