The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on April 03, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
Power deadeye focuses on the use of dagger and rifle. The build revolves around marking a target for assassination with 
神枪手标记, and striking it to generate 7 Malice to regain initiative and get lots of boons, most notably permanent 25 
威能 and 
激怒. That Malice is then consumed to empower the Stealth Attacks 
恶意背刺 or 
恶意死亡审判 to inflict massive damage. The build makes frequent use of short bursts of 
潜行, has good mobility, and is very fast paced.
Its main downside are that it has low amounts of cleave/AoE damage, and is relatively fragile.
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神枪手标记Stolen skillWeapon Variants
- Always keep a shortbow in your inventory should you need it for tagging events.
- You can replace either weapon with Staff Staff for more AoE damage if you have unlocked Weaponmaster Training with Secrets of the Obscure.
Skill variants
Heal Skill
遁入暗影 provides good healing, cleanses damaging conditions, and gives stealth.
恶意复原 - in rare situations, this skill can be useful to transfer conditions to your enemy. But you lose access to 潜行.
Utility skills
暗影疾风 provides both 潜行 and melee range Crowd Control (CC). 
战斗冲动 is an offensive stun break. 
暗影闪烁 provides AoE damage. Other options can be considered should the situation require it.
束缚暗影 - if you need boon removal. It also applies a good amount of vulnerability.
致盲药粉 - defensive stun break with Stealth. However, be very careful to use this skill after your bullets hit the enemy or you will be 
暴露 since Blinding Powder has no cast time.
毒蝎钩索 - very situational. Extremely good for pulling the bomb in Battle in Tarir south lane meta event.
暗影疾步 - amazing mobility plus stunbreak and condi cleanse.
暗影庇护 - long duration of stealth for channelling Hero Challenges.
敏捷纹章 - if conditions are a problem, though its passive precision is not needed due to 
敏锐观察.
Elite Skill
暗影融合 removes 暴露 and gives 潜行. It's very useful for rifle, but not so much for dagger which already has access to stealth. Other options can be considered.
匕首风暴 - a 4 second evade.
石蜥毒液 - strong crowd control if there are allies nearby.
同仇敌忾 - good damage skill
Specializations
重生精准 - sacrifices a small amount of damage for sustain. Great option for solo open world.
沉默隐望 - sacrifices damage for more stealth.
非快即死 - can be considered when only killing enemies with very low health that die so quickly that you cannot reach 7 Malice for 
七级邪恶.
Equipment
Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats. This set uses gear similar to Daredevil - Power DPS, making it excellent for general PVE.
If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Nika" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Exterminator" rifle, "Usoku's Needle" dagger, "Shattered Short Bow" shortbow. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.
超级猎龙者符文 and 
超级学者符文 are interchangeable.- For Relic alternatives, you can consider
潜行者古物 which is easier to activate, or 
萨奇洛斯古物 to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain. - For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
生日爆破枪 / 
令人愉快的生日蛋糕大餐-
薄荷怪异莓棒
锐磨颅骨 (and variants)
Usage
General
This build focuses on marking your target with 神枪手标记 to build 7 Malice and assassinate them with 恶意背刺 or 恶意死亡审判. Every attack that you make against a Marked target generates 1 Malice, and 1 additional Malice if the attack is a critical strike, so this build really wants to have 100% critical chance. Thankfully, 敏锐观察 and 
双牙撕咬 help with that. Marking the target is extremely important, not only to start generating Malice with your attacks, but also because you deal increased damage to them, and take less damage from them, thanks to 
钢铁瞄具. Killing the target refreshes the cooldown of Deadeye's Mark thanks to 
复元凝视.
Reaching 7 Malice provides a plethora of boons through 七级邪恶, most notably 威能 and 激怒. This synergyses amazingly well with 
提前布局. You also apply a few conditions on your enemy through 
蛇毒之触, 
莲花毒素, 
狂野打击, 
毒莲打击, and 
匕首之舞, which synergyses with 
破绽揭露. This trait becomes even better when playing in groups, as nearby players will be applying more conditions to the enemy.
This build makes frequent use of short bursts of 潜行 to deal damage with the very strong stealth attacks 恶意背刺 or 恶意死亡审判. Your sources of stealth are stolen skills used above 5 Malice, your utility skills, your elite skill, and your weapon skill 
隐秘突袭. If you're going to focus extensively on using the rifle weapon, consider using the trait 沉默隐望. If also using 致盲药粉, be very careful to use it after your bullets hit the enemy or you will be 暴露 since Blinding Powder has no cast time.
Damage
Rifle
Rifle can attack from 1500 range, but has no AoE damage. However, bullets pierce, so with good positioning you can attack multiple targets at the same time.
- 恶意死亡审判 is your highest damage ability, but it can only be used from 潜行 as it is the rifle's Stealth Attack. Always build some malice (preferably 7) before using it to massively increase its damage.
