Rainbow QQs/Meta Thief

Build

First Weapon Set

Dagger/Dagger

Utility

Elite

Double Strike

Chain. Strike your foe twice.

₂Damage: 138

Number of Targets: 2

Range: 130

3

¾

Heartseeker

Leap and strike your foe. The less health your target has, the more damage you cause.

Above 50%: 244

Below 50%: 365

Below 25%: 487

Combo Finisher: Leap

Range: 450

4

½

Death Blossom

Dual Wield. Do an evasive attack over your target, striking nearby foes three times. Each hit causes bleeding.

₃Damage: 147

₃Bleeding (10s): 1,275 Damage

Evade: 0.25 seconds

Combo Finisher: Whirl

Range: 130

3

¼

Dancing Dagger

Throw a dagger that cripples nearby foes and returns to you.

Damage: 122

Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Bounces: 3

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

6

½

Cloak and Dagger

Stab your foe and vanish in stealth, leaving them vulnerable.

Damage: 444

Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

₃Vulnerability (5s): 3% Incoming Damage

Range: 130

1¼

15

Signet of Malice

Signet Passive: Heals when your attack.
Signet Active: Gain health.

Signet of Malice: 132

Healing: 3,275

½

30

Smoke Screen

Deception. Create a smoke screen that blocks projectiles and blinds foes.

Blindness (1s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Smoke Screen Duration: 7 seconds

Combo Field: Smoke

Unblockable

45

Assassin's Signet

Signet Passive: Grants increased power.
Signet Active: Deal 15% more damage on your next five attacks.

Passive Power Increase: 180 Power

₅Assassin's Signet (20s): Deal 15% more damage on your next five attacks.

30

Signet of Agility

Signet Passive: Grants increased precision.
Signet Active: Refills endurance and cure a condition for each nearby allies.

Passive Effect: 180 Precision

Conditions Removed: 1

Endurance Gain: 100

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 360

1½

180

Thieves Guild

Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat.

Number of Thieves: 2

Duration: 30 seconds

OR

Sword/Pistol

Slice

Chain. Slice your foe.

Damage: 195

Range: 130

3

Infiltrator's Strike

Shadowstep to a foe and strike them. Use Shadow Return to shadowstep back and cure one condition.

Damage: 183

Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

Range: 600

6

¾

Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

₉Damage: 765

Stun (½s): Unable to use skills or move.

Range: 130

4

Headshot

Daze your foe with a head shot.

Damage: 61

Daze (¼s): Unable to use skills.

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

6

½

Black Powder

Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

Damage: 62

Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 3

Duration: 4 seconds

Interval: 2 seconds

Radius: 120

Combo Field: Smoke

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

Second Weapon Set

Shortbow

¼

Trick Shot

Bounce an arrow between multiple nearby foes.

Damage: 134

Number of Bounces: 2

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

3

½

Cluster Bomb

Fire a cluster bomb at the target area. Detonate in midair for multiple explosions.

Large Explosion: 353

Bleeding (4s): 170 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

Range: 900

4

¼

Disabling Shot

Do an evasive leap away from your foe while firing a crippling shot.

Damage: 122

Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

Evade: 0.5 seconds

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

4

½

Choking Gas

Fire an arrow that fills the target area with a poisonous cloud.

Damage: 71

Poison (2s): 67 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 4

Field Duration: 4 seconds

Radius: 240

Combo Field: Poison

Range: 900

Unblockable

6

Infiltrator's Arrow

Fire an arrow and shadowstep to the target area, blinding nearby foes.

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Targets: 3

Radius: 120

Range: 900

Skill Variants

Weapon

• Shortbow should be used for stacking might/stealth and pulling targets, prior to an encounter. Sword / Pistol should be swapped with Dagger / Dagger for trash and cleave situations.

Skills

• Hide in Shadows

  1

  30

  Hide in Shadows

  Deception. Vanish in stealth and gain regeneration. Cures burning, poison and bleeding.

  Healing: 5,240

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Regen (4s): 520 Heal
• Withdraw

  18

  Withdraw

  Trick. Roll backward while healing and evade attacks. Cures immobilization, chill, and crippling.

  Healing: 4,344

  Evade: 0.75 seconds
• Haste

  60

  Haste

  Trick. Gain quickness and fury.

  Quickness (6s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

  Fury (6s): 20% Critical Chance

  Breaks stun
• Shadow Refuge

  ¼

  60

  Shadow Refuge

  Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.

  Healing: 1,775

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
• Blinding Powder

  40

  Blinding Powder

  Deception. Blind foes in the target area and grant stealth to nearby allies.

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Smoke Bomb Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast
• Signet of Shadows

  30

  Signet of Shadows

  Signet Passive: Grants a 25% increase in movement speed.
  Signet Active: Blind foes near your target.

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
• Shadowstep

  50

  Shadowstep

  Deception. Shadowstep to target area. Becomes Shadow Return which returns you to your starting area and cures three conditions.

