🗡️ Stalker Line

Overview

Back Stab is the Rogue line's opener: get behind a target, strike once for a big hit, and the target turns to face you. On XileRO it hits for its full damage from behind. Everything below applies to the Rogue, the Stalker and the Baby Rogue.

Back Stab

	Before	Now
Dagger or sword, from behind	One normal hit (100% ATK) at every level	450% at level 1, +50% per level: 900% ATK at level 10
Bow, from behind	220% to 400% ATK	Unchanged: 220% at level 1 to 400% ATK at level 10
From the front	Refused	Unchanged: refused, and it costs no SP

"Behind" means the target is looking away from you. After the hit the target turns to face you, so a second Back Stab needs it to turn away again.

Back Stab never misses and can be used from Hiding (it ends Hiding). Against players it is a strong opener: they counter it by keeping you in front of them, or with Kyrie Eleison and Safety Wall.

Tips

Back Stab is a manual skill: @autoattack can't move behind a target, so it does not use it well.
Open on a boss from behind while someone else holds its attention.
In War of Emperium and battlegrounds the usual siege damage rates still apply to Back Stab.