Deadeye - Quickness Support Power DPS

Dagger Rotation

flips to when used. As the skill is instant-cast, use it whenever you can, just ensure the flare's position is safe.

Opener

2. to quickly provide Quickness
4. - be aware that if you cast this too quickly, it can interrupt the cast of Shadow Flare or the activation of
11. x2
12. ⇒ ⇒
19. x2
20. ⇒ ⇒

Basic loop The duration of is slightly longer than this loop if no Cantrips or are available. In this case you want to use one extra to let the expire.

1. - if you have Shadow Meld, use it instead of Cloak and Dagger on loops where no Cantrips are available
3. , otherwise a Cantrip
4. ⇒ ⇒
5. , otherwise a Cantrip
6. ⇒ ⇒

• Below 25% health, replace ⇒ with three uses of .

Spear Rotation

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 ⇒ ⇒ (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:

• regenerates 4 initiative
• grants a 10-second damage buff
• blocks additional attacks

If this isn't enough, will also count as a Lead Attack in this case, which means the next combo will skip .

The general structure will be:

• Cycle through your basic combo, replacing it with ⇒ ⇒ every 10 seconds (every three or four combos).
• Every two or three combos, you use a stolen skill to stealth yourself and regain initiative from (the damage is fairly low so don't use it more than necessary).
  • If you don't have a stolen skill available, use .
• After , use a cantrip if available, with the priority:
• When you use , immediately follow up with ⇒ .

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 Dagger can be used to finish a phase (if the target is below 50%), so there is a separate section for that.

Opener

3. ⇒ - the flip skill has no cast time, do you can use it during other skills
4. ⇒ ⇒
5. ⇒ ⇒
6. ⇒ ⇒
9. ⇒ ⇒

Dagger Finisher

Against targets below 50% health, Dagger can be used to finish a phase. This is very strong when your target is below 25% health, but only just worth it below 50% health. The target should be close enough to phasing/dying that you won't have to use any autoattacks, and it's a good idea to get one final use of before you switch.

• Spam and use to and access .
  • If you have an excess of stolen skills, just use them without worrying about stealth as they are very damaging.
• is still worth using.
• You can also activate .

Staff-only rotation

Rifle-only rotation

Pistol-only rotations

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.
• This rotation is susceptible to lag. If this is likely to be a problem, can be used to re-enter stealth in the event that you are revealed before before you can use .

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).