Formless Feint Bomber Thief
ThiefAn endgame Dark Arisen dagger Thief that keeps Formless Feint running at all times. While it is up, almost nothing can touch you, so you cling to bosses and detonate upgraded Powder Barrage charges over and over. The gear does two jobs: stretch your Stamina so Formless Feint never drops, and stack Battle Frenzy IV with Piercing Escalade for damage while you hang on.
Damage
Endless Powder Barrage while clinging, boosted by Piercing Escalade and Battle Frenzy IV
Survivability
Effectively invincible while Formless Feint holds. Only Death's swipe gets through
Boss
Kills Satanachia faster than Warrior. Melts dragons from their back
Thief
Thief is the nimble dagger vocation, built around quick strikes, evasive movement, and climbing onto large monsters to stab their weak points. Its toolkit mixes planted explosives, a grappling pull, and Formless Feint, which lets it dodge almost any attack while Stamina lasts.
Relic daggers and the core of the build. Like every relic, the Special Skills matter more than the base item. Battle Frenzy IV, the Powder Barrage upgrade, and Piercing Escalade together are what produce the huge damage numbers. The fourth slot is open, and Effortless Kill is the creator's pick.
Target Rolls
- ▸Battle Frenzy IV— Mandatory. Raises damage dealt and damage taken. Formless Feint means you should almost never be hit, so the drawback barely registers.Wiki
- ▸Powder Barrage— Mandatory. Upgrades Powder Blast into Powder Barrage, adding more explosions and building up unconsciousness on the foes it hits.Wiki
- ▸Piercing Escalade— Mandatory. Raises damage dealt while clinging to foes (daggers only). Stacked with Battle Frenzy and Powder Barrage, this is where the absurd damage comes from.Wiki
- ▸Effortless Kill— Flex slot. Upgrades Masterful Kill with extra hits and a longer counter window. Roll anything you like here.Wiki
Alternatives
- Majestic Horns of PenemueWiki
How to Obtain
Relic helm and the most important armor piece. Gigantus's Vim gives a much bigger Stamina pool, and the Magick drawbacks don't matter when you dodge everything. Adventurous Appetite and Carnivore together let you eat rotten meat for a stretch of zero Stamina use, which keeps Formless Feint up.
Target Rolls
- ▸Gigantus's Vim— Greatly raises max Stamina, but lowers Magick damage dealt and raises Magick damage taken. A second copy is even better if you can roll it.Wiki
- ▸Adventurous Appetite— Mandatory. Immunity to poison from items, and some items lightly heal nearby party members. Makes Rotten Beast-Steak safe to eat.Wiki
- ▸Carnivore— Mandatory. Eating meat briefly suspends all Stamina use. Paired with rotten meat, it holds Formless Feint up for free.Wiki
How to Obtain
Raises your damage against wicked beings, which covers most Dark Arisen bosses. It lets you delete them even faster.
How to Obtain
Normally a weak heal that leaves you Blighted. With Adventurous Appetite the poison is ignored, and Carnivore then stops Stamina use for a short time. Eat it right before your Stamina bottoms out to keep Formless Feint alive.
How to Obtain
Run two support pawns that both carry Celestial Paean and Argent Solace. This build burns through Stamina, and both spells speed up Stamina recovery, so with two pawns casting them you rarely have to think about the gauge.
Combat Strategy
- ▸Bring two support pawns with Celestial Paean and Argent Solace to keep your Stamina recovering.
- ▸Carry a stack of Rotten Beast-Steak for Carnivore windows.
- ▸Keep Majestic Horns of Penemue in your inventory for knocking Dark Dogs out of their darkness state.
- ▸Activate Formless Feint first and only then use Blades of the Pyre, so its self-burn can't touch you.
- ▸Climb onto the target and chain Powder Barrage detonations while clinging, where Piercing Escalade boosts your damage.
- ▸Lay Combustive Caper trails by running circles around a monster, then stop to detonate them all at once.
- ▸Use Implicate to pull monsters down by the legs or drag flyers out of the air.
- ▸Counter incoming swings with Effortless Kill when a target is moving too much to hit cleanly.
- ▸Watch the Stamina gauge constantly. Formless Feint drops the moment you run dry, and even a one-second gap can get you killed.
- ▸Eat Rotten Beast-Steak just before Stamina bottoms out. Adventurous Appetite blocks the poison and Carnivore pauses Stamina use.
- ▸Weave in basic attacks so Ring of Rejuvenescence keeps feeding Stamina back, even while Formless Feint is draining it.
- ▸Against Satanachia, cling to his head. You teleport with him when he moves, so he barely gets to fight back.
- ▸Against dragons, scramble up their back and plant bombs there to finish them quickly.
- ▸Against Death, get away immediately if you are put to sleep. Its swipe is the one attack that kills through Formless Feint.
Sources
Verified: 2026-10-20 · All content is original with full credit to original creators.