Talk:Sneak Attack

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Contents 1 Type 2 Progression 3 Win 4 Trivia 5 Sorting bug

[edit] Type

Are you sure it's a lead attack? So far, the "this skill counts as a lead attack" line has only been included in the descriptions of skills which are not technically lead attacks, such as Palm Strike or Dancing Daggers, so I suspect that this skill is a melee attack or a plain attack. -- Gordon Ecker 03:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

It does indeed say 'Lead Attack'. I expect it's just a mistake on Anet's side; they probably originally classified it as a melee attack with the same description text, then later decided to call it a lead attack and forgot to remove the redundancy. -- Mafaraxas 22:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Still a Melee attack, just the decription changed. Blinding is always nice. Backsword 00:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

To be a normal lead attack it would have to be daggers only. Necromas 21:41, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Progression

At rank 4 Vanguard, the foe is blinded for 6 seconds. -- Mafaraxas 22:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Rank 5; foe is blinded for 6 seconds. -- Mafaraxas 07:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Win

Fox's Promise

Sneak Attack

Golden Fang Strike

Critical Strike

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Win... foe cannot block, foe cannot see, foe gets dw. Єяøהħ 00:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Shame it's PvE only, but it could be handy for one or more dungeon bosses. -- Mafaraxas 00:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

might as well use Unseen fury and save your elite for a good one.--66.130.10.27 03:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Unseen Fury, Sneak Attack, Signet of Shadows... plenty of ways to abuse the blindness with this. Might be nice for some solo-boss ideas, although it would only work on bosses that can be pulled from their groups and don't use a lot a spells. Also works well in Norn Fighting Tournament, don't forget... just need to bring Signet of Malice too, so you don't end up with Blind yourself. -- Ĵĩôřũĵĩ Đēŗāķō.>.cнаt^ 06:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

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Not invented, no, but it's certainly well known. We also have the Dungeon Master's Guide, which kinda sealed the deal for me. -- Armond Warblade 08:42, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Before third edition, it was called backstab, so the term isn't as well established as Player's Handbook or Dungeon Master's Guide. -- Gordon Ecker 05:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

On the other hand, the image is consistant with the old name. Maybe it used to be called Backstab but got renamed before release to better fit a change in functionality. -- Gordon Ecker 05:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sorting bug

When sorting skills by type, this skill is under its own "Melee Attack" category, while all the other melee attacks are in a separate category with the same name. Here [2] is what I mean. BenderRodriguez 17:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

How does this work with scythes?--Tyri Sunbeam 07:43, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

This isn't a bug per say, as it's unique from other melee attacks in that it qualifies as a lead attack, but doesn't require daggers. --Jette 07:50, 23 May 2009 (UTC)