What's the point of Ninja stealth (and trick attack) anymore?
It's an awkward opener (due to speed debuff) and useless thereafter, I'm surprised it didn't get cut with all of the other worthless abilities.
During trash it slows you down and only applies to one target: Useless
During boss: One short debuff and that's it, essentially worthless.
You dont use "HIDE" in combat :
Theres something else that you use in combat that lets you do the Trick Attack move.
1-target boss: SUITON. (which is Ten-Chi-Jin or Chi-Ten-Jin)
Multiple bosses aka AOE: HUTON (which is Ji-Chi-Ten or Chi-Ji-Ten)
When you do those, it lets you do the Trick Attack move , just like if u would have used Hide. But Hide, doesnt work in combat. Hide is mostly for the outer world when you're by yourself. But not in combat. And yes, do your trick attack move (after your Suiton or Huton in battle). Gives good damage.
Hope that explains it :)