Daredevil - Power DPS

Spear is more complicated than other thief weapons as it employed a combo system where skills 2 and 3 each have three sub-skills that are classified as Lead Attacks, Follow Ups or Finishers. These flow together in order, with the active skills changing depending on where you are in the chain, and you can switch between 2 and 3 for different effects. For this build the standard combo is 螳螂钉刺 ⇒ 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 陨落蜘蛛 (2 ⇒ 3 ⇒ 2).

Additional complexity is added by your stealth attack, and skills 4 and 5, all gaining bonuses if they are used after a Finisher:

• 恶意苍白突袭 regenerates 4 initiative
• 杂念投掷 grants a 10-second damage buff
• 暗影帷幕 blocks additional attacks

If this isn't enough, 杂念投掷 will also count as a Lead Attack in this case, which means the next combo will skip 螳螂钉刺.

The general structure will be:

• Maintain the 弹跳闪避 buff by dodging every one or two combos. This requires a lot of endurance, so 顺手牵羊 and 敏捷纹章 are used to refresh it (both are instant cast). As a last resort if the phase goes long enough, you can use 活力引导.
• Use 铁拳乱舞 ⇒ 铁掌攻心 off cooldown, but without dropping your damage buffs or interrupting 潜行
• Use your basic combo, replacing it with 杂念投掷 ⇒ 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 碎裂突袭 ⇒ 苍白突袭 every two or three combos to maintain the 杂念投掷 as well as recover initiative.
• As this rotation also overcaps initiative, you can occasionally use an extra basic combo (more details below).

With many competing demands, there isn't a consistent loop that can be defined, so the opener below is long enough to show off a few of the points above in action. Be aware that Staff can be used to finish a phase, so there is a separate section for that.

Opener The first two steps are optional, as you can cycle through your combos without needing to hit a target. This allows you to "prepare" 陨落蜘蛛 for a stronger opener. The combo will reset after four seconds, so you need to know when the fight will start (on many bosses it's simple to use the first two skills while running in).

1. 螳螂钉刺
2. 吸血劈砍
3. Dodge Dodge
4. 陨落蜘蛛
5. 杂念投掷
6. 铁拳乱舞 ⇒ 铁掌攻心
7. Dodge Dodge
8. 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 陨落蜘蛛
9. 螳螂钉刺 ⇒ 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 陨落蜘蛛

Basic Loop Over time, 铁拳乱舞 might end up desynced from this loop. If this is the case, use it as soon as you can (as long as it won't break 潜行), and delay 铁掌攻心 until the usual place in the next loop.

1. 杂念投掷
2. 铁拳乱舞 ⇒ 铁掌攻心 (if available)
3. Dodge Dodge
4. 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 碎裂突袭 ⇒ 苍白突袭
5. Dodge Dodge
6. 螳螂钉刺 ⇒ 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 陨落蜘蛛

Extra Combo When you have initiative to burn, you can throw in an extra combo at the end of the basic loop as below. A good time to do this is when 苍白突袭 fills your initiative, and you will not have 铁拳乱舞 available the next loop.

1. 杂念投掷
2. Dodge Dodge
3. 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 陨落蜘蛛
4. 螳螂钉刺 ⇒ 吸血劈砍 ⇒ 陨落蜘蛛

Staff Finisher If the boss is about to phase, you can expend all your remaining initiative by swapping to Staff and spamming 虚弱回旋. You don't want to lose the buff from 杂念投掷 though, so if you think you're within 10 seconds of phasing, swap after using it.

If you don't have enough initiative to purely spam 虚弱回旋, follow a basic loop until you can:

1. Dodge Dodge
2. 虚弱回旋
3. 法杖攻击 ⇒ 法杖重击 ⇒ 惩罚打击

Finally, when you're within five seconds of phasing you can activate 刺客纹章 for another damage boost.

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• The stolen skill from this boss is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used to save downs or recover from getting ported by blue circles.
• If your team needs you to cover green circles, use 暗影疾步.

For more information, see our Vale Guardian Guide.

• Consider equipping a shortbow, 暗影疾步, and/or using 神行无阻.

