Quote Originally Posted by Eudyptes View Post
A tail smash is a boss mechanic that prevents you from getting behind an enemy to do those back positionals. So like, what's the point of having a danger zone AND being punished via doing subpar damage?
You can hit a Backstab without getting hit by a tail smash. It requires proper positioning. Also abilities such as Backstab still behave as positionals to this day in WoW.