Does spear's coupe de grace talent count as backstab?

I am seeing fair amount of spears with backstab bonus damage on them, but I cannot seem to find whether the downward stab, after sweeping the target, counts as backstab …?

That downward stab is already heavy attack so it procs some perks but I was wondering about back stab perk in particular.

Thanks.

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No, it’s not backstab damage, it’s knockdown damage, you have a perk on the skill tree for extra damage.

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If you lockdown someone from behind and hit them again while they’re knocked down(you’re still behind them) then it’s still counts as a backstab right?

no doesn’t register as both should but doesn’t iv tested it.

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No, it’s just knockdown damage. You are not hitting them on the back as they lay flat on their backs, even when you did the sweep from behind.

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