Daredevil - Power Daredevil
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Overview
Power Daredevil is a very consistent and reliable generalist build. It is capable of completing even extremely difficult content on its own and can be quickly adjusted to become one of the best tagging builds in the game.
- Pros
- Extremely mobile
- Very high sustain
- Lots of dodges
- Easy access to stealth makes it ideal for node farming / map comp
- Cons
- Animation lock on both of your good DPS skills
- Simple rotation can be boring to some
- Short steal distance is annoying to players already familiar with core thief
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- Shortbow - mobility via
- Duals Pistols - dual pistols provides a strong ranged option
- Sword/Pistol - grants access to which is a strong evade (Editor's Note: The evade is not listed in the tooltip. This is a bug.)
- For a tagging varaint of this build, see Daredevil - TagDevil
Skill Variants
- - a powerful escape button that can sometimes outclass other heals in high-pressure situations.
- - can replace if stunbreak isn't needed
- - a good stunbreak that doubles as a defensive mechanism
- - alternative stun break that grants mobility and condition cleanse.
- - blinds enemies and blocks projectiles.
- - if crowd control is needed.
- - to escape from enemies or stealth past them.
- - For assisting allies in reaching places.
- - provides extra initiative generation, especially when farming trash mobs
- - grants significant defiance bar damage
- - more damage on a longer cooldown; ideal for solo or duo bosses / hero points
Specializations
Build Code
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- - provides enormous amounts of sustain.
- - 10% quickness uptime
- - condition cleanse
- - ignore soft CC; take this if using Pistol/Pistol
Deadly Arts Variant
Higher DPS in situations where you are receiving buffs from nearby allies (such as 
Fury, , and ). Replaces trickery.
Acrobatics Variant
This variant provides high sustain but lower boon support and damage. Replaces Trickery.
Zerg Variant
For a more complete breakdown of this variant, see Daredevil - TagDevil When zerging, use a shortbow with + and change
- ⇒ OR
- needs + and to fully function, but provides much more consistent tagging.
- provides more mobility and doesn't require any additional runes, but has less consistent tagging.
Equipment
- Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
DPS
6x
Superior Rune of the Eagle
Comfort
This option has +60% HP over the standard, but loses a small amount of damage (<10%)
6x
Superior Rune of the Scholar
Variant Equipment
Gear
Knight's - mix with variants above for extra defense
Diviner - combine with , , and for ~97% quickness uptime. also provides a significant boost to Fury uptime; makes Fury permanent without
Runes
- - combine with Diviner for extreme boon support
- , - defense
- - defense against trash mobs or in a zerg
Sigils
- - higher burst than
- - causes to provide 25% quickness uptime; combine with Diviner for ~45% quickness uptime.
Consumables
Farming
These consumables maximize profit.
- Food
- Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
- - Use for general farming.
- - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
- - more sustain (requires crit chance)
- Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.
- Utility
- , , - general farming
- - good damage option with +karma
Solo
These consumables maximize DPS or defense.
- Food
- , , - Defense/Damage
- , - Damage
- Utility
- - Damage
Usage
Damage
Staff
- Open combat with to proc Trickery traits.
- Keep endurance at 33% or lower at all times.
- Spam after dodging on single targets.
- Spam after dodging on groups or to evade damage
- Fill with Auto-attacks; try never to interrupt the attack chain.
Pistols
- Keep Endurance at 33% or lower
- Spam ; ensure all 8 shots hit
- Fill with auto-attacks
Sword/Pistol
This weapon set should only be run for the useful evade spam of or area blind of
- Keep endurance at 33% or lower
- Auto-attack; try not to interrupt the attack chain
- If using Black Powder: Fit two auto chains between each cast of Black Powder
Defense
This build's defense is centered around evading damage rather than absorbing it.
- is a semi-spammable dodge.
- provides significant
Vigor uptime for more dodges - will refill endurance
- is an area blind
Additionally, thief has many powerful defensive utilities. Make the most of thief's kit by changing skills to fit the current need.
Sustain
- is the primary source of healing in the build, though it should only be taken when extra healing is required.
Stealth
- Stealth is one of the most useful tools available to Thieves. Use to channel hero points or sneak through otherwise dangerous places.
- If is not enough, blast stealth. To do this, equip a shortbow, place a , then spam in the smoke field.
Crowd Control
- and
- (if running )
1½
15
Bandit's DefensePhysical. Briefly block incoming attacks. If you block an enemy in melee range, retaliate and knock enemies down.
Duration: 1½ seconds
Breaks Stun
½Reflexive StrikePhysical. Deliver a massive kick that knocks enemies down.
Damage: 444
Knockdown: 2 seconds
Range: 240
120Fist FlurryPhysical. Strike your enemy multiple times. If all attacks hit, gain access to Palm Strike.Damage (5x): 1,625
Palm Strike (5s): You can use Palm StrikeRange: 130 
½Palm StrikePhysical. Strike your foe once to deal massive damage and stun them, marking them with a Pulmonary Impact.Damage: 739Second Strike Damage: 1,940
Pulmonary Impact: Explosively damaging attack.
Stun: 2 secondsRange: 130- (if running a spare pistol offhand)
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