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[[File:1229371267 toboxx360scrntf2spy.jpg|link=Team Fortress 2|frame|''Right behind you.'']]
 
{{quote|''"Nothin' beat surprise -- 'cept [[Poor Predictable Rock|rock]]."''|'''[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid{{=}}5594 Sneak Attack] [[Flavour Text]]''', ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''}}
|'''[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid{{=}}5594 Sneak Attack] [[Flavour Text]]''', ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''}}
 
Found usually in [[RPG]]s and [[Stealth Based Game]]s. A type of attack that gives you a chance to use stealth and surprise your victim, dealing [[For Massive Damage|massive]], often [[One-Hit Kill|lethal]] damage with a single hit.
 
Usually a '''Back Stab''' requires the player character to be right behind the target. Often this is the only way to dispatch an enemy undetected. This attack is a staple of assassins, spies and other similar characters or character classes.
 
As with [[One-Hit Kill]], some enemies can be [[Kung Fu-Proof Mook|immune]] to this. The opposite of this is typically the [[Finishing Move]].
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== Film ==
* In the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' -based movie ''[[The Gamers]]'', the thief Nimble is about to Back Stab a [[Hopeless Boss Fight|big giant of a mercenary]] with his knife. But the knife wouldn't deal [[Scratch Damage|enough damage]] even with the bonus from the Back Stab, so he thought about using his sword. Still not enough. So he went out and [[Improbable Use of a Weapon|brought back]] a [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Ballista]].