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Two blades, quick and elusive: strikes from behind, poisons, vanishes in smoke and steals.

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Double Attack Dagger Mastery Reflexes Sneak Attack Throwing Knives Poisoned Blades Backstep Smoke Bomb Sand in the Eyes Steal Blade Dance Counterstep Accomplice Wrist Cut Caltrops Slip Away Quick Hand

Where there are two numbers, the first is at level 1 and the second at max level.

Double Attack

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Passive
Max level: 10

Effect

Gives every basic dagger attack a chance to hit twice.
Chance: 5% per level.
The second hit deals full damage. Daggers only.

Needed for

Throwing Kniveslv. 1

Dagger Mastery

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Passive
Max level: 5

Effect

Increases attack when wielding a dagger.
Bonus: +8 weapon attack per level.
Daggers only.

Needed for

Sneak Attacklv. 1

Reflexes

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Passive
Max level: 5

Effect

Increases dodge.
Bonus: +6 dodge per level.

Needed for

Backsteplv. 1
Countersteplv. 3

Sneak Attack

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 10
SP: 12 → 21
Cooldown: 4 s

Effect

Dashes forward and stabs the first enemy in the way; from behind it deals double.
Damage: 180% of attack, +20% per level. Weapon element.
From behind: double damage. Also applies if the enemy isn't targeting you, or if it is Stunned, Rooted, Frozen, Blinded, Asleep or Confused.
If nobody is in the way, the stab misses.

Requires

Dagger Masterylv. 1

Needed for

Throwing Knives

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 5
SP: 14
Cooldown: 3 s

Effect

Throws three knives in a fan: each hits the first enemy it meets.
Damage: 76% of attack per knife, +16% per level. Weapon element.
An enemy up close can take all three.

Requires

Double Attacklv. 1

Needed for

Blade Dancelv. 3

Poisoned Blades

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Poison
Max level: 3
SP: 20
Cooldown: 20 s

Effect

Coats your blades: for a while your hits can poison the enemy.
Damage: 25% of attack per second; 27% at level 2, 30% at level 3. Poison.
Effect: Poisoned for 12 s. A new poison renews it, it doesn't stack.
Duration: 20 s.
Chance: 20% per hit, +5% per level.
Only with bladed weapons and non-magic hits. It doesn't poison while Deadly Poison is active.

Requires

Sneak Attacklv. 3

Backstep

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 3
SP: 8
Cooldown: 5 s

Effect

Leaps backward, away from your target or the nearest enemy.
Distance: 3 tiles, +1 per level.
For 0.3 s nobody can hit you. It doesn't break Shadow.

Requires

Reflexeslv. 1

Needed for

Smoke Bomb

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 3
SP: 18
Cooldown: 14 s

Effect

Throws a smoke bomb: monsters inside the cloud often miss.
Duration: 4.7 s; 5.3 s at level 2, 6 s at level 3.
Chance: whoever is in the smoke misses 60% of their hits.
Works on bosses too. It doesn't break Shadow.

Requires

Backsteplv. 2

Sand in the Eyes

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 3
SP: 9
Cooldown: 12 s

Effect

Throws a fan of sand in front: whoever is hit misses half its hits and casts no skills.
Effect: Blinded for 3.3 s; 4.7 s at level 2, 6 s at level 3.
Interrupts the skill they are casting, and the enemies hit target you.
While an enemy is Blinded, Sneak Attack deals double even from the front. Works on bosses too.

Requires

Sneak Attacklv. 1

Needed for

Wrist Cutlv. 1

Steal

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 5
SP: 10
Cooldown: 2 s

Effect

Tries to steal one of the items the monster can drop.
Chance: 28%, +8% per level. +0.25% per point of Dexterity and per level of yours, −0.25% per monster level.
Once per monster: one that has been robbed gives nothing more. Common items come out more often.
The monster, robbed or not, targets you.

Needed for

Quick Handlv. 3

Blade Dance

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 5
SP: 40
Cooldown: 20 s

Effect

Appears five times around the target with a cut each time, then finishes with a cross that stuns it.
Damage: 82% of attack per cut, +12% per level; the final cross deals triple. Weapon element.
Effect: Stunned for 1.2 s. Not on bosses.
Nobody can hit you during the whole dance.

Requires

Sneak Attacklv. 5
Throwing Kniveslv. 3

Counterstep

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Passive
Max level: 3

Effect

Strengthens the basic attack you land right after dodging a hit, within 3 s.
Damage: +25% per level, on that hit.

Requires

Reflexeslv. 3

Accomplice

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Passive
Max level: 3

Effect

Increases the damage you deal to enemies that are targeting someone else.
Damage: +10% per level.

Requires

Sneak Attacklv. 3

Wrist Cut

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Debuff
Max level: 5
SP: 14
Cooldown: 15 s
Duration: 8 s

Effect

Cuts the enemy's hand: for a while it deals less damage to everyone.
Damage: 100% of attack. Weapon element.
Effect: Weakened for 8 s. The enemy deals 4% less damage per level.
Works on bosses too.

Requires

Sand in the Eyeslv. 1

Caltrops

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Physical
Max level: 3
SP: 16
Cooldown: 16 s
Duration: 6 s

Effect

Throws a handful of four-pointed nails on the ground: anyone who walks over them is pricked and slowed.
Radius: 2 cells. Duration: 6 s.
Damage: 30% of attack, once per enemy.
Effect: Slowed for 2 s, +1 s per level. Lasts half as long on bosses.

Requires

Backsteplv. 1

Slip Away

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Active
Kind: Support
Max level: 3
SP: 12
Cooldown: 30 s

Effect

Frees you from the negative effects on you and makes you run faster.
Run speed: +20% for 2 s, +1 s per level.
Overloaded stays.

Requires

Backsteplv. 2

Quick Hand

Thief

Class: Thief
Type: Passive
Max level: 3

Effect

Increases the chance of Steal on an enemy taken from behind, Blinded or not looking at you.
Chance: +8% per level.

Requires

Steallv. 3