Deadeye - Power DPS D/D (Fractal)
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Overview
- A power DPS build for Deadeye in fractals and raids. This build hits extremely hard with
Malicious Backstab dealing some of the highest damage against single targets in the game. It also provides great utility with 
Stealth, shadowstep skips, and 
Basilisk Venom.
- Deadeye's weakness is that it lacks cleave damage and is heavily reliant on allies providing boons and conditions for 24px Premeditation and
Exposed Weakness respectively. This means it is mainly effective on single-target-focused fractals such as Nightmare and Shattered Observatory, and should be surrounded by other DPS classes that can cover its shortcomings.
- This guide is focused on fractals. For the raid version see Deadeye - Power DPS D/D.
Skillbar
Weapon Variants
- You should have a Shortbow for stacking stealth, pulling enemies, and skipping ahead with
Infiltrator's Arrow. - Use Sword/Pistol instead of dagger/dagger when fighting groups of trash mobs.
Skill Variants
Healing Skills
Withdraw or 
Hide in Shadows if conditions are a problem.
Utility Skills
Infiltrator's Signet or 
Spider Venom is the highest damage option for the flex slot.
Signet of Agility if you don't have a ranger providing 
Spotter.
Smoke Screen for a pulsing blind, projectile screen, and smoke field to blast stealth in.
Shadow Refuge for stealth skips.
Shadowstep can be used to teleport skip in certain places. Combine with Infiltrator's Arrow for extreme mobility.
Elite Skills
Thieves Guild for more damage if you don't need the CC from Basilisk Venom.
Traits
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Variants
Invigorating Precision if you're having trouble surviving. This is a ~10% DPS loss.- 24px Collateral Damage for killing trash.
Equipment
6xSuperior Rune of the Scholar
Remember to also carry a Shortbow for out of combat utility.
Variants
- on night time encounters.
- Slaying sigils if applicable.
Consumables
Food
- if you don't have a ranger providing Spotter but can't equip Signet of Agility.
Utility
- or slaying potions
Usage
DPS Rotation
The rotation for this build is very simple - start off with the following opening burst
- After this, simply repeat your auto-attack chain
Double StrikeDouble StrikeStrike your foe twice.
Damage (2x): 198
Number of Targets: 2
Range: 130
Wild StrikeWild StrikeStrike your foe again. Gain endurance with a successful strike.Damage: 302Number of Targets: 2
Endurance Gain: 10Range: 130 until the Revealed debuff expires. Once revealed wears off cast
Lotus Strike¼
Lotus StrikeStrike your foe and inflict poison.Damage: 302
Poison (6s): 201 Damage, -33% Healing EffectivenessNumber of Targets: 2Range: 130
Cloak and Dagger into Malicious Backstab. Repeat until the boss dies.
- Spider Venom (if you're running it),
Assassin's Signet, 24px Deadeye's Mark and skills from the mark should be used whenever available.
Shadow Flare should also be used whenever available, but make sure you have the boss marked before casting it to ensure maximum bonus damage.
- Make sure you're always flanking (attacking from behind or the sides) to maximize the damage dealt with backstab. If you cannot consistently flank bosses consider swapping to another DPS build.
- Be careful not to interrupt auto-attack chains casting 24px Deadeye's Mark or Shadow Flare.
- If you are forced to run Sword/Pistol for better cleave damage, just autoattack and try to look useful.
General Tips
- Use
Black Powder to blind trash. 
Cluster Bomb on Shortbow can be used to blast might or stealth. Make sure not to double tap it as only the first skill counts as a blast finisher.- Infiltrator's Arrow on Shortbow can be used to skip parts of certain fractals such as the lasers in Aetherblade and the scaffolding in Cliffside.
- Use Basilisk Venom with nearby allies to break defiance bars.
Group Stealth
Thief's unique support in groups is long-lasting group-wide Stealth, which lets you run right past trash without having to fight it. This lets you skip large sections of dungeons and certain fractals.
- Black Powder should be used as the primary smoke field due to lack of cooldown. Have party members chain blasts in this field with you, while you blast it with Cluster Bomb. The smoke field only lasts 4s so you need help from your party in order to stack a significant amount of stealth.
- Use Smoke Screen in less organised groups since it gives a longer stealth field for easier blasting.
- Use
- Shadow Refuge gives a large amount of area stealth without needing to use blast finishers. This skill is useful when stealthing next to or on top of mobs since most blast finishers deal damage and thus break stealth. It can also be used to reapply stealth in the middle of a skip. When possible retrait for Shadow Arts before using it to get the benefit of
Meld with Shadows and the cooldown reduction of 
Concealed Defeat. 
Blinding Powder gives 3s of stealth, is a blast finisher, and causes no damage making it very useful if you have to cover a long distance. It is often used in combination with Black Powder.
Pathing
Once you trigger certain mob groups while being in stealth they will follow you unless you "path" them. This is done by standing still until the Mobs reach you.
Skipping Ahead
After stealthing with your group you can use a lot of skills to skip ahead of your group to trigger bosses/events faster to save time. This requires you to be able to retrait fast for full efficiency but isn't needed.
Shadow Arts should be used instead of Deadly Arts to reduce the cooldowns of Deception skills and get longer stealth from your skills.
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- Use
Steal to port to mobs. - Use Shadowstep to blink up ledges and as mobility.
- Use Infiltrator's Signet and/or
Infiltrator's Strike to teleport to mobs (should be used out of range to not hit the mob). - Use Hide in Shadows and/or Steal Traited with
Hidden Thief to gain stealth to not aggro mobs.
Viable on single-target boss fights but doesn't have a high opening burst, which means that classes like Tempest will usually perform better in top tier situations. It's also heavily dependent on things like conditions on the boss which isn't always going to be reliable in fractals.