三弹爆发 - is your highest damage skill and provides 威能. You have to 
屈膝 to use this skill.
Rotation opener
Loop
Dagger/Dagger
Daggers are melee range and have innate access to stealth. They have slightly higher AoE damage than rifle, and their damage is amplified against low health targets.
- 恶意背刺 is your highest damage ability, but it can only be used from 潜行 as it is the dagger's Stealth Attack. Always strike from behind, and build some malice (preferably 7) before using it to massively increase its damage.
- 匕首之舞 is your highest damage skill and best malice generator against enemies above 50% HP.
钻心 is your highest damage skill and best malice generator against enemies below 50% HP.- 隐秘突袭 to gain stealth to use 恶意背刺.
Rotation opener
-
神枪手标记
- 匕首之舞 X3 (if above 50% hp) / 钻心 X3 (if below 50% hp)
- Stolen Skill
-
恶意背刺
- 匕首之舞 x2 (if above 50% hp) / 钻心 X2 (if below 50% hp)
双重打击 -> 狂野打击 -> 毒莲打击-
隐秘突袭
-
恶意背刺
Loop
- When 神枪手标记 comes off cooldown, use it when you enter stealth, then use 恶意背刺 and continue with the loop.
- Be careful not to use 隐秘突袭 while 暴露. That's why the rotation includes an auto attack chain.
Sources of stealth
Mastery of this build requires management of your sources of 潜行, which are the only way to use your Stealth Attack to reset your initiative. While dagger/dagger has that covered with 隐秘突袭, rifle will require you to use other sources of Stealth.
- Stolen skill - casting your stolen skill while at 5 Malice or above will stealth you for 3 seconds. As we're using 七级邪恶, try to use it only at 7 Malice. In long fights, make sure to use the stolen skill before Deadeye's Mark becomes available again, as stolen skills do not stack.
- 暗影疾风 provides 3 seconds of stealth. Low priority as you might need to use this for CC. Requires valid path to target to cast. Note that this will
击飞 your target away, so when using dagger/dagger make sure to run behind them before using 恶意背刺. - 沉默隐望 should be considered if you're going to focus on the rifle weapon. With this trait, dodging while wielding a rifle stealths you for 3 seconds. As it has no cooldown, this is only limited by your endurance, and this build has permanent
活力. Nevertheless, remember to save at least one bar of endurance to dodge incoming attacks. - 暗影融合 has 2 charges, this is the first stealth skill you want to use. The first charge will recharge as you still have access to a second charge should you need it.
Notes
- 恶意死亡审判 inflicts 暴露 when cast, so it will always make use of
突袭特训. - Try to stay above 50% health to benefit from 敏锐观察 and 双牙撕咬.
- When possible, try to attack from behind to benefit from 双牙撕咬. This isn't required against bosses or other enemies with defiance bars, the trait is always active against them.
- If using Action Camera, they keybind "Look Behind" can be used while casting
死亡撤退 to quickly and seamlessly jump forward.
- if you don't use action camera, you will have to stop running, turn your character, cast the skill, turn the character again, and resume running. The keybind "About Face" can help with that.
- Use
狙击手掩体 to destroy dangerous projectile attacks like the volley of arrows from the Tengu Hero Point in Auric Basin. - 死亡撤退 deals damage before teleporting. If you are in 潜行, it will reveal you.
- 恶意死亡审判 and 恶意背刺 will only deal their bonus damage from Malice against the Marked target. Marking target A and building 7 Malice but then using the Stealth Attack on target B will not consume Malice nor deal bonus damage.
- Most of your rifle bullets pierce their targets. When fighting groups of enemies, try to line them up to strike them all.
- 神枪手标记 lasts 30 seconds and has a cooldown of 25 seconds. Make sure your target is always marked.
死亡绽放 can be used as an emergency evade.- 匕首之舞 bounces between enemies. When fighting groups of enemies, be careful not to Stealth too soon after casting it, or the dagger will bounce and reveal you before you can use the Stealth Attack.
- 钻心 is a leap finisher. If you leap through a smoke field, you will gain 3 seconds of 潜行. If it strikes anything, you will be 暴露, which will ruin your rotation. The pistol/pistol thief from 同仇敌忾 can create a smoke field, so watch out for that.
Defense
This build severely lacks defense, and relies on killing enemies before they can deal much damage.
- 重生精准 provides some sustain, especially since this build has permanent 激怒. It stacks with 萨奇洛斯古物.
- You have several sources of stealth, which allow for repositioning or disengaging.
- Remember that you can always kill enemies with
单兵射击 while running away, and they won't even come close to you.
Crowd Control
Video showcase
- Power deadeye showcase Showcase of power deadeye against some open world enemies and bosses.