Deadeye - Power DPS D/D

Spirit Vale

Salvation Pass

Stronghold of the Faithful

Bastion of the Penitent

Hall of Chains

Mythwright Gambit

The Key of Ahdashim

Weapon Variants

• Your basic DPS rotation only involves Dagger/Dagger so your 2nd weapon set can be based on personal preference - Staff offers more damage, Shortbow for mobility from 渗透暗箭 or an offhand Pistol for additional emergency CC from 爆头射击 are both common options. Rifle is also a useful option to maintain damage should you be unable to melee the boss.

Skill Variants

Utility

刺客纹章 can be swapped out if necessary

• 准备陷阱, 束缚暗影 and 暗影疾风 can all be taken as a strong CC option
  • 准备陷阱 does good damage if you are able to "precast" it during downtime in fights, but takes a short time for the trap to arm.
  • 束缚暗影 has 1200 range and also removes 2 boons, but only affects your marked target.
  • 暗影疾风 is lower CC and has short range, but will also stealth you if used at the right point in your rotation.

Elite

• 同仇敌忾 if you don't need CC from 石蜥毒液.
• 暗影融合 is recommended if you have doubts about yourself, your lag, or your 急速 provider.

Food

• 碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤 or ascended versions

Utility

• 罐装水果蛋糕/超级磨刀石

Trait Variants

• 重生精准 if you're having trouble surviving. This is a ~10% DPS loss.

Rotation

Opener

1. 神枪手标记
2. 隐秘突袭
3. 恶意背刺
4. Stolen Skill
5. 暗影闪烁 ⇒ 暗影换位
6. Stolen Skill
7. 匕首之舞 and 怜悯 during the cast - you want to cast Mercy after the initiative has been spent to refill it, but before the attack hits so you end up with Malice stacks
8. Stolen Skill
9. 神枪手标记
10. 匕首之舞 x2
11. Stolen Skill - assuming you're at 5 stacks of Malice, this will stealth you
12. 恶意背刺
13. 匕首之舞 and 怜悯 during the cast
14. Stolen Skill
15. 神枪手标记
16. 匕首之舞 x2

Loop

The basic loop is to do an auto chain followed by either a stolen skill, cantrip, or a stealth skill into a 恶意背刺.

1. 双重打击 ⇒ 狂野打击 ⇒ 毒莲打击
2. Filler skill with following priority
3. 隐秘突袭 ⇒ 恶意背刺 - you can only do this every other loop thanks to 现身
4. Stolen Skill
5. 暗影闪烁 ⇒ 暗影换位
6. 暗影融合 ⇒ 恶意背刺 - note that this applies 现身 so you can't follow it up with 隐秘突袭 next loop

In practise, if the opener is performed correctly these cooldowns don't conflict very often.

Mark & Mercy burst

Cast 神枪手标记 when it comes off cooldown, but make sure to use any active stolen skill first. Then, do the following burst:

1. 双重打击 ⇒ 狂野打击 ⇒ 毒莲打击 - only do this chain if you're currently 现身
2. 隐秘突袭
3. 恶意背刺
4. Stolen Skill
5. 怜悯
6. ⇒ ⇒
7. Stolen Skill
9. Return to Loop

Below 25% health

gains significant bonus damage below 25% health, which means you modify the rotation in the following ways:

• Replace ⇒ with three s
  • The s do not need to be used together if initiative doesn't allow it.
• When at full malice, Stolen Skills will stealth you, so follow-up with .
• Before your target dies, try to spam as much as you can.

Staff Rotation

Opener

During the opener, repeatedly use twice followed by a stolen skill

3. Stolen Skill
4. ⇒
5. x2
6. Stolen Skill
7. x2
8. during the cast of Weakening Whirl
9. Stolen Skill
11. x2
12. during the cast of the second Weakening Whirl
13. Stolen Skill
14. x2
15. during the cast of Weakening Whirl
16. Stolen Skill
18. x2
19. Weapon Swap

Dagger Loop

1. Stolen Skill

After this, follow the basic dagger rotation as outlined above. Upon the second time you use ⇒ , Weapon Swap to Staff.

