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Seems I need more practice. ―Agent after missing her backstab attempt.

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Backstabs are special, situational attacks for the Agent. When an Agent attacks an enemy with their melee weapon from behind, they will perform a backstab, dealing varying amounts of damage depending on the angle of which the Agent is facing towards the enemy's back.

Backstabbed targets also play unique animations upon death, which were contributed by OutIaw_Nova.

Mechanics

Backstabs are performed when facing an enemy's back at a 90˚ angle or greater. If the angle is greater than 135˚ away or the Agent is above their target, a full backstab is scored and the enemy will take 200% of their max health as damage. Upon backstabbing an enemy, they will release a loud cry and sometimes play a unique death animation that changes depending on their class.

If a backstab's angle is greater than or equal to 90˚, but below 135˚, a sidestab will be performed. Sidestabs deal a minimum of 41 damage up to a maximum of 99% of the enemy's base health depending on the angle. For the Agent's first-person-view: the knife will also be raised at various heights to represent how much damage will be dealt upon stabbing.

In Vs. Bosses, backstabs will instead deal 10% of the boss's health as damage with a minimum damage value of 300.

Tips

See also: Agent § Tips

• Instead of relying on stealth to score a backstab, one can instead choose to trick the enemy into revealing their back in a direct confrontation, this is known as a "trickstab".
  • An example of a trickstab is a "matador": While being pursued, the Agent will start running in one direction then quickly move in the other. This will misguide the enemy to briefly reveal their back in an attempt to chase or hit the Agent. This typically works best against enemies trying to melee the Agent, as they will attempt to close the distance to get a hit.
  • Another example of a trickstab is a "stairstab": While traversing up a slanted surface, the Agent will suddenly jump backwards and attempt to score a backstab from above or behind the enemy. This can greatly catch the enemy off guard as it is difficult to react to the sudden movements of a stairstab. This can also work on flat ground, but will be more difficult to successfully perform as it is more likely to get hit while attempting it.
• Upon backstabbing an enemy, they will loudly scream to alert nearby enemies of the Agent's presence, the volume of said screams are dependent on the class:
  • The Arsonist and Mechanic's death screams are the loudest and are extremely easy to hear at any given moment.

Related Achievements

Agent

Amateur Operative

Backstab 100 enemies.

Expert of Espionage

Backstab 500 enemies.

Sleeper Agent

Backstab an enemy who triggered your feign death in the last 20 seconds.

Spymaster

Backstab 1,000 enemies

The Impaler

Absorb over 1,000 points of health in one round using the Kunai.

No Such Thing as Mercy

Backstab a player on your friends' list.

Agile Agent

Backstab 3 enemies within 10 seconds.

Fire Flight

Backstab an Arsonist after they light you on fire.

Identity Theft

Backstab an enemy while disguised as them.

Ice Sculptor

Backstab 6 enemies with the Icicle in a single round.

Update History

Trivia

• There was a now-privated Roblox game called TC2 Backstab Angle Visualizer made by SpacemanIgloo to visualize the backstab hitbox, however it is outdated as it uses old damage values.

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Agent	Backstab
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All Classes	Critical hits • Stomping
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