Surprise Strike

- 4m Range
- Fast
- Melee Skill
- Skill Type: Melee
- Strike the enemy, dealing more damage from behind or when Stealthed.
Critical hits with Surprise Strike are more damaging than most skills.
+10% Positional Damage
+100% Critical Magnitude - ... (Main-hand) Damage
- Cost: [135 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 10s
General Information
Class: Burglar
Level: 1
Skill Interactions
While the Burglar is in Stealth (or is under the effects of Combat Stealth or
Improved Feint), this skill becomes empowered, dealing additional damage. When traited, this skill has a 25% chance to apply
Focused Strike Opportunity, which temporarily makes
Return Strike available for use.

- 4m Range
- Fast
- Melee Skill
- Skill Type: Melee, Stealth
- Strike the enemy, dealing more damage from behind or when Stealthed.
Critical hits with Surprise Strike are more damaging than most skills.
+10% Positional Damage
+100% Critical Magnitude - ... (Main-hand) Damage
- Cost: [202 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 10s
The following skills put the Burglar into Stealth while in combat:
Hide in Plain Sight
Bob and Weave
Cash Out when consuming a
Scrapper's Gamble (Blue-line Only)
Coup de Grâce (Red-line Only)
Feint Attack and
Improved Feint Attack (Red-line Only)
Mischievous Diversion (Yellow-line Only)
Trickster (Yellow-line Only)
Unseen Scheme (Yellow-line Only)
Even the Odds has a chance to apply
Even the Odds: Wide Swings to the Burglar. While applied, this skill becomes AoE, targeting 5 enemies.

- 5.0m Range
- Fast
- Melee Skill
- Max Targets: 5
- Radius: 5m
- Skill Type: Melee
- Strike the enemy, dealing more damage from behind or when Stealthed.
Critical hits with Surprise Strike are more damaging than most skills.
+10% Positional Damage
+100% Critical Magnitude - ... (Main-hand) Damage
- Cost: [135 at Level 150] Power
- Cooldown: 10s
Even the Odds has a chance to apply
Even the Odds: Focused Attack to the Burglar. While applied, the damage of this skill is increased by 3%.
Trait Interactions
- The trait
Sneak Attack in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill reduce the active cooldown of
Coup de Grâce by 2 seconds when used from Stealth.
- The set bonus
Improved Sneak in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill guaranteed to land as a critical hit when used from Stealth.
- The set bonus
Dealings Done in the Gambler trait tree makes this skill apply a random T6 Gamble when used from Stealth.
- The trait
A Sure Thing in the Gambler trait tree makes this skill tier down the Gambler's Advantage bleed on the enemy target to deal bonus AoE damage. Further ranks increase the bonus damage by up to 25%.
- The set bonus
Return Strike in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill have a 25% chance to apply Focused Strike Opportunity to the Burglar when used from Stealth. While active, the Burglar can use the skill
Return Strike.
- The trait
High Roller in the Gambler trait tree increases the duration of this skill's applied Gambles depending on the applied tier (T4 = +2s, T5 = +4s, T6 = +6s).
- The trait
Aggravated Bleeds in the Gambler trait tree increases the duration of Damaging Gamble by up to 4 seconds.
- The trait
Honed Wit in the Gambler trait tree increases the bleed damage of this skill by up to 25%.
- The trait
Back Stab in the Quiet Knife trait tree increases the damage of this skill by up to 10%.
- The set bonus
Relish Battle in the Quiet Knife trait tree makes this skill apply Relish Battle HoT to the Burglar upon critical hit.
Tracery Interactions
- Gamble Pulses increases the duration of applies Gambles by up to 8 seconds.
- Gamble Upgrade Chance makes Gambles have up to a 33% chance to be upgraded by 1 tier upon application.
- Harmful Gamble Damage increases the damage of Damaging Gamble by up to 38.5%.
- Return Strike Chance increases the proc chance of
Return Strike by up to 27.5%.
- Surprise Strike Damage & Critical Chance increases the damage of this skill by up to 27.5% and the critical chance by up to 5.5%.
Armour Set Interactions
Equipping 6 pieces of the Umbari Armour of Chance armour set acquired from the Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo Raid makes Burglar attacks have a 20% chance to refresh Damaging Gamble and Scrapper's Gamble, and increase the tier by 1. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.
Equipping both pieces of the Insignia of the Shagâni Fulcrum jewellery set acquired from the Legacy of Morgoth instances makes Damaging Gamble have greater odds to land as a 4-6, and never land as a 1. The bleed damage of this effect is increased by 20%.
Tactical Information
This skill does major damage when in position or when in stealth (then it is replaced by Stealthed Surprise Strike) and critical hits with this skill have +100% critical magnitude. This makes the skill ideal to start a fight with, as it enables your Critical Response chain.