Daredevil - Vault Spammer
Contents
Overview
A capable staff daredevil teamfighter/duelist with amazing AoE pressure.
Skill bar
Slot Changes
Elite:
- - a unique way to finish off opponents.
Specializations
Variants
- offers higher burst for lower sustain (as you give up CD reduction on your heal and a utility skill).
- Take should you need more condition cleansing.
Specialization Changes
For a more offensive build Acrobatics can be replaced by Deadly Arts:
Equipment
Superior Sigil of Exploitation Deal 5% extra damage to targets below 50% health.
2
Superior Sigil of Courage On hit gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 2s)
9
Superior Sigil of Cleansing Remove 1 condition when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
9
Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Rune of the Daredevil (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Toughness (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Toughness (5): +100 Power (6): Next attack is guaranteed to crit after completing a dodge roll while in combat.
Valkyrie Amulet +1200 Power +900 Vitality +900 Ferocity
Variants
Rune (these options are only for the Marauder Amulet variant)
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Superior Rune of the Pack
Superior Rune of the Pack(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies might, fury, and swiftness for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s) (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Precision; +20% Swiftness Duration -
Superior Rune of the Scholar
Superior Rune of the Scholar(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%.
Amulet
- - a more consistent option with less burst damage.
Marauder Amulet
Marauder Amulet+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity
Usage
General
- When an enemy is about to die, try to be on Shortbow in order to build up Bloodlust sigil stacks.
Staff
- followed by a guaranteed critical will be your main source of damage. Both are slow with obvious animations so try to predict where your enemy's going to be when you land and aim for that location.
- Steal cannot be used while casting Vault, but it works with Bounding Dodger. If you want to do burst damage:
- Use
- Start dodging (to proc and the 100% crit chance buff from the rune)
- Hit while dodging in order to close the gap and stun the target with the unblockable venom
- Follow up with
- Staff skills other than auto attack (for downed cleave while out of endurance/initiative or if the target doesn't have much HP left and you need a quick finish) and Vault are very situational and won't see much use. will be useful for getting out of Immob and can blind a couple of important skills.
Counters
- Heavy CC and high burst builds (such as Dragonhunter).
Top Streamers
- Twitch: Caed - NA
As a result of Anet's crusade against build diversity, this build loses a tier. By now sustain, damage, and even initiative costs were nerfed. Still viable, but probably won't withstand another patch.