Daredevil - Power S/D Roamer

• Daredevil - Power S/D - Conquest PvP version of the build.

• Thief - Core S/D Roamer - core Thief WvW version.

• Twitch: Blacksteeel

Skill Variants

Utility

For the optional slot:

• 毒蝎钩索 - a ranged pull on short CD. Good at closing gaps, interrupting enemies and setting up skills like 隐秘突袭 without spending initiative.

• 先攻翻滚 - stun break, evasion and Initiative refill.

• 阻碍匕首 - adds more burst damage to the build. Consider using 顺手牵羊 right before the first projectile goes off in order to cut down on travel time/distance, making the skill harder to avoid.

• 敏捷纹章 - good passive bonus and extra cleansing/evasion on active.

• 渗透纹章 - primarily used to chase down targets. If you need to break stun with it and don't want to remain right next to your opponent, you can use NPCs and other players as targets to teleport to.

Variants

• 刺客奖赏 trades some initiative regen for higher sustain, it's an equally viable and popular option.

General

• Dodge if you need or extra mobility in general while chasing someone down or disengaging.

• The many dodges and evasions on weapon sets provide decent survivability for an otherwise very squishy profession.

Steal

• 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).

• Steal refills endurance, grants initiative, inflicts , does damage, heals for ~2k, and provides a variety of boons for you and your team. Its most important function however is the instant, unblockable interrupt.

  • When playing with the instant boonstrip prioritizes , which goes off before the does, allowing you to interrupt targets with Stability with just one button!

• Relic-dependent procs (or Relic of Fireworks), creating a burst window for you.

Sword/Dagger

The main set of the build

• Most of the damage will come from a combination of autoattacks and the chain.

• is an excellent skill for initiating fights or just closing gaps. If the terrain allows for it, it's recommended that you start fights with this skill from a place that break line of sight (LoS), like a wall or a pillar. This leaves you with an escape route via in case you get focused, and IR even provides some minor cleansing.

  • Against dangerous targets with a lot of damage, keep jumping in and out of melee range with to minimize contact.

Eqipment Variants

Stats

• The ratio of Marauder and Berserker gear pieces partly comes down to personal preferences. As a general guideline, try to aim for ~17k HP when getting the gear. Rune options and traits like can both affect your maximum HP so plan with those in mind.

Relics

• - better burst damage, lower consistency.

• - a fine substitute if you can't get Relic of the Claw, but you'll have lower uptime on the damage boost.

Sigils

Shortbow

• If you don't want to bother with take for more sustain.

Consumables

Food

• - good stats and passive damage mitigation.

• - same stats as the food above except with life steal instead of damage mitigation.

• - non-ascended version of the food above, without the sustain.

• - crit chance bump with armor ignoring damage procs which also heal.

• - mainly a budget defensive food that provides more frequent access to dodging.

Utility

• or , whichever is cheaper (note that the sharpening stone lasts twice as long).