Daredevil - A/P Upper Hand Outnumbered Roamer

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Focused on: Condition damage and Sustain

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on May 01, 2024.

Overview

Hi its Night. This is a outnumbered roaming build focused on surviving outside of stealth to actually absorb pressure instead of waiting in stealth looking for burst while your team absorbs all aggro. It works around the Upper Hand trait restoring initiative, and initiative spending dodges refunding themselves and applying condis with relic of mirage, Deadly Ambition, and sigil of torment. The idea of this build is that the evades themselves deal passive and meaningful damage to multiple targets.

Skillbar

Axe/Pistol

Dagger/Dagger

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapon

Any weapons work as long as you have good dual skill evades on at least one set. Dagger/Dagger crushes most full melee, and hits 5 targets, Pistol/Pistol or scepter/x provides a fully ranged option when taken with axe/pistol.

Heal

• Channeled Vigor ⇒ Signet of Malice
• Channeled Vigor ⇒ Hide in Shadows

Elite

• Dagger Storm ⇒ Impact Strike

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Specializations

Specialization Variants

Lotus Training ⇒ Bounding Dodger less constant pressure but more burst and survivability, good with lots of other weapons if you drop dagger.

Lotus Training ⇒ Unhindered Combatant Viable too, loss of damage but great in certain situations, depends on weapon choice alot.

Equipment

Head
Trailblazer

Shoulders
Trailblazer

Chest
Trailblazer

Hands
Trailblazer

Legs
Trailblazer

Feet
Trailblazer

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Trailblazer

Accessory
Trailblazer

Amulet
Trailblazer

Ring
Trailblazer

Ring
Trailblazer

Axe
Trailblazer

Pistol
Trailblazer

Sigil

Sigil

Dagger
Trailblazer

Dagger
Trailblazer

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Full celestial is an equally viable option, as is a cele grieving mix for a higher damage!

Usage

General

• Focus on chaining dodges and letting the damage come from your evades with dual skills. Upper Hand Restores 1 initiative on dodge and one on evade on a 4 second cooldown each respectively.
• When on axe. keep chaining dodges and whenever you can weave in an auto or axe 2 "Venemous Volley". Axe immobilizes if 5 or more axes hit so if they do, capitalize by closing the distance and pressuring.
• It is best to start on axe and set up axes on the ground as you walk in to the fight.
• IF ITS HOT after you come out of a any sort of evade, a preemptive utility skill usage will benefit you greatly, simply spam it as you are coming out of evade.
• It is best to spend initiative on dodges first so that when you use your regular dodge it replenishes initiative and doesnt cap out.
• For mobility, spam heartseeker and if u need initiative, do a repeated dodge heartseeker combo as each dodge restores iniative with Upper Hand.
• If immobilized, try and use a dagger 3 since it will give resistance due to being a movement skill.
• If condi bombed, use your actual dodge repeatedly and heal.
• The reason for axe pistol instead of axe dagger is that you cannot evade while kiting on dagger and the damage isnt that much different for a huge increase in playmaking.
• The back is cele because it is efficient and helps us get at least one crit off per weapon swap.
• The sigil of torment is better than doom because doom will try to apply on next attack which may get defended against, but sigil of torment only procs on crit, making it more reliable. It is also aoe.
• If using bounding dodger, a good combo is black powder, venemous volley, dodge for stealth, stealth attack, orchestrated assault.
• If using pistol/x instead of dagger/dagger, use body shot to immobilize frequently, and combo your other skills.

Overall Priorities

High

• Point 1 Death Blossom
• Point 2 Orchestrated Assault
• Point 3 Dodge
• Point 4 Stealth Attack on axe when avaliable

Moderate

• Point 1 Steal
• Point 2 energy sigil
• Point 3 venemous volley

Ratings

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate/high mobility skill access
• This builds has high active defenses

Tips & Tricks

• Point 1 If they arent pressuring you, stay on axe until they start
• Point 2 Death Blossom does literal burst, no need to stop defending

Gameplay Videos

• https://www.twitch.tv/nightgw2

Sources: Initial Concept posted 4/26/24 by NightGw2