Sneak Attack

Job Ability

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

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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.
 * If this ability is used by a Thief, the next strike will also receive a large boost in damage based on user's DEX.
 * 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.
 * When used in conjunction with a non-elemental weapon skill, this ability will enhance the attack. Only the first hit of a multi-hit weapon skill is enhanced unless the user is holding two weapons or using Hand-to-Hand, in which case two hits will recieve the effect.
 * This ability only works with physical attacks, will not work with ranged attacks nor magic-based weapon skills.
 * Sneak Attack works with Physical Blue Magic i.e. Death Scissors, Frentic Rip, etc
 * 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".
 * When combined with Trick Attack, "SATA" or "SAnTA" is used.
 * When combined with Chain Affinity and/or Trick Attack, "CASA," "SACA," "CASATA, or "SATACA" is used.


 * 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?
 * H2H: Combo, Shoulder Tackle, One Inch Punch, Raging Fists, Spinning Attack, Howling Fist, Dragon Kick, Asuran Fists.
 * Dagger: Wasp Sting, Shadowstitch, Viper Bite, Energy Steal, Energy Drain, Dancing Edge, Shark Bite, Evisceration.
 * Sword: Fast 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.
 * 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, Dark Harvest, Spinning Scythe, Vorpal Scythe, Guillotine, Cross Reaper, Spiral Hell.
 * Polearm: Double Thrust, Leg Sweep, Penta Thrust, Vorpal Thrust, Skewer, Wheeling Thrust, Impulse Drive.
 * Katana: Blade: Rin, Blade: Retsu, Blade: Jin, Blade: Ten, Blade: Ku
 * Great Katana: Tachi: Enpi, Tachi: Hobaku, Tachi: Yukikaze, Tachi: Gekko, Tachi: Kasha.


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Macro Syntax

 * /ja "Sneak Attack" 
 * Some people like to macro Sneak Attack with a weapon skill:
 * /ja "Sneak Attack" 
 * /wait 1
 * /ws "Viper Bite" 
 * }