Staff Loop

2. Stolen Skill

The rest of the time on staff is spent as follows:

• Use , ⇒ and Stolen Skills off cooldown
• Use to prevent yourself being at maximum initiative
• You don't want to use the stealth attack (the damage is poor but you can use it for CC if necessary), so use after every Stolen Skill to break stealth.
• Use to maintain the buff.

When you have ~4 seconds left on Weapon Swap, you want to use , followed by three s. You can also use a Stolen Skill if you have one, but the aim is to exit staff with a stolen skill available, so you can use it to stealth and get a in before the buff from expires.

General Tips

• has a long cast time and it will be interrupted by if you use it too early, so make sure to finish the cast.
• Below 50%, if the boss is about to phase, you can use up any excess initiative by spamming - Just make sure to leave yourself enough initiative for if you will also have time for another ! Above 50%, is lower DPS than the auto chain.

Break bars

• should be cast while you are standing in melee range of 5 allied units (mesmer illusions, ranger pets and necromancer minions all count towards this).

• You have no way of blocking Slothasor's fear so either rely on others to break/cleanse it for you or equip 怜悯. This can also be used to recover from disruption caused by the Slublings.
• Bringing one of the CC options will be very helpful.
• A Rifle can be useful for moments where you cannot melee the boss.

For more information, see our Slothasor Guide.

• Consider equipping a Short bow, and/or using 暗影疾步.
• Consider equipping a 怜悯 as a stunbreak.

For more information, see our Twisted Castle Guide.

• The breakbar in this fight is too fast and too small for 石蜥毒液, so you can bring 同仇敌忾 instead.
• Bringing one of the CC options will be very helpful (not 准备陷阱).
• A Rifle can be useful for moments where you cannot melee the boss.

For more information, see our Deimos Guide.

• Bringing one of the CC options will be very helpful (not 准备陷阱).
• A Rifle can be useful for moments where you cannot melee the boss.

For more information, see our Largos Assassins Guide.

A power DPS build for Deadeye in raids.

Deadeye's weakness is that it lacks cleave damage and struggles to bring utility without losing a lot of damage. It is also reliant on allies providing boons and conditions for 提前布局 and 破绽揭露 respectively. This means it works best when surrounded by other DPS classes that can cover its shortcomings.

For variants using other weapons see Deadeye - Power DPS Rifle and Deadeye - Power DPS P/P.

• During the split phases, you can use 匕首之舞 to cripple spirits from 900 range.

For more information, see our Gorseval Guide.

• Unless you really need the CC, you can greed for damage with 同仇敌忾.

For more information, see our Keep Construct Guide.

• This fight has no breakbar, bring 同仇敌忾.

For more information, see our Mursaat Overseer Guide.

• 石蜥毒液 is overkill for breaking shields, so you can bring 同仇敌忾.
• Given the speed at which the arms slam down, 怜悯 can be used to ensure you can mark them.

For more information, see our Conjured Amalgamate Guide.

The ghost events are mostly movement based.

• Consider equipping a Short bow, and/or using 暗影疾步.

For more information, see our Spirit Woods Guide.

• Use 钻心 for mobility around the room.
• Bringing one of the CC options will be very helpful.
• A Rifle can be useful for moments where you cannot melee the boss.
• 石蜥毒液 is somewhat unreliable as your allies may still be targeting Matthias instead of the sacrifice, so it can be replaced with 暗影融合.

For more information, see our Matthias Guide.

• This fight has no breakbar, bring 同仇敌忾.

For more information, see our Cairn Guide.

• This fight has no breakbar, bring 同仇敌忾.
• If bringing 敏捷纹章, you can use it to clear 折磨 from yourself after the Greater Death Mark if the supports aren't doing it for you. It can also save you in case you are 恐惧ed.
• A Rifle can be useful for moments where you cannot melee the boss.

For more information, see our Dhuum Guide.