Sneak Attack (Melee)

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Deal extra damage to a foe you have Advantage against.

Also works if you have an ally within 1.5m of the target and you don't have Disadvantage

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Sneak Attack (Melee) is an Action unique to Rogues in Baldur's Gate 3. Actions can be used in both exploration and combat to maneuver across the battlefield or to harm or aid Characters. The actions that a Character can perform are based on their Class an Equipment

Sneak Attack (Melee) Information

  • Deal extra damage to a foe you have Advantage against. Also works if you have an ally within 1.5m of the target and you don't have Disadvantage
  • Type: action iconAction
  • icon weapon type bg3 wiki guideMelee
  • Weapon requirement: icon finesse bg3 wiki guide Finesse Weapon on your main hand (will use your highest attribute).
  • Range: range icon bg3 wiki guide1.5m
  • Recharge: recharge icon baldursgate3 wiki guide 25pxOnce Per Turn
  • Sneak Attack scaling by Level:
    • Level 1-2: +1d6
    • Level 3-4: +2d6
    • Level 5-6: +3d6
    • Level 7-8: +4d6
    • Level 9-10: +5d6
    • Level 11-12: +6d6

How to unlock Sneak Attack (Melee)

  • Can be unlocked by the following class:

Sneak Attack (Melee) Tips & Notes

  • Sneak Attack is best used, not as a separate action, but when set to be triggered automatically under your character's Spellbook > Reactions tab. Here you can set conditions for the trigger. This allows you to combine Sneak Attack with Weapon Actions and other types of attacks.
  • Some ways to get Advantage so your Sneak Attack can be executed:
  • As of Patch #1: You can Sneak Attack with Spell Attacks requiring an Attack Roll to determine whether you hit, e.g. Shocking Grasp or Eldritch Blast. Sneak Attack damage will apply only once and you need wield a Finesse or Ranged weapon.
  • For the Rogue class, you might want to consider different scenarios whether you want to equip a Dagger or a Shortsword on your main hand when using this action. Some daggers you acquire in endgame like the Bloodthirst, reduce crit requirement and also give you vulnerability to piercing, which can deal double damage. The Crimson Mischief deals an additional 1-4 piercing damage with 50% of their hit points or fewer.

 

 

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    • Anonymous

      Sneak Attack damage dice are based on your Rogue level. Tested with level 3 thief level 4 ranger. Sneak attack stayed at 2d6 from level 3.

      • Anonymous

        Any reason to use a finesse weapon to sneak attack when you can just tavern brawler unarmed and have nearly the same dmg bonus + attack roll. Forgive my ignorance but lvl 3 rogue is potential 12 dmg? Tavern with 20 is an potential 10 acc and dmg? Not even including flurry dbl hits etc. Just main attacks alone, these numbers right? Thx

        • Anonymous

          I just realize when got advantage attack (like hiding) with hand crossbow, sneak attack will procs 2 times when use sneak attack will procs only 1 time

          • A shadow monk could use a versable/two-handed finesse weapon to perform a sneak melee attack. And spend bonus actions with a double punch. But they need martal weapon skill

            • Anonymous

              Sneak attack with spells was likely just a bug and they've fixed it in a later patch, spells like Eldritch Blast and Shocking Grasp don't trigger sneak attack anymore.

              • Anonymous

                Anyone else got this to engage on a bow?
                I was running 5 hunter, 4 thief , 3 champion and my my bow crit and i got this as a reaction dual wielding swords

                • Anonymous

                  I just had dual-wielding Astarion proc Sneak attack twice on a combined main hand attack (costing 1 action + 1 bonus action). Though the enemy died right after the first hit.

                  • Anonymous

                    LVL Sneak Attack
                    1 1d6
                    2 1d6
                    3 2d6
                    4 2d6
                    5 3d6
                    6 3d6
                    7 4d6
                    8 4d6
                    9 5d6
                    10 5d6
                    11 6d6
                    12 6d6
                    13 7d6
                    14 7d6
                    15 8d6
                    16 8d6
                    17 9d6
                    18 9d6
                    19 10d6
                    20 10d6

                    • Anonymous

                      i noticed on my rouge/monk that unarmed strikes can proc sneak attack, but only if you have a finesse weapon equipped. I guess the game doesn't care if you are actually using the finesse weapon, just that you have one on. If there is a way to make an unarmed strike as an action while having a weapon equipped that i am not aware of (aside from things like stunning strike), a str tavern brawler monk could take one or more levels in rogue for sneak attack

                      • Anonymous

                        As of now the sneak attack can only be used once per round, which means if you applied SA on a OA, you can't use it on your next turn

                        • Anonymous

                          Ok so yeah, sneak attack damage applies automatically to any qualifying attack not just the sneak attack actions, (pommel strike works for instance, so does offhand bonus attacks), i don't know if there's any reason to actually use the sneak attack specific actions. If you turn on always ask on the reactions menu it's much clearer how and when it works. Basically use any attack you want.

                          • Anonymous

                            How does the "always ask"prompt work exactly, with other types of attacks. does it overide to turn it into a sneak attack? Does it stay the same and just add the extra damage dice. Either seems like a welrd way to handle it.

                            • Anonymous

                              Does „savage attacker” feat (When making weapon attacks, you roll your damage twice and use the highest result) work on sneak attacks also?

                              • Anonymous

                                For anyone wondering, you can actually make this work with the barbarian reckless attack.
                                All you need to do is going into the reaction tab and check sneak attack to always activate and always ask.
                                You now want to always attack using the reckless option, when you land the hit the game will prompt you to use sneak attack like it would on a divine smite.


                                Reykam

                                • Anonymous

                                  As this is seperate from the normal "attack action" would it not proc the extra attack from Gloomstalker's Dread Ambushers or from another multiclass with extra attack?

                                  • Anonymous

                                    When duel weapons, does the sneak attack apply for the off hand separately? Like 2 x 1d6 per an action attack.

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