  Breaks stun

  Range: 1,200
• Dagger Storm

  7½

  90

  Dagger Storm

  Trick. Spin around, reflecting projectiles and throwing daggers that cripple and bleed nearby foes. You can move while spinning.

  Damage: 266

  ₃Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.

  Bleeding (5s): 110 Damage

  Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Dagger Storm Duration: 8 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

  Range: 900

• All these skills can be swapped in when they're appropriate.

Traits

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Trait Variants

• If you are in need of longer solo/party stealth, go 3 into shadow arts.
• Optimally when primarily using Sword/Pistol:
  • Use
    Combined Training

    Combined Training

    Dual skills deal more damage.

    Damage Increase: 5%
    over
    Dagger Training

    Dagger Training

    Dagger damage is increased.

    Damage Increase: 5%
    .
  • Consider taking one point out of Deadly Arts and move it to Trickery for extra initiative.
• If you party with an elementalist and plan on using his conjured weapons, use
  Improvisation

  Improvisation

  Stealing recharges all skills of one type (venoms, signets, traps, tricks, or deceptions). Deal bonus damage when wielding a bundle.

  Damage Increase: 10%
  over
  Dagger Training

  Dagger Training

  Dagger damage is increased.

  Damage Increase: 5%
• If your party lacks Fury, consider taking
  Thrill of the Crime

  Thrill of the Crime

  When you Steal, you and all allies gain fury, might, and swiftness.

  Fury (10s): 20% Critical Chance

  Might (10s): 30 Power, 30 Condition Damage

  Swiftness (10s): 33% Movement Speed

  Radius: 360
  over
  Flanking Strikes

  Flanking Strikes

  Increases damage when attacking a foe from behind or the side.

  Damage Increase: 5%
  and
  Furious Retaliation

  30

  Furious Retaliation

  Gain fury when your target falls below the health threshold.

  Health Threshold: 50%

  Fury (10s): 20% Critical Chance
  over
  Critical Haste

  30

  Critical Haste

  You have a chance to gain quickness on a critical hit.

  Trigger Chance: 25%

  Quickness (2s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.
  .

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Dagger Stats: Berserker (Power/Precision/Ferocity) Superior Sigil of the Night Superior Sigil of the Night Outgoing damage is increased by 10% at night. Mighty Infusion Off Hand Dagger Stats: Berserker Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Force +5% Damage Mighty Infusion	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Shortbow Stats: Berserker Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Gain a charge of +10 power each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player. Superior Sigil of the Night Superior Sigil of the Night Outgoing damage is increased by 10% at night. Mighty Infusion

Sigil Variants

• If you're not in a night time dungeon swap
  Superior Sigil of the Night

  Superior Sigil of the Night

  Outgoing damage is increased by 10% at night.
  for:
  • Superior Sigil of Frailty

    2

    Superior Sigil of Frailty

    50% Chance on Hit: Inflict Vulnerability (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 2s)
    - for day time dungeons.
  • Superior Sigil of Undead Slaying

    Superior Sigil of Undead Slaying

    +10% Damage vs. Undead
    - for the Arah dungeon.

Note: it's better to keep a weapon for each variant in your inventory than swapping sigils all the time because sigils can be expensive.

Equipment

• Full Berserker (Pow, Prec, Ferocity) Armour+Accessories
• Use
  Superior Rune of the Scholar

  Superior Rune of the Scholar

  (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.

• Get Gud

Food/Potions

• Consumables that you want to have (can buy cheaper variants of most)
  • Buy 10% slaying pots (Undead/Inquest/Destroyer/Flame Legion/Outlaw/Elemental/Dredge/Nightmare Court/Brood/Svanir/Scarlet/...) as well as : (depends on what you are doing) :
  • Superior Sharpening Stone

    Superior Sharpening Stone

    Nourishment (30 m):

    Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

    Consumable
  • Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

    Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

    Nourishment (1 h):

    +100 Power+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

    Consumable
  • Plate of Truffle Steak

    Plate of Truffle Steak

    Nourishment (30m):

    +100 power+70 precision+10% Experience from kills

    Consumable
  • Plate of Steak and Asparagus

    Plate of Steak and Asparagus

    Nourishment (30 m):

    +80 power+60 precision+10% Experience from kills

    Consumable
  • Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup

    Bowl of Curry Butternut Squash Soup

    Nourishment (30 m):

    +100 Precision+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

    Consumable
  • Bowl of Seaweed Salad

    Bowl of Seaweed Salad

    Nourishment (30m):

    60% chance to gain swiftness when you kill a foe+10% damage while moving+10 Experience from kills

    Consumable
  • Toxic Maintenance Oil

    Toxic Maintenance Oil

    Nourishment (30 m):

    Gain Concentration equal to 3% of your PowerGain Concentration equal to 6% of your Condition Damage+10% Experience from Kills

    Consumable
    (solo/duo/trio)
  • Skale Venom (consumable)
  • Dragon's Breath Bun

    Dragon's Breath Bun

    Nourishment (20 m):

    +200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

    Consumable
  • Slice of Candied Dragon Roll

    Slice of Candied Dragon Roll

    Nourishment (20 m):

    66% to steal life on critical.+70 precision+10 Experience from kills

    Consumable
    (solo/duo/trio/nab)

Usage

• Dagger/Dagger will primary be used for single target damage on bosses when you are not holding an Elementalist Conjure Weapon.
• Cloak and Dagger

  6

  ½

  Cloak and Dagger

  Stab your foe and vanish in stealth, leaving them vulnerable.

