The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Hybrid damage
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Secrets of the Obscure builds
Difficulty: Easy
Beginner friendly This build is beginner friendly.
This build was last updated on March 28, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A Celestial WvW Daredevil build designed for roaming using the most recent addition to Thief's arsenal, the Axe. Uses 
火药喷射 and 
弹跳闪避 along with Shadow Arts synergy to boost its sustain and initiative regen while bursting targets down with Axe attacks.
Skill Bar
顺手牵羊Stolen skill
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Equipment
Equipment Variants
Stats
- Going full Celestial Celestial stats can still work, but isn't optimal. You don't really need the extra sustain, and the damage you lose might lead to stalemates.
Relics
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恶魔女王古物 - you won't proc it often, but the healing reduction could still be useful against high sustain specs. -
碎层古物 - bursty option.
Consumables
Food
Utility
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Optimal:
尚雅调谐水晶 -
Budget:
紧密优质调谐水晶 either from Canned Food Crates found in WvW 
突袭宝箱s or purchased from the Permanent Portable Provisioner.
Usage
General
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Axe/Pistol is your main set, most of the time you'll be camping this.
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Sword/Dagger is more of a defensive/backup set. It has decent damage and even survival tools of its own, plus it provides an alternative when facing builds with projectile-denial against which Axe simply doesn't work.
Steal
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顺手牵羊 is the most powerful tool in a thief's kit and should not be wasted! Do not start fights with steal, keep it for the right moment (mainly to interupt important skills such as heals or elites).
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Stealing grants initiative, boons, dazes enemies and refills a portion of your endurance (among other things). Its most important function however is the instant boonstrip that prioritizes
稳固 which goes off before the 
晕眩 does, resulting in an instant interrupt.
Axe/Pistol
Main set
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Axe has its own weapon-specific mechanic. Autoattacks and
剧毒连掷 leave behind spinning axes on the ground. You can stack these up to 6 and check your active axe count above your utility bar. -
Spamming the auto
旋转利斧 is going to leave behind axes even if they hit nothing. This allows you to stack axes for free while your target is in stealth or out of range. -
剧毒连掷 is a cone-shaped attack and therefore needs to be used in melee range for maximum effectiveness. 顺手牵羊ing at the end of the animation can help with that.
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预谋突袭 is your finishing move, pulling all of your axes into your target. Try to use it with 5-6 axes whenever possible.- This skill also evades attacks when used, allowing you to use Initiative defensively in desperate situations.
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爆头射击 is a quick interrupt. It's a very situational skill with no real pressure of its own. -
火药喷射 plays a very important role as a
潜行 tool when combined with a dodge.
Rotation
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火药喷射
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剧毒连掷
- Dodge inside Black Powder to combo 潜行
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灵巧齐掷
- Optional: do an auto attack or two to up your Axe count
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预谋突袭
- Repeat
Note: if you can get this rotation going, it's going to take care of everything from damage to survival. Not only is this a burst rotation, it's also made to minimize contact with the enemy via 
目盲 and 潜行 while restoring initiative at multiple points. It even cleanses conditions.
Utilities
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敏捷纹章 instantly cleanses conditions, this could even be used to break CC like 
恐惧. -
暗影疾步 is easily the most versatile and one of the strongest skills in the build. It has 2 parts:- The first half is a stun break and teleport, which already has countless uses. A few applications include teleporting to safety while pressured or extending your reach in combat.
- The second half is called
暗影回归. This skill becomes available for 10 seconds after using Shadowstep, and cures 3 conditions in addition to breaking stun again before returning you to your starting location. - These can also be combined to safe stomp targets: begin stomping, 暗影疾步 away to safety, and then follow up with 暗影回归 at the end of the animation in order to finish the target.
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致盲药粉 is fairly simple. This is your second stun breaker, and another source of stealth. As a Blast finisher you can combo it with 火药喷射 for AoE stealth. Just like Signet of Agility, this is a skill you can use to your allies' benefit by sharing its effect with them. -
匕首风暴 is both a defensive and offensive elite. The rather lengthy evade frame with increased movement speed makes it an excellent panic button when you're being focused by the enemy team. On the other hand the skill deals heavy AoE damage whilst evading, which makes it great for pressuring melee targets in general with next to no risk.
Related Builds
- Daredevil - SA Axedevil - Conquest PvP version of the build.