Daredevil - Vault Spammer

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Focused on: Direct damage, Mobility.

Designed for:

Conquest

Overview

A capable staff daredevil teamfighter/duelist with amazing AoE pressure.

Archive note: It was already on its last leg, and the release of PoF powercreep did not help. The Acrobatics traitline nerfs were the last straw.

Skill bar

 

 

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Short bow

Slot Changes

Utility:

• - a powerful defensive tool on short CD.
• - medium CD and much needed initiative to fuel .

Specializations

Variants

• Can't find such trait "Havoc Mastery"! Please refer to our trait index offers higher burst for lower sustain (as you give up CD reduction on your heal and a utility skill).
• Take Can't find such trait "Escapist's Absolution"! Please refer to our trait index 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

Equipment Changes

Rune (these options are only for the Marauder Amulet variant)

• 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): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.

Amulet

• Marauder Amulet

  Marauder Amulet

  +1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity
  results in less burst damage, but makes better use of the rest of the staff skills.

Usage

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:

1. Use
2. Start dodging (to proc and the 100% crit chance buff from the rune)
3. Hit while dodging in order to close the gap and stun the target with the unblockable venom
4. 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).