  Damage: 444

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  ₃Vulnerability (5s): 3% Incoming Damage

  Range: 130
  then
  Backstab

  ¼

  Backstab

  Stealth Attack. Attack your foe from the shadow, striking for double damage if you hit from behind.

  Front damage: 292

  Back Damage: 585

  Range: 130
  . A full auto attack rotation
  Double Strike

  Double Strike

  Chain. Strike your foe twice.

  ₂Damage: 138

  Number of Targets: 2

  Range: 130
  Wild Strike

  Wild Strike

  Chain. Strike your foe again. Gain endurance with a sucessful strike.

  Damage: 209

  Number of Targets: 2

  Endurance Gain: 10

  Range: 130
  Lotus Strike

  ¼

  Lotus Strike

  Strike your foe and inflict poison.

  Damage: 302

  Poison (6s): 201 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Number of Targets: 2

  Range: 130
  then Repeat.
• The Revealed duration will last for the full auto attack and you will receive a 200 Power bonus from
  Revealed Training

  Revealed Training

  Gain extra power when striking an enemy from stealth.

  Revealed: You cannot stealth

  Power: +200
  . As you start your second and beyond
  Cloak and Dagger

  6

  ½

  Cloak and Dagger

  Stab your foe and vanish in stealth, leaving them vulnerable.

  Damage: 444

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  ₃Vulnerability (5s): 3% Incoming Damage

  Range: 130
  your Revealed buff will disappear as you start the C&D animation and you will regain stealth for
  Backstab

  ¼

  Backstab

  Stealth Attack. Attack your foe from the shadow, striking for double damage if you hit from behind.

  Front damage: 292

  Back Damage: 585

  Range: 130
  .
• Sword/Pistol will primary be used for cleaving and blinding packs of trash mobs. Their really isn't a DPS rotation for Sword/Pistol but as trash mobs run towards you and your allies. Use
  Black Powder

  6

  ½

  Black Powder

  Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

  Damage: 62

  Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Interval: 2 seconds

  Radius: 120

  Combo Field: Smoke

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 900
  to blind them and mitigate the incoming damage.
  Pistol Whip

  6

  ¾

  Pistol Whip

  Dual Wield. Pistol whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

  ₉Damage: 765

  Stun (½s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Range: 130
  gives evades during the second portion and a slight DPS increase over the auto attack but careful to not burn all your initiative and lose the minor trait First Strikes.
  Pistol Whip

  6

  ¾

  Pistol Whip

  Dual Wield. Pistol whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

  ₉Damage: 765

  Stun (½s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Range: 130
  hits once as a stun so you an interrupt key skills from enemy trash. Then the second portion hits for a cleaving 8 times, allowing you gain a significant amount of health from
  Signet of Malice

  1¼

  15

  Signet of Malice

  Signet Passive: Heals when your attack.
  Signet Active: Gain health.

  Signet of Malice: 132

  Healing: 3,275
  .
• When stealthing by trash as an organised group,
  Black Powder

  6

  ½

  Black Powder

  Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

  Damage: 62

  Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 3

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Interval: 2 seconds

  Radius: 120

  Combo Field: Smoke

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 900
  should be used as the primary smoke field due to lack of cooldown. Have party members chain blasts in this field with you, while you blast it with
  Cluster Bomb

  3

  ½

  Cluster Bomb

  Fire a cluster bomb at the target area. Detonate in midair for multiple explosions.

  Large Explosion: 353

  Bleeding (4s): 170 Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Range: 900
  . The duration of the smoke field only lasts for 4s so you will need help from your party in order to be stack a significant amount of stealth. In less organised groups
  Smoke Screen

  ½

  30

  Smoke Screen

  Deception. Create a smoke screen that blocks projectiles and blinds foes.

  Blindness (1s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Smoke Screen Duration: 7 seconds

  Combo Field: Smoke

  Unblockable
  gives a longer stealth field for easier stealthing.
  Shadow Refuge

  ¼

  60

  Shadow Refuge

  Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.

  Healing: 1,775

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  gives a large amount of area stealth without needing to use blast finishers. This skill is most useful when trying gain stealth next to or on top of trash mobs. Most blast finishers cause AoE damage and will cause Revealed if you are to close to enemy mobs.
  Blinding Powder

  40

  Blinding Powder

  Deception. Blind foes in the target area and grant stealth to nearby allies.

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Smoke Bomb Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast
  gives 3s of stealth, is a blast finisher, and causes no damage making it very useful when running past difficut trash runs. You can use this skill to add a few extra seconds of stealth to your allies with little risk.

Video Guides

• YouTube:
  DnT's Thief Guide and Build Explanation