Improved Feint Attack

Improved Feint Attack

4m Range
Fast
Melee Skill
Skill Type: Melee
A quick feint attack misdirects your foe, briefly allowing your next attack to act as though you are attacking from stealth.
... (Main-hand) Damage
Your feint allows you to act as though you've entered Stealth for a short time
Duration: 3s
Cost: [202 at Level 150] Power
• Cooldown: 5s

General Information

Class: Burglar

Trait Tree: The Quiet Knife

Rank Needed: 30 (set bonus  Practiced Bluff)

This skill replaces  Feint Attack.

Effects

Using this skill applies  Improved Feint to the Burglar, which allows the next skill to be used from Stealth.

Skill Interactions

The following skills gain improved effects while  Improved Feint is active:

•  Surprise Strike
•  Cunning Attack
•  Throw Knife

The following skills become available while  Improved Feint is active:

•  Diversion
•  Trip

Trait Interactions

• The trait  Strike From Shadows in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the Burglar's critical chance by up to 10% and critical damage by up to 15% when attacking from Stealth.
• The trait  Hidden Dagger in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the Burglar's damage by up to 15% when attacking from Stealth.
• The trait  Sneak Attack in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the Burglar's damage by up to 10% when attacking from Stealth.
• The set bonus  Practiced Bluff in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the Burglar's damage by up to 5% when attacking from Stealth.
• The trait  Impossible Target in the Mischief-maker trait tree reduces the Burglar's incoming damage by up to 15% while in Stealth.
• The trait  Footpad in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the Burglar's run speed by up to 20% while in Stealth during combat.
• The set bonus  Relish Battle in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill apply Relish Battle HoT to the Burglar upon critical hit.
• The set bonus  Return Strike in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes skills modified by Stealth have a 25% to temporarily make  Return Strike available for use.

Tracery Interactions

• Combat Stealth Duration increases the duration of Improved Feint by up to 1.1 seconds.
• Damage from Stealth increases the Burglar's damage by up to 11% when attacking from Stealth.
• Feint Attack Damage increases the damage of this skill by up to 38.5%.
• Return Strike Chance increases the proc chance of  Return Strike by up to 27.5%.
• Stealth Movement Speed increases the Burglar's run speed by up to 27.5% while in Stealth.