# Thief class stealth (Not a bug) **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 10, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/thief-class-stealth-not-a-bug/51947 "2019-02-10T18:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jedius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jedius](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jedius)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/thief-class-stealth-not-a-bug/51947/1 "2019-02-10T18:23:41Z")
Have been doing a lot explore lately and just noticed that if a effect from an attack is Random enemy it can still hit a thief who has stealthy active. Even if the effect is random as it is a spell, should that not also not be able to hit the thief? Just curious as to why this is happening. I think that based on the stealthy ability, that it should not be able to be targeted. ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/thief-class-stealth-not-a-bug/51947/2 "2019-02-10T18:30:16Z")
Its not targeted, thats why random can still hit it. ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/thief-class-stealth-not-a-bug/51947/3 "2019-02-10T18:41:14Z")
In this game, Stealthy means that you cannot click on a stealthy enemy to specifically select it as a target for your spell. Anything that doesn’t require you to manually select a target - random enemy, first enemy, last enemy, all enemies and such - ignores Stealthy. Imagine it like this - there are four trees on the field and one of them is stealthy. You look at them, see only three trees so you throw your stone at one of those three. But, if you closed your eyes and threw the stone without aiming, there is a chance you just might accidentally hit the invisible (Stealthy) tree. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/thief-class-stealth-not-a-bug/51947/4 "2019-02-10T19:24:44Z")
It’s also important that Stealthy doesn’t prevent all targeting—some defense teams would be even more unbearable to face than they already are if it did. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/thief-class-stealth-not-a-bug/51947/5 "2019-02-11T02:21:36Z")
I wrote an answer on a similar thread over here, confirming what the other players have said: > [@Princess Fizzbang got hit but should be stealthy (Not a bug)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/princess-fizzbang-got-hit-but-should-be-stealthy-not-a-bug/51765/9): > > Thanks for clarifying, everyone! As you’ve all so eloquently put it, the Stealthy Trait only works for Spells where you have to manually select the Troop (and the game pauses to allow you to do this) - as opposed to Spells where a Troop can be inadvertently hit. I realise this can be tricky to understand with the Trait description, unfortunately there’s not a lot of space frowning