Sneak Attack

Revision as of 09:18, 28 September 2008 by *>Alaik (Added information about when the DEX based dmg bonuses is calculated.)

Job Ability

  • Deals critical damage when striking from behind.
  • Obtained: Thief Level 15
  • Recast Time: 1:00
  • Duration: 1:00

Notes/Description

  • When activated, user's next strike will be a critical hit and cannot miss as long as he/she is attacking from behind the enemy. The game is very lenient in the definition of "behind", as this ability will also work from an angle.
  • Lasts for one minute or until an attack is made.
  • This ability only works with physical attacks, will not work with ranged attacks nor magic-based weapon skills.
  • If this ability is used by a Thief, the next strike will also receive a large boost in damage based on user's DEX. Weapon base damage will increase by 1 for every point of DEX the player has.
  • The DEX-based damage increase for Thief is determined upon usage of the ability, not before the strike (EG: Player swaps on DEX based gear, uses Sneak Attack, then swaps to haste gear, the damage will be the same as if the Thief wore the DEX gear all of the way through).
  • If this ability is used by a character with Thief as a support job, the next strike will only be a critical and will not receive a DEX based boost in damage.
  • If this ability is used while dual-wielding or using hand-to-hand, both hits are guaranteed to hit, but only the first hit will deal critical damage. If Double Attack and/or Triple Attack activate, these hits are guaranteed as well.
  • When used without a weapon skill, it will bypass Blink and Utsusemi, but will not remove shadows from these hits. When used with a weapon skill, however, hits still get absorbed by shadows as usual.
  • 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.
  • Due to a recent change (date: unknown) when combined with the weapon skills Sturmwind or Tachi: Enpi it also guarantees accuracy on the 2nd hit as well when used as a subjob. May affect other weapon skills also.
  • Sneak Attack works with Physical Blue Magic i.e. Death Scissors, Frenetic Rip, etc. It does not work with Area Effect Physical Blue Magic i.e. Frypan, Battle Dance, Tail Slap
  • 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" (不意). "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" (不意騙) a combination of "fui" (不意) and "dama" (騙, deceive).
  • Which Weapon Skills DO stack with Sneak Attack?

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>

Items that enhance this trait

This article uses material from the "Sneak_Attack" article on FFXIclopedia and is licensed under the CC-BY-SA License.