Yes, advantage would negate disadvantage for purposes of Sneak Attack. According to the rules on advantage and disadvantage (PHB 173, emphasis mine): If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage and disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of them, and you roll one d20.
Do you get sneak attack if you have advantage?
Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. But following the rules, you can only use sneak attack if you have advantage on the attack or if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack.
Does advantage cancel out disadvantage?
Advantage and disadvantage cancel each other regardless of the number of things that give either of them to you. Either you have advantage/disadvantage or you don’t. Instances of them don’t stack up.
How do I get advantage in attacks as a rogue?
Advantage on the attack roll. Your attack’s target must have another hostile creature within five feet of it (usually your ally), and your attack must be rolled without disadvantage.
How does a sneak attack with a swashbuckler Rogue work?
The ally adjacent to target was unconscious, or otherwise unaware or not threatening the target (charmed, or bound, or maybe if disarmed if the DM determines the target no longer feels threatened going by RAI). The other target was somehow imposing disadvantage on your attacks.
Can a rogue have disadvantage on an attack?
However, it would not be impossible for the rogue to also have advantage on the attack, by virtue of being hidden or invisible himself. In this context, where a character has both advantage and disadvantage on a single attack/check, the rules mention that the roll is resolved normally: you roll a single d20 and that’s it.
When to make a sneak attack in RuneScape?
So, for example, if you (the rogue) have both advantage and disadvantage on an attack roll against an enemy while your ally is within 5 feet of the target, you could make a Sneak Attack because you are treated as if you don’t have disadvantage when making the roll. This complies with the requirements for Sneak Attack (PHB 96, emphasis mine):
Can you use advantage to negate disadvantage in sneak attack?
That being said, there are probably other things that require advantage/disadvantage to be activated, so answers should focus on the relationship between advantage and disadvantage, and not on Sneak Attack necessarily. Yes, advantage would negate disadvantage for purposes of Sneak Attack.
