Devious - Revision history

Hordes at 17:52, 10 February 2026

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Hordes: de-CBA

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de-CBA

Hordes at 19:54, 11 January 2026

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Pisaster: change to cba, some clean up

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change to cba, some clean up

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Zvl3 at 14:29, 18 December 2025

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{{flavour|It has an increased chance to perform stab attacks against vulnerable targets,
and temporarily increases the wielder's EV and slaying each time they do so.}}

The '''devious''' [[brand]] does the following:
*After hitting an asleep or incapacitated enemy, grants the wielder +1 [[evasion]] and +1 [[slaying]].
*Only generates on [[short blades]], often daggers.

==Sources==
They generate naturally, and early uniques that spawn with a dagger ([[Jessica]], mainly) has one sometimes.

==Strategy==
Characters who enjoy stabbing sleeping foes get major bonuses from the devious brand. They grant temporary bonuses upon stabbing enemies, and even though they don't stack, they still can delete orc warriors and stronger, without any major Short Blades skill.

==History==
Added in 0.33- A trunk version

==References==
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[[Category:Brands]]

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 {{flavour|It has an increased chance to perform stab attacks against vulnerable targets, and temporarily increases the wielder's EV and slaying each time they do so.}}
-The '''devious''' [[brand]], exclusive to [[Short Blades]] does the following:
+The '''devious''' [[brand]], exclusive to [[Short Blades]], does the following:
-*Gives +10% chance to perform low-tier stabs against valid targets and a stacking boost to slaying and EV each time any stab is performed.
+*Gives +10% chance to perform low-tier [[stab]]s against valid targets.
-*Stacks up to 3 times, giving +4 EV and +3 slaying per stack, and will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack (though is otherwise short-lived).
+*When stabbing, temporarily provides +4 EV and +3 slaying, stacking up to 3 times. This boost will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack (though is otherwise short-lived).
-When wielded by monsters, it instead gives a flat +8 EV and +6 Slaying at all times.
+When wielded by monsters, it instead gives a flat +8 EV and +6 slaying at all times.
 ==Sources==

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+{{version034}}
 {{flavour|It has an increased chance to perform stab attacks against vulnerable targets, and temporarily increases the wielder's EV and slaying each time they do so.}}
-The '''devious''' [[brand]] does the following:
+The '''devious''' [[brand]], exclusive to [[Short Blades]] does the following:
 *Gives +10% chance to perform low-tier stabs against valid targets and a stacking boost to slaying and EV each time any stab is performed.
 *Stacks up to 3 times, giving +4 EV and +3 slaying per stack, and will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack (though is otherwise short-lived).
-*When wielded by monsters, it instead gives a flat +8 ev and +6 slaying at all times.
 ==Sources==
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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.34|devious will be added along with several other weapon type specific brands.}}
+*Devious was introduced, along with the other weapon type exclusive brands, in [[0.34]].
 {{brands}}
 [[Category:Brands]]

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 The '''devious''' [[brand]] does the following:
-*This brand gives +10% chance to perform low-tier stabs against valid
+*This brand gives +10% chance to perform low-tier stabs against valid targets and gives a stacking boost to slaying and EV each time any stab is
 performed.
-*This stacks up to 3 times, giving +4 EV and +3 slaying per
+*This stacks up to 3 times, giving +4 EV and +3 slaying per stack, and will be maintained so long as the wielder continues to attack
 (though is otherwise short-lived).
-In the same spirit as Protection brand, when in the hands of monsters,
+In the same spirit as [[Protection]] brand, when in the hands of monsters,
 this brand gives a flat +8 EV and +6 slaying, since monsters cannot stab
 things at all.
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 ==History==
 Added in 0.33- A trunk version
 {{brands}}
 [[Category:Brands]]