Feint

 

Feint

Acquired

Melee DPS (actions)

Level

22

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

90s

Range

10y

Targeting

Enemy

“

Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%.
Duration: 10s

— In-game description

Feint is an action unlocked at level 22. It is available for Melee DPS.

Notes

• The magic equivalent is   Addle, with the percents for the damage types flipped. The Tank equivalent is   Reprisal which is a point-blank AoE and has a lower cooldown. Most physical ranged DPS lack an enemy damage down ability (except for machinist's   Dismantle), and instead have job-specific but functionally identical AoE abilities that reduce damage taken by themselves and allies.

History

• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07): Changed "Lowers target's strength and dexterity by 10%" to "Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%".
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
  • Now acquired at level 22 (previously level 40).
  • Recast time has been reduced from 120 to 90 seconds.
• Patch 4.01 (2017-07-03): Fixed an issue wherein auto-attack did not engage.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20):
  • Changed to a role action, accessible by all melee DPS classes.
  • Damage potency has been removed.
  • The additional effect "Slow +20%" has been replaced with "lowers target's strength and dexterity by 10%". The duration has not been changed.
  • Is now an ability on a 120 second cooldown.
• Patch 3.0 (2015-06-23): Can now be cross-classed by Machinist.
• Patch 2.4 (2014-10-28): Can now be cross-classed by Rogue and Ninja.
• Patch 2.0 (2013-08-27): Added as a cross-class skill originally acquired by level 2 lancer.