well attacking drops any invisiblilty
So I was led to believe, but then that very thought was mentioned in another post. I don't know what to believe anymore! :P
Lightning Rod (the tier 9 Electric Melee teleport/attack) does not drop hidden status.
Why not, since it is an attack, you ask? Because by the mechanics behind the game it's not an attack. You teleport to a location, and then immediately summon a pet called "Lightning Rod", which has a PBAoE autopower that deals damage (the same pet mechanism is how Rain of Fire, Ice Storm, Ignite, Blizzard, Caltrops, and various other powers work). This means that you're not attacking, since you're summoning a pet.
It also has no chance to critical whatsoever - but because it doesn't drop hidden status, this means you can usually follow it up with either a Thunder Strike or Assassin's Shock critical on one of the targets you just teleported to, and have a fairly good chance of getting the Assassin's Shock off uninterrupted due to the knockdown in LR.
I'll have to check the video I posted to WeGame of my Elec/Nin Stalker to see if I ever lead with LR during it - probably not, since someone specifically requested to see the animation for Assassin's Shock and so I primarily recorded only it. If so I'll tack on a link.
Here is a link of her clearing out the last room in a Malta mission; LR is used while hidden at roughly the one-minute mark, and the hidden status is clearly displayed before, during, and after until I attack again.
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There is no guide for it, so I have to ask over here.
Is it true that the Teleporting attack doesn't drop your hide? The idea sounds ridiculous to me, but then again I suppose anything is possible.
Thanks in advance,
-Stalker in theory