Daredevil - Power Scepter Roamer

Variants

• Take 逃生坚忍 if you're having trouble facing condition builds.

Skill Variants

Utility

• 阻碍匕首 - adds more burst damage to the build and the 定身 could serve as a setup. 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.

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

An easy to play WvW power Daredevil roaming build, made possible by SotO's weaponmaster specialization. Combines the excellent damage of Scepter's 暮光连技 with the slippery nature of Daredevil.

Equipment Changes

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

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

Sigils

Sword/Dagger

• over - if you're willing to sacrifice some condition cleansing for a stacking damage boost.

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).

General

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

• Scepter/Dagger is your main set while Sword/Dagger is more of a defensive set, or plan B if you need to fight in melee because of anti-projectile skills.

• On Scepter you're going to be spamming 暮光连技 most of the time, that's the main gameplan here. If that doesn't work out, swap weapon and fight on Sword.

Steal

• 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).

• Steal refills endurance, grants initiative, inflicts 中毒, 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 慷慨无私 the instant boonstrip prioritizes 稳固, which goes off before the 晕眩 does, allowing you to interrupt targets with Stability with just one button!

• Steal procs 克达之爪古物 (or Relic of Fireworks, depending on your relic choice), creating a burst window for you.

Sword/Dagger

Secondary set of the build

• Most of the damage here will come from a combination of autoattacks and the 侧翼打击 chain.

• 渗透暗袭 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 暗影回归 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.

• Don't spam mindlessly. You will become easily predictible and locked in an animation while your enemy can set up burst. Find a balance between your autoattacks and Flanking Strike. Both this skill and its chain are unblockable. Larcenous Strike will be your main source of burst damage.

• is merely a filler for ranged poking in case going into melee range would be too dangerous and Short bow is on CD, or if you want to get rid of / before jumping in. The bouncing attacks however aren't all that bad when it comes to clearing Mesmer clones.

• is strong in its own right. Being the only source of in the build, this grants access to which can help with interrupting important casts (heal, stomp, etc.) when is on cooldown, and the stealth in general can help you lose aggro for a short while or even leave the fight entirely without being chased. The damage itself is quite good both on CnD and Tactical Strike, which means chaining these 2 could act as a burst combo as well. With Steal added to the mix in the middle of casting CnD this combo becomes harder to avoid.

  • CnD could be used on AI (clones, pets, minions) if all you need is stealth not the damage, as AI won't dodge it therefore the odds of getting a successful CnD off becomes higher.

Utilities & elite

• is your best souce of cleansing, as it instantly removes 3 conditions. In addition to that, this also gives an entire dodge roll's worth of endurance which can be used as a last resort option for squeezing out more dodges when you're out of endurance and don't have time to heal. Keep in mind that the active portion of this skill is AoE! Try to use it near allies whenever possible.

• 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 applications. A few applications include teleport to safety while pressured, extending your reach in combat, or using the instant mobility boost to decap enemy points before using the 2nd part of the skill to leave just as fast.
  • The second half is called . 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, away to safety, and then follow up with at the end of the animation in order to finish the target.

• is a defensive 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.

  • Note: skills like or are able to interrupt Dagger Storm, so don't be completely careless.