For more information, see our Spirit Woods Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used to shadowstep between adds during the split phase.
• Be careful using 惩罚打击 while the breakbar is active to not get killed by Gorseval's Retaliation.
• You can take 恶意纹章 to continue doing your rotation more comfortably during Gorseval's Retaliation.

For more information, see our Gorseval Guide.

• You can use 障眼烟幕 for blocking projectiles and extra blinds.
• Consider equipping Sword/Pistol to gain access to 火药喷射 for AoE blinds.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used to shadowstep to the launch pads or move downed players out of the way of the flamewall.
• The stolen skill from the split phase champions is Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb which is a DPS increase.
• If you are clearing cannons, or are a backup, you can use Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact or 暗影疾步 to reach the platforms faster.

For more information, see our Sabetha Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Soul Stone Venom Soul Stone Venom, which can be used to cleanse Slothasor's fear or if people get a lot of condis from the shake.
• You can bring 强横防御 to break Slothasor's fear, and to block its high damaging attacks.
• When fixated try not to move through the boss.

For more information, see our Slothasor Guide.

• The stolen skill from the champions is Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb, which can be used to do mortars and group up enemies.
• If you are doing mortars, use 铁拳乱舞, 冲撞打击, and Dagger/Pistol as your second weapon set. For the triple mortar spawn, you can use 冲撞打击 on the first target, 浮空勾拳 on the second, and 铁拳乱舞 on the third. If you miss any of those skills, swap to Dagger/Pistol and use 爆头射击.

For more information, see our Bandit Trio Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma, which can be used to supplement boons and provide 稳固 during the Ice phase or prevent the 恐惧 at the 40% phase transition.
• You can use 飞天杖舞 for mobility around the room.
• 石蜥毒液 will work on the breakbar but can be wasted by squadmates on Matthias or the ice patches. You can choose to run 冲撞打击 instead.
• You can activate 敏捷纹章 (if using) to stun break the rain phase knockdown.

For more information, see our Bandit Trio Guide.

• The stolen skill from McLeod is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma, which can be used to supplement boons.
• If you are going on the towers, consider equipping a Short bow to traverse the cave easier.
• Use 障眼烟幕 for blocking projectiles, extra blinds, and AoE stealth.
• You can use 飞天杖舞 to hit up to five targets at once.

For more information, see our Siege the Stronghold Guide.

• The stolen skill from Keep Construct is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used for mobility when you get bombs. The stolen skill from the phantasms is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma. The latter can be used to provide your squad boons at the beginning of each burst phase.
• If you are pushing the core, you should equip 恶意纹章 for the sustained healing.

For more information, see our Keep Construct Guide.

• The Twisted Castle is mostly movement based. Consider equipping a shortbow and/or using 暗影疾步.
• You can use 飞天杖舞 to hit up to five targets at once.

For more information, see our Twisted Castle Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Soul Stone Venom Soul Stone Venom, which can be used as an emergency cleanse.
• If pulls and/or cleave are bad, you could use 障眼烟幕 for blocking projectiles, and extra blinds against Xera's minions.

For more information, see our Xera Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used to shadowstep downed allies towards you, recover from being teleported, or move into greens at the last moment so you can maintain DPS for longer.
• Note that the third part of your autoattack chain is a projectile reflect! Be careful not to reflect any of Cairn's projectiles. Cairn's projectiles only spawn at the edge of the circle drawn around him on the platform, so if you are stacked very closely on Cairn, you can avoid reflecting projectiles.

For more information, see our Cairn Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma, which can be used to provide your squad with boons.
• Be careful when dodging that you do not end up in spikes.

For more information, see our Mursaat Overseer Guide.

• The stolen skill from Samarog and Guldhem is Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb. This can be both a DPS increase and used to help break the frequent breakbars.
  • Given the strength of Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb both for CC and damage, 灵感一现 is very good here.
  • Rigom provides Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which is far less useful but can be used to keep him immobilised inside Samarog.
• Use 石蜥毒液 to help break Samarog's breakbars.
• Use your dual pistols at the start of the 3rd phase to deal damage to Samarog while he does his long animations outside of the arena.

For more information, see our Samarog Guide.

