Difference between revisions of "Daredevil - Staff Daredevil (GvG)"
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| rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar | | rune = Superior Rune of the Scholar | ||
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| weapon1 = Staff | | weapon1 = Staff | ||
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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
| − | * When using {{Skill| | + | * When using {{Skill|Steal}} prioritize, in order: |
** Warriors - {{Skill|Whirling Axe}} | ** Warriors - {{Skill|Whirling Axe}} | ||
** Revenants - {{Skill|Essence Sap}} | ** Revenants - {{Skill|Essence Sap}} | ||
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*** Hold onto {{Skill|Shadow Return}} for as long as possible for the same reasons | *** Hold onto {{Skill|Shadow Return}} for as long as possible for the same reasons | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{Collapse start|Active defense priority}} |
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* {{Skill|Shadowstep}}/{{Skill|Shadow Return}} - for stunbreaking | * {{Skill|Shadowstep}}/{{Skill|Shadow Return}} - for stunbreaking | ||
* {{Skill|Debilitating Arc}} - for {{Tooltip|Immobilize}} | * {{Skill|Debilitating Arc}} - for {{Tooltip|Immobilize}} | ||
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* {{Skill|Channeled Vigor}} | * {{Skill|Channeled Vigor}} | ||
* {{Skill|Shadowstep}} - general use | * {{Skill|Shadowstep}} - general use | ||
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====Spike damage==== | ====Spike damage==== | ||
* {{Skill|Bound}} {{to}} {{Skill|Vault}} {{to}} {{Skill|Vault}} {{to}} {{Tooltip|Weapon Swap}} ({{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Hydromancy}}) {{to}} {{Skill|Vault}} | * {{Skill|Bound}} {{to}} {{Skill|Vault}} {{to}} {{Skill|Vault}} {{to}} {{Tooltip|Weapon Swap}} ({{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Hydromancy}}) {{to}} {{Skill|Vault}} | ||
| − | * Use {{Skill| | + | * Use {{Skill|Steal}} at the end of the cast of {{Skill|Weakening Charge}} or {{Skill|Bound}} to port yourself onto the target as an alternative opener |
| − | ** {{Skill|Weakening Charge}} hits harder than {{Skill|Vault}}, but only if all three hits connect, which is unreliable without {{Skill| | + | ** {{Skill|Weakening Charge}} hits harder than {{Skill|Vault}}, but only if all three hits connect, which is unreliable without {{Skill|Steal}} |
* Use your spike when: | * Use your spike when: | ||
** Your group calls a spike: | ** Your group calls a spike: | ||
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* Finish your auto chains before using another damage skill, unless you need the evade frames from {{Skill|Vault}} or {{Skill|Bound}} to keep dealing damage | * Finish your auto chains before using another damage skill, unless you need the evade frames from {{Skill|Vault}} or {{Skill|Bound}} to keep dealing damage | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{Collapse start|Skill priority}} |
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* '''Dodge''' ({{Skill|Bound}}) - when missing {{Trait|Bounding Dodger}} buff | * '''Dodge''' ({{Skill|Bound}}) - when missing {{Trait|Bounding Dodger}} buff | ||
* {{Skill|Vault}} | * {{Skill|Vault}} | ||
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* '''Dodge''' ({{Skill|Bound}}) - general use | * '''Dodge''' ({{Skill|Bound}}) - general use | ||
* {{Skill|Staff Strike}} | * {{Skill|Staff Strike}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:46, 28 August 2024
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Focused on: Direct damage and Utility
Designed for: WvW GvG
Expansions required: 
Difficulty:
Hard
Overview
Staff Daredevil brings huge direct damage and cleave from while being a difficult target due to its evade frames. Excels in highly coordinated group play group with strong support enabling it.
Skill Bar
Staff
Staff
Utility
Template Code
[&DQUjGywXBzWUEgAAWAAAADMBAABXAQAAnwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]
Specializations
Equipment
Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Dragon
Accessory
Dragon
Amulet
Marauder
Ring
Dragon
Ring
Marauder
Staff
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Staff
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x17
Infusion
x1
Relic
Consumables
-
- personal option
Usage
General
- When using prioritize, in order:
- Warriors -
- Revenants -
- Mesmers -
- Necromancers -
Priorities
- High
- Spike damage
- Moderate
- Sustained damage
Surviving
- This build has low passive defense
- This build has high mobility skill access
- An About Face keybind can be useful for
- Beware of CCs like () and that will interrupt Dodge and
- This builds has high active defenses
- If you die inside ground pressure, immediately use towards your group
- If you are unlikely to be cleaved quickly, don't use as it can make allied fail
- Use between engages while positioned safely to restore endurance
- is your most powerful defensive skill and only stunbreak, try to be very conservative with it
- Hold onto for as long as possible for the same reasons
- If you die inside ground pressure, immediately use towards your group
Active defense priority 
- / - for stunbreaking
- - for
Immobilize - - for Immobilize
- Dodge
- - general use
- - for endurance
- - general use
Detailed Explanations
Spike damage
- ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
Weapon Swap () ⇒ - Use at the end of the cast of or to port yourself onto the target as an alternative opener
- hits harder than , but only if all three hits connect, which is unreliable without
- Use your spike when:
- Your group calls a spike:
- Winds -
- Wells - +
- Shades -
- Traps - +
- On top of enemy downs (while alive players are on top of them)
- Enemy groups moving defensively while your group is pushing
- Your group calls a spike:
Sustained damage
- Switch weapons as often as possible to proc and
- Try not to swap if either proc would get less than full value, though is more important
- Swap as you finish to increase your spike with
- Try to position yourself on the edge of the enemy group, away from the direction they push into
- This also applies for targetting , don't cast it into the middle of the enemy stack
- In general, it is better to pool initiative for spikes instead of spending it on sustained damage
- This does not mean you should spend long at the initiative cap
- Finish your auto chains before using another damage skill, unless you need the evade frames from or to keep dealing damage
Skill priority
- Dodge () - when missing buff
- - single target only
- Dodge () - general use
Ratings
Comments
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