Daredevil - Bounding Staff

The Official API is experiencing issues; skill, trait and item data cannot be loaded at the moment.
Note: Please note that builds will default to plain icons, these may not be as accurate. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Direct damage, Active defense.

Designed for:

Open World

Expansions required:

Overview

A Daredevil build for running around in open world. This build deals good damage while dodging almost constantly, making it one of the best builds for evading damage.

Skill Bar

 

 

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Weapon Variants

• You can run Dagger/Pistol or Pistol/Pistol in your second weapon slot to break defiance bars with Headshot.
• You can carry a Shortbow for mobility or open world farming.

Skill Variants

Healing

• Signet of Malice - if you take very little incoming damage.
• Hide in Shadows - if having issues with burning, poison, bleeding, or confusion.

Utilities

• Assassin's Signet - more damage.
• Haste - alternative stun break that provides more damage.
• Shadowstep - alternative stun break that grants mobility and condition cleanse.
• Smoke Screen - blinds enemies and blocks projectiles.
• Tripwire - if crowd control is needed.
• Shadow Refuge - to escape from enemies or stealth past them.

Elite

• Basilisk Venom - grants significantly more defiance bar damage than Impact Strike if there are nearby players.
• Thieves Guild - more damage.
• Dagger Storm - a 4 second evade.

Specializations

Trickery:

Thrill of the Crime Bountiful Theft Sleight of Hand

Critical Strikes:

Twin Fangs Practiced Tolerance Invigorating Precision

Daredevil:

Escapist's Fortitude Staff Master Bounding Dodger

Variants

• No Quarter - if you don't need healing.
• Brawler's Tenacity - if you need Channeled Vigor or Bandit's Defense a lot.
• Can't find such trait "Escapist's Absolution"! Please refer to our trait index - if conditions are a problem.
• Unhindered Combatant - grants a ridiculous amount of mobility.

Deadly Arts Variant

Deadly Arts is also viable instead of Trickery. This deals more raw damage but provides less consistent access to Vigor and Fury}.

Deadly Arts:

Mug Panic Strike Executioner

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

The Standard Variant uses the same gear as the Daredevil - Power DPS build for fractals and raids. This makes it a good general-purpose gear set and is the gear that most players should aim for.

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Optimal Equipment

The Optimal Variant is the best possible gear for this build. It's overkill in most cases, and you should only get it if you have spare gold or you don’t care about fractals and raids.

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

48px18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Variants

• provides high sustain at the cost of damage.

Marauder/Valkyrie Variant

For a tankier option you can run this combination of Marauder and Valkyrie stats. You lose about 10% damage (and a small amount of healing from Invigorating Precision) but your health is increased by 55%. This helps you not get one-shot if you accidentally miss a dodge.

6x

Superior Rune of Strength

48px18x

Mighty +5 Agony Infusion

Consumables

If you're having trouble you can use the following consumables:

Food

• Fried Golden Dumpling

  Fried Golden Dumpling

  Nourishment (30 m):

  +100 Concentration+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year33% Chance for Might (5 seconds) on Crit

  Consumable
  or
  Dragon's Breath Bun

  Dragon's Breath Bun

  Nourishment (20 m):

  +200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  for more damage.
• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew

  Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew

  Nourishment (30 m):

  100% chance to gain might when you dodge.+40% to your Endurance refill rate.+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  for more dodges.
• Scoop of Mintberry Swirl Ice Cream for more healing.

Utility

• Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

  Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (1 h):

  Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable

Usage

Damage

• This build is pretty easy to deal damage with, just use Weakening Charge, Fist Flurry, and autoattack.
  • You can spam Vault for AoE burst damage.
• Dodge any time your endurance is full to get the bonuses from Staff Master and Bounding Dodger.
• Use Steal off cooldown for boons.

Defense

• You have lots and lots of dodges with this build. Debilitating Arc and Vault are also dodges.
  • If you're caught without any endurance you can press Signet of Agility.
• Block attacks with Bandit's Defense.
• Impact Strike can be used to interrupt dangerous enemy attacks.
• Smoke Screen can be used to blind enemies or destroy projectiles.
• You can run Dagger Storm for more projectile defense.

Sustain

• You have a massive amount of healing from Invigorating Precision.
• Channeled Vigor is a large heal on a short cooldown (16 seconds with Brawler's Tenacity traited).
• In dire situations, Signet of Agility cleanses conditions. If you have lots of trouble with conditions you should run Can't find such trait "Escapist's Absolution"! Please refer to our trait index and/or Hide in Shadows.

Stealth

• Stealth is one of the most useful tools available to Thieves. Use Shadow Refuge to channel hero points or sneak through otherwise dangerous places.
• If Shadow Refuge is not enough, you can blast stealth. To do this, equip a shortbow, place a Smoke Screen, then spam Cluster Bomb in the smoke field.

Crowd Control

• Impact Strike and 24px Uppercut
• Basilisk Venom
• Bandit's Defense

  

  1½

  15

  Bandit's Defense

  Physical. Briefly block incoming attacks. If you block an enemy in melee range, retaliate and knock enemies down.

  Duration: 1½ seconds

  Breaks Stun
    
  Reflexive Strike

  

  ½

  Reflexive Strike

  Physical. Deliver a massive kick that knocks enemies down.

  Damage: 444

  Knockdown: 2 seconds

  Range: 240
• Fist Flurry

  

  1

  20

  Fist Flurry

  Physical. 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 Strike

  Range: 130
    
  Palm Strike

  ½

  Palm Strike

  Physical. Strike your foe once to deal massive damage and stun them, marking them with a Pulmonary Impact.

  Damage: 739

  Second Strike Damage: 1,940

  Pulmonary Impact: Explosively damaging attack.

  Stun: 2 seconds

  Range: 130
• Headshot (if running a spare pistol offhand)