Deception Subdomain and Sudden Shift: What can be done with it?

[Deadkitten]

So I noticed the Deception Subdomain while making a Sanctified Slayer Inquisitor of the Mantis God

Quote:

Sudden Shift (Sp): In the blink of an eye, you can appear somewhere else. As an immediate action, after you are missed by a melee attack, you can teleport up to 10 feet to a space that you can see. This space must be inside the reach of the creature that attacked you. You can use this power a number of times each day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.

Now this seems a like a neat ability until you read that you have to stay within their reach. So what can actually be done with this ability that would actually be useful? How can we optimize the thing into functionality?

The only use I can think of off the top of my head is to prevent flanking by moving your position.

Thoughts?

[VRMH]

Deadkitten wrote:

The only use I can think of off the top of my head is to prevent flanking by moving your position.

Or start flanking the enemy yourself.

[Markov Spiked Chain]

I figured it'd be useful to get *into* flanking with an ally, or to get around doorways/bottlenecks.

[Mysterious Stranger]

It is also useful for getting past someone. If the person who attacked you is blocking a doorway you could use this to teleport past them to the other side. Once there you may be able to do other things like attack someone else or even move farther past them.

[Malloch the Saved]

I've used it to shift into +4 cover. Another time I provoked then shifted behind the opponent and kept moving away towards the boss he was blocking

[JohnnyArkham]

Deadkitten wrote:

So I noticed the Deception Subdomain while making a Sanctified Slayer Inquisitor of the Mantis God

It seems as though gaining access to both the Subdomain and the Sneak Attack as quickly as possible would be a good way to go. Then it's a matter of

A)Being Missed
and
B)Taking advantage of new placement.

Cleric 1/Rogue 1 seems fastest, but is it 'best' in the overall scheme of things?