Daredevil - Boon Support Condi DPS

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

Focused on: Boon support and Condition damage

Designed for: Raids

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on January 19, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condi variant of Build:Daredevil_-_Boon_Daredevil. This build provides 100% uptime on Might, Quickness, Fury, Protection, Regeneration, Vigor, Resolution and very high uptimes on Stability, Aegis and Resistance.

Boon Daredevil only functions on bosses that provide Detonate Plasma. Compared to power, this build provides more DPS, but due to its high ramp-up time it's best used on raid bosses with no phases. It also has high toughness, so is not recommended on bosses that have toughness tanking.

Thus, it is likely you will only run it at Matthias Gabrel or Mursaat Overseer.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Dagger/Pistol

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility Skills

Always keep Spider Venom as it is a significant portion of your damage. If you need to replace skills, replace Needle Trap.

• Bandit's Defense for a block and stun break.
• Shadowstep for extra mobility and stun break.

Elite Skills

• Use Basilisk Venom for higher breakbar damage on fights with no adds.
• Use Thieves Guild for fights that do not have breakbars.

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Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Dagger
Celestial

Dagger
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Dagger
Celestial

Pistol
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

• Only one mainhand dagger is required.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Torment can be swapped for a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration for more reliable boon uptimes. You could also use Sigil of Superior Sigil of Agony as a budget option for a minor DPS loss.
• Pistol is only taken to provide additional CC at Matthias.

Consumables

Food:

• • , or for a cheaper alternative

Utility:

• • or for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Your goal is to maintain Lotus Training and ~11 stacks of Lead Attacks while using your high-damage utility skills.

Rotation

1. Needle Trap
2. Swipe during the cast of Needle Trap
3. Detonate Plasma
4. Thousand Needles
5. Dodge
6. Use venoms during the dodge animation
7. Death Blossom x3
8. Dodge
9. Detonate Plasma (if available)
10. Auto Attack chain
11. Dodge
12. Death Blossom
13. Repeat from step 10

• Use Weapon swap, venoms, Needle Trap and Swipe when they are off cooldown.
• Use Channeled Vigor before or after any auto-attack chain when you are out of endurance.

Notes

• If you are inside the boss's hitbox and there are other enemies nearby, Impaling Lotus will deal up to triple damage to the boss.
• Be careful not to cancel the auto attack chain as Lotus Strike deals more damage than Double Strike and Wild Strike combined.
• Swipe off cooldown to maintain initiative, endurance, and Detonate Plasma.
  • Every other time you Swipe, one of your utility cooldowns will reset thanks to Improvisation. The ICD is slightly longer than the cooldown on Swipe, but it isn't worth delaying for the cooldown reset.
• You should use Channeled Vigor while you do not have enough endurance to dodge.
• You should only use venoms while four other allies are in range. This includes Mesmer clones, Necromancer minions, and Ranger pets.

Breakbar

When more CC is required, swap to pistol and spam Headshot. Just autoattack (while using Swipe and utility skills off cooldown) until you can switch back to dagger/dagger, dodge if you reach full endurance, and use Shadow Shot if you reach full initiative. Once you switch back to dagger/dagger, restart the rotation from step 5.

• Basilisk Venom
• Impact Strike