Deadeye - P/P Unload

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Focused on: Direct damage.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Roaming

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archived 3/21/21, see Deadeye - Power Deadeye

Overview

A decent roaming build. This build is ultimately inferior to its Daredevil counterpart but possesses a smooth playstyle with strong self-buffing.

Skill Bar

 

 

Pistol/XHealingUtilityElite

X/Pistol

Weapon Variants

• You can carry a Shortbow for tagging mobs in open world farming.

Skill Variants

Healing

• - shorter cooldown heal with an evade.
• - if having trouble with conditions.

Utilities

• - alternative damage option.
• - blinds enemies and destroys projectiles.
• // - if struggling with defiance bars.
• - alternative stun break that cleanses conditions.
• - alternative stun break that grants offensive boons.
• - to escape from enemies or stealth past them.

Elite

• - a 4 second evade.
• - strong crowd control if there are allies nearby.

Specializations

Build Code

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Variants

• - if you need a bit more damage/fury.
• - if you need more cleave.
• - on long fights against single targets.
• - Can be run in place of Deadly Aim

Equipment

• Equip your main hand pistol in weapon set 1 and offhand pistol in weapon set 2. This allows you to weapon swap without needing 4 pistols.
• Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Variants

• Berserker's gear offers slightly higher DPS but much less health

Consumables

Solo Play

• Standard - +
• Cheap - +

Event Farming

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

Consumables

Food

• or for more damage.
• for playing with groups.
• is a good budget option.
• for more dodges.
• is a fantastic food for farming open world. It's cheap, provides a moderate boost to both damage and survivability, and increases magic find significantly.
• for more healing.
• is a great option when you do not need any extra damage or sustain.

Utility

• or is your best damage option.
• is a great budget option.

Usage

General

• You should have the "Autotarget" option active. This is because many times you will be fighting enemies that do not have enough health remaining to survive all 8 shots of Unload. Autotarget will automatically switch to a nearby enemy when your initial target dies so if there are two enemies sufficiently close to each other, you will still receive the Initiative refund from hitting all 8 shots. Line up your targets appropriately when you have an enemy that is too weak to take all 8 shots.
• You should have a key bound to "Disable Autotarget". There are times when you will want to cast an ability without actually hitting anything. Primarily for stealth blasting out-of-combat.
• When you use skills or traits to restore Initiative, try to keep at least one Initiative counter emptied so that you don't waste passive Initiative regeneration.

Damage

• Mash and pew pew things to death.
  • Try to hit with all 8 shots so you get the initiative refund.
  • Weapon swap or use to regain initiative.
  • When you're out of initiative, use if you can gain stealth with a stolen skill or one of your utility skills. Otherwise, just fill with autoattacks while waiting for your initiative to recharge.
• Use as often as possible for boons and a damage multiplier.
  • Prioritize targets that will die quickly so you can reset more often.

Defense

• Use your range to your advantage by kiting enemies and staying out of danger.
• If cornered by lots of enemies, use or to pulse blindness.
• is a zero-cooldown daze that can be used to interrupt dangerous attacks.
• destroys projectiles. You can also use for more projectile defense.
• can be used as an escape.
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Sustain

• If you feel that you're taking a lot of damage, you can trait .
• and cleanse conditions. In a pinch, you can activate .
• If you have lots of trouble with conditions you can run , , or .

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, you can blast stealth. To do this, equip a shortbow, place a , then spam in the smoke field.

Crowd Control

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