Nine Tail Strike

Skill details

Nine Tail Strike
Campaign: Factions Profession: Assassin Attribute: Dagger Mastery Type: Dual Attack
5     8

Full: Must follow an off-hand attack. Nine Tail Strike cannot be blocked and strikes for +15...35 damage if it hits.

Concise: Deals +15...35 damage. Unblockable. Must follow an off-hand attack.

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Acquisition

Skill Trainers:

• Michiko (Kaineng Center)

Notes

• Combine with Palm Strike to deal a chunk of unblockable damage.
• Combine with Way of the Empty Palm to negate the disadvantages of the high energy cost

Trivia

• In Japanese mythology, there is a mythical demonic nine-tailed fox called Kyuubi (kyuu means nine and bi means tail in Japanese), which is usually sculpted or painted in red color or at least with red parts. Kyuubi no kitsune (Nine-tails the fox) is also favourite in literature and games, where it is also popular to be part of nine tailed beasts. Korean counterpart to Kyuubi is Kumiho.

Related skills

Assassin skills that bypass blocking and evasion:

• Expose Defenses
• Fox Fangs
• Golden Fox Strike (conditional)
• Way of the Fox

Other skills that bypass blocking:

• See block.

Other skills that bypass evasion:

• See evade.

• The "Cat o' nine tails" is also a special kind of whip.