Transforms standard single-target physical attacks into the powerful ability Blindside when you strike any enemy at more than 90 degrees from it front.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII description
Blindside in Final Fantasy XIII.
Blindside (バックスタブ, Bakkusutabu?, lit. Backstab) is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIII[]
Blindside is a Commando passive ability that bolsters Attack or Ruin at head of attack queue when non-staggered target is not targeting the user. It can be learned by Lightning (Crystarium stage 6), Snow (stage 8), Vanille (stage 7), and Fang (stage 8).
Final Fantasy XIII-2[]
Blindside is a passive ability for the Commando that bolsters Attack or Ruin at the head of attack queue when non-staggered target is not targeting the user.
It is learned by Serah (role level 11), Noel (role level 8), Amodar (7), Behemoth (70), Chichu (39), Chocobo (94), Dragoon (1), Dreadnought (39), Flangonzola (67), Frag Leech (12), Garganzola (65), Gilgamesh (11), Goblin (19), Golden Chocobo (29), Lightning (8), Mandrake (79), Miniflan (50), Moblin (19), Narasimha (49), Omega (20), Proto-behemoth (21), Reaver (34), Thermadon (20), Typhon (10), Vodianoi (17), Yaksha (14), and Yeoman (15). It is also infusible to monsters.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII[]
When Lightning is more than 90 degrees outside an enemy's frontal plane, she will deal 20% more damage. This effect stacks with the Blindside auto-ability on the swift rapier set of weapons, which transforms the first physical attack in a combo when using Attack, Beat Down, Defensive Strike, Lancet, Leaping Rush, Light Slash, Magic Slash, and Siren Strike.
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A blind side is a term in American and Canadian football for an area protected by a left or right tackle. Blind side is also a term used with similar meanings in rugby league and in rugby union.
To blindside an adversary is to attack them without their knowledge, often before they can see or react to the attacker, i.e. to stun or surprise.