Surprise Strike

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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.

Stealthed Surprise Strike
  • 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:



 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.

Surprise Strike
  • 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

Tracery Interactions

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.