War Inc: Rising: How to Increase Skeleton Boss Damage with Backstab

To maximize your damage against the Skeleton Boss in War Inc: Rising, you must anchor the boss's facing direction with a durable frontline unit and position your primary attackers directly behind it to continuously trigger the Backstab damage modifier. Attacking the boss head-on deals baseline damage against its defensive stats, while striking from the rear bypasses frontal mitigation and applies a direct offensive multiplier.

How to Set Up the Backstab Angle

The Skeleton Boss targets the closest hostile unit or the unit generating the highest immediate threat. If the boss pivots toward secondary attackers, your squad loses its rear positional advantage.

Follow this sequence to establish and maintain rear positioning:

1. Deploy your main tank first: Send a high-durability melee unit directly toward the Skeleton Boss to establish initial aggro and fix its line of sight away from your upcoming troop drops.
2. Anchor the boss's orientation: Keep the tank slightly off-center or facing a map edge so the boss commits to a static direction and does not rotate toward center lanes.
3. Delay secondary deployment: Wait until the boss locks onto the tank and begins its attack animation before dropping offensive squads.
4. Flank with high-damage units: Path melee attackers around the boss to reach its rear hitbox, and place ranged units directly along the reverse line of sight.

Best Unit Types for Rear Attacks

Because the Backstab mechanic applies a multiplier to strikes landing from behind, units that deliver high hit frequency benefit more than slow, single-hit attackers.

• High Attack Speed Melee: Dual-wielding or rapid-striking melee units trigger the Backstab bonus multiple times per rotation, yielding a higher cumulative output than slow, heavy hitters.
• Rapid-Fire Ranged Attackers: Distance units placed behind the boss avoid cleave damage entirely while landing sustained Backstab shots without repositioning.
• Aura Buffers: Support units that provide attack speed or damage amplification should be placed behind your offensive line to concentrate buffs directly on the flanking units.

Mistakes That Ruin Backstab Damage

• Deploying DPS Too Early: If burst attackers engage before the tank firmly establishes aggro, the boss turns toward the damage dealers, eliminating the rear angle and exposing squishy units to frontal cleaves.
• Crowding the Frontline: Dropping secondary melee units near the front pushes models into the frontal arc due to unit collision, causing them to take unnecessary cleave damage while dealing unamplified frontal strikes.
• Moving the Anchor: Manually repositioning your tank mid-fight causes the boss to step forward and rotate, which resets the Backstab angle for all rear attackers.