Build:Daredevil - Condi Daredevil

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 23, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condition Daredevil is a very strong open world build with high uptime of i-frames through its ability to spam dodges. In addition, it has relatively high DPS if near allies and can bring very high amounts of sustain when needed. Its relatively simple rotation makes it a strong option even for new players, though its reliance on abilities that force movement can be disorienting at first.

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Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Shortbow

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Shortbow - highest ranged DPS
• Offhand Pistol - Run with Mainhand Dagger for absurd amounts of in-combat mobility.

Skill Variants

• Impairing Daggers - viable DPS alternative with Panic Strike
• Hide in Shadows - if having issues with burning, poison, bleeding, or confusion.
• Signet of Malice - great passive healing
• Thousand Needles - area condition damage
• Smoke Screen - blocks projectiles and provides a smoke field for stealth
• Shadowstep - teleport + stunbreak
• Shadow Refuge - group stealth
• Scorpion Wire - significant breakbar damage
• Basilisk Venom - large CC

Specializations

• Escapist's Fortitude - condi cleanse

Equipment

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

This set uses gear similar to Build:Daredevil_-_Condi_DPS, making it a good choice for general PVE

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Shortbow
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Celestial - alternative to Viper with lower DPS but higher sustain.
• Trailblazer - trades a small amount of damage for a massive boost to defense.
• Rabid - budget; use with Rune of Superior Rune of the Afflicted, Sigil of Superior Sigil of Agony, and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Venom.

Runes

Several different rune sets work with this build; prioritize runes that provide boosts to Bleeding and Poison, or otherwise flat condition duration. Below are some of the stronger examples:

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Afflicted - budget DPS
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Mad King - higher burst, lower peak DPS
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Adventurer - defense

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defensive option that also provides some offense

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Damage

With this build, damage and defense are intrinsically tied together via Death Blossom. Any time you need to dodge, you can use Death Blossom or Lotus Training to both deal damage and evade. With that in mind, you have a wide variety of options to deal damage with depending on the situation:

1. Spamming Death Blossom and Lotus Training to avoid damage and output significant bleed, torment, and poison damage.
2. Using Dancing Dagger to attack from range.

In general there are two major rules:

1. Dodge often to proc Lotus Training
2. Try not to interrupt your auto-attack chains as the 3rd hit is a significant portion of your damage.

As a final tip, try to whirl through fields to create various bolts.

General Rotation

As a general rotation, consult the following:

1. Cast Thieves Guild
2. Cast venoms
3. Alternate Lotus Training and Death Blossom.

Fill empty space with basic attacks and cast venoms off cooldown.

You can control the direction of the dodge with your movement keys, but keep in mind that Death Blossom cannot be controlled and will always whirl through the target. Alternatively, you can disable auto targetting, and unselect your target to manually control Death Blossom

Defense

• The best defense is to dodge attacks, and this build has numerous evades. Learn to recognize dangerous attacks and respond to them.
• Stealing gives you back a dodge thanks to Endurance Thief.
• Thief and Daredevil offer various stunbreaks, such as Haste, Bandit's Defense, and Shadowstep. It is advised to take one of these, as CC is what will usually kill you.
• You can go into stealth via Cloak and Dagger to remove threat, break enemy targeting, and reposition yourself. Follow it up with a Backstab if using gear with power like Viper or Celestial.

Crowd Control

• Basilisk Venom
• Choking Gas
• Headshot (if running a spare pistol offhand)

Video Examples

Cele DD vs Nightthistle Bloom

• A great example of the Celestial build in action against one of the hardest hero points.