• The stolen skill from Deimos is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used to help immobilize prides. The stolen skill from the Sauls is Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb, which can be used to help with their breakbars, cleave prides and greeds or a DPS increase.
• Since you may not have dodges available, be careful that you do not get launched by Deimos's attacks. You can choose to keep an extra dodge bar for these, delay your dodge to align with them, or use 飞天杖舞 as an emergency dodge.
• Dual pistols can be useful to maintain DPS on Deimos while running to the ward or while he is stuck inside of oils.

For more information, see our Deimos Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Soul Stone Venom Soul Stone Venom, which can be used to recover from the extreme boon corruption from scythes or tormented dead AoEs.

For more information, see our Soulless Horror Guide.

• The stolen skill from this boss is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be a lifesaver by porting downed players to yourself, or used for mobility, e.g. during Soul Split or to get to a green if you need to do them.
• 敏捷纹章, when used, cleanses 3 conditions from yourself and allies and refills endurance. Be sure to use it if conditions are not being cleansed after each Greater Death Mark.
• Dual pistols can be used to hit Dhuum during the Greater Death Mark.

For more information, see our Dhuum Guide.

• Conjured Amalgamate itself does not have a stolen skill, however its adds do. Conjured Swords give Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact and Conjured Shields give Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb. The latter in particular is extremely useful for CCing and cleaving down Conjured Shields as well as being a DPS increase during the burst phases.
• Use 飞天杖舞 to cleave down Conjured Swords and Conjured Shields if needed.

For more information, see our Conjured Amalgamate Guide.

• The stolen skill from Nikare is Soul Stone Venom Soul Stone Venom, and the stolen skill from Kenut is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma.
  • Save Soul Stone Venom Soul Stone Venom for after the charge, to quickly clear 冰冻 and 迟缓 from people.
• A CC elite will be useful as the bosses cannot be damaged until they are broken. Closing to melee for 冲撞打击 might be dangerous though.

For more information, see our Largos Assassins Guide.

• It is highly recommended to bring a second staff with 超级精确法印 for when you are unable to flank Qadim.
• Take 灵感一现 instead of 无情处决. Being able to use stolen skills twice here is extremely powerful.
• The stolen skill from the Pyres, Ancient Invoked Hydra, and Wyvern Matriarch is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma. The stolen skill from Qadim, Apocalypse Bringer, and Wyvern Patriarch is Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb.
• Steal from the pyres before every DPS phase to give your squad boons immediately with Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma. Since you can use them twice, use it once for the pyre group and once on Qadim.
• Use Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb to cleave the Lava Elementals and help break the frequent breakbars. If you are doing the Lamp, save at least one cast for the second and third lamps each. At the 100%-66% DPS phase, save at least one cast to help CC the Apocalypse Bringer. Once it appears, use it once, and if steal is off cooldown, steal again and it use to help break the three Reapers of Flesh that spawn.
• You can precast Basilisk Venom before the Apocalypse Bringer appears.
• 飞天杖舞 should be able to one-shot groups of unprotected Lava Elementals if needed.
• If going into the lamp, save one Throw Magnetic Bomb Throw Magnetic Bomb for both the second and third lamps. Use one one the Moas in the second lamp, and use one on the Dredge in the third lamp. Use 沙尘打击 on the Giants in the third lamp to blind them as they do a significant amount of damage otherwise.

For more information, see our Qadim Guide.

• The stolen skill from the boss is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma, which can be used to teleport over the shockwave without losing the damage buff.
  • In CM, it can also be used to teleport downed players to more convenient locations, as ressing takes a lot longer.

For more information, see our Cardinal Sabir Guide.

• The stolen skill from the boss is Detonate Plasma Detonate Plasma, which can be used to supplement boons and provide extra 稳固 to defend against the hands in the split phase.
• Try to time your dodges so that you don't move back at the wrong time and end up getting pillar aggro.
• You can use 顺手牵羊 to quickly get back to the boss from pillars.

For more information, see our Cardinal Adina Guide.

• The stolen skill from the boss is Unstable Artifact Unstable Artifact, which can be used to save yourself if you get knocked back, or to save allies who get downed in magma.

For more information, see our Qadim the Peerless Guide.