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Deadeye - Power DPS Rifle

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids

Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds

Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on May 11, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power DPS Deadeye raid build. This build deals massive damage against single targets with

but is very immobile. This restricts the encounters where it can realistically be used. However, it is the optimal build for pylon duty on Qadim the Peerless.

Like its cousin Deadeye - Power DPS D/D, this build relies heavily on allies to provide boons and conditions for

and .

For similar builds using other weapons see Deadeye - Power DPS D/D and Deadeye - Power DPS P/P.


Skill Bar

Rifle
Dagger/Dagger
Utility


Skill Variants

Pylon Kiter Variant


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Specializations


Trait Variants

  • allows you to stay on rifle for much longer without running out of stealth skills. It is still a DPS increase to swap to daggers below 50% health though.
  • is worth it instead of in some encounters where high amounts of boons cannot be maintained and you need the extra precision, such as pylon kiting on Qadim The Peerless.


Equipment

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Assassin
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Rifle
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Dagger
Berserker
Dagger
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x11
Infusion
x7
Relic


Consumables

Food


Utility


Usage

Rotation

The goal of the rotation is to maximize your

casts at max malice to maximize DPS. In order to do this you need to carefully line up your skills that grant access to stealth to ensure their cooldowns aren't wasted. Ideally you will always be in mode during the fight, not being in Kneel is a significant DPS loss.


Opener

  1. x3
  2. +
  3. x3
  4. Stolen Skill (F2)
  5. x2
  6. x2


Loop

The general idea of the rotation is that you use

3 times and fill downtime with auto-attacks until you are at 7 Malice before stealthing and casting .

  1. x3
  2. Stealth Skill


Use whichever stealth skills are available at Step 2, with the following priority


Mark & Mercy Burst

When you are out of stealth options, or

is about to reach two charges:

  1. x3
  2. x3
  3. Stolen Skill (F2)

You will eventually run out of stealth skills. While you wait for

to recharge, fill the time with auto-attacks and use whenever you're nearly at full initiative.


Video example

Video example (silent scope)


Dagger Section

If your loop goes on long enough you will eventually run out of stealth skills, and once the target is below 50% health, the extra damage on Heartseeker makes it higher DPS than rifle. In either case, you can switch to Daggers.

The logic on daggers is very similar to rifle:

  1. x4
  2. Stealth Skill (don't use while on dagger)
  • When is about to reach two charges, use it and immediately follow up with . Use as many times as needed to get back to full malice.


When no stealth skills are available, instead do:

  1. x2 (above 50% health, replace these with instead)


Video example using a Dagger loop


General tips

  • When is off cooldown, use it in combination with your next , provided that you will have another stealth skill available for the next loop as well (as this allows you to hit twice while the buff is active).
  • Delay casting until just before hits, to give yourself the maximum time to get the second in.
  • Take great care not to break stealth with anything other than or your DPS will be significantly reduced.
  • If the boss is about to die or phase, you can maximise your damage by activating and burning all your initiative on or . You should still try to get in one last stealth attack if you can.
  • If you are not confident in your rotation, you can retain a charge of to allow for a reset if needed.
  • Make sure to have already used your current Stolen Skill before using .


Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 1 votes.
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5 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 5 stars • April 2024
The combination of rifle and dagger is theoretically one of the highest DPS options in the game, though each part can be somewhat fiddly. Recent QoL changes to rifle have made it far more practical in actual fights.

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