Malicious Backstab

Stealth Attack. Attack your foe from the shadows and strike for double the damage if you hit from behind or they are defiant. Consumes all malice when striking your mark to deal bonus damage. — In-game description

Malicious Backstab

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Type

Stealth Attack

Game link

API

50481

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Malicious Backstab

Stealth Attack. Attack your foe from the shadows and strike for double the damage if you hit from behind or they are defiant. Consumes all malice when striking your mark to deal bonus damage.

  Front damage: 550 (1.5)^?

  Front damage: 330 (0.9)^?

  Back damage: 1,100 (3.0)^?

  Back damage: 660 (1.8)^?

  Bonus Damage per Malice: 10%

  Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Dagger Training — Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a dagger.
• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.

Critical Strikes

• Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
• Shadow Siphoning — Stealth attacks siphon health if they hit. Cannot siphon the same target more than once per interval.
• Rending Shade — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Deadeye

• Malicious Intent — Marking a target or striking your mark with a stealth attack will immediately grant malice.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	All effects that benefit when the player strikes from the flank or from behind now always apply their benefits when striking defiant foes.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Front damage multiplier increased from 1.2 to 1.5. Back damage multiplier increased from 2.4 to 3.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced base power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.9. Reduced flanking power coefficient from 2.4 to 1.8.
May 08, 2018	Malicious Backstab has been added to the game.