Malicious Sneak Attack

Stealth Attack. Sneak attack with a rapid fire from your pistol that makes your foe bleed. Consumes all malice when striking your mark to inflict torment with a duration equal to twice the consumed malice. — In-game description

Malicious Sneak Attack

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Deadeye

Weapon

Main hand pistol

Type

Stealth Attack

Game link

API

50466

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Malicious Sneak Attack

Stealth Attack. Sneak attack with a rapid fire from your pistol that makes your foe bleed. Consumes all malice when striking your mark to inflict torment with a duration equal to twice the consumed malice.

 Damage (5x): 660 (1.8)^?

₅ Bleeding (5s): 550 Damage

₅ Bleeding (6s): 660 Damage

 Torment (1s): 22 Damage, 32 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Torment Duration per Malice: 2 seconds

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Critical Strikes

• Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.
• Deadly Aim — Your pistol and harpoon gun attacks now pierce and have increased strike damage.

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.

Trickery

• Deadly Ambush — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.

Deadeye

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

Notes

• Replaces Sneak Attack when the Deadeye elite specialization is equipped.
• Inflicts 1 stack of  Bleeding with each bullet.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
November 30, 2021	(Undocumented) Increased "Torment Duration per Malice" from 1 to 2.
June 08, 2021	This skill now only applies one stack of torment, with a duration equal to twice your malice, in all game modes.
May 25, 2021	Reduced applied bleeding duration from 6 seconds to 5 seconds in PvE only.
March 05, 2019	Sneak Attack: Increased the duration of bleeding that's applied by this skill from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
July 10, 2018	Sneak Attack: Increased the damage per bullet by 20%. This change extends to the deadeye variant Malicious Sneak Attack.
May 08, 2018	Malicious Sneak Attack has been added to the game.