The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Condition damage
Designed for: PvP Conquest
Difficulty: Easy
This build was last updated on June 07, 2025 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A core condition damage Thief build for PvP, designed to roam the map and quickly overwhelm targets with a wide variety of conditions.
Skill Bar
顺手牵羊Stolen skill
Slot Changes
Weapon(over dagger/pistol)
Utility
Viable choices for the optional slot (or even over 
暗影纹章):
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毒蝎钩索 - adds much needed CC to the build and perfectly sets up melee skills like 
阴影打击 or 
隐秘突袭. -
鳞爪毒液 - a bursty option that could also be shared with allies (including pets). -
准备千针万箭 - AoE burst damage that can cover an entire capture point on some maps. -
暗影传送门 - better map control.
Elite
This slot largely depends on personal preferences, every skill is viable to some degree:
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石蜥毒液 makes it easier to land your burst and can be shared with your allies. -
同仇敌忾 is a bit of a meme option, but if you share 鳞爪毒液 with them their combined burst could catch people offguard.
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Variants
隐秘潜行 trades condi cleansing for some defensive conditions, could be an option if you expect Power damage to be the bigger concern during a game.
Equipment
Equipment Variants
Runes
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陷阱师符文 - optimial for damage. Can still rely on 暗影纹章 passive for mobility bonus. -
欧尔符文 - good stats and the the anti-condition aspect could help in mirror matchups, or against any other condi build in general.
Relics
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瘟疫使者古物 - a relic that frequently applies several different conditions at once to serve as covers for your more important ones, while also slightly improving your damage. -
恶魔女王古物 - the healing reduction could help you wear down the more tanky builds, but doesn't really add more raw damage to the build as the build only has 1 CC skill by default.
Usage
General
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Share your venom(s) with as many allies as possible, including pets and minions.
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Use
渗透暗箭 to move between capture points. Your job is to roam the map and +1 fights by bursting down targets who have no cleansing / no cooldowns left.
Stealing
- 顺手牵羊 is going to be used more freely here compared to other builds as it's not an interrupt in this build. Steal applies various cover conditions such as
易伤 from 
扳回劣势 or 
流血 from 
致命伏击, fitting nicely into your burst combos.
Pistol/Dagger
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Most of the damage in this build comes from the
阴影打击 ⇒ 
倾泻射击 chain and the occasional 
致命偷袭. You should spend most of your initiative on these skills.- Once you have access to 倾泻射击 it's possible to spam this skill 2 times in a row without having to refresh with Shadow Strike.
- Once you have access to
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空槽 is more of a niche skill. It could be useful for rooting targets in place, making it easier to land Shadow Strike, but you should try to do it without Bola Shot to save initiative whenever possible. Another thing you could do is root targets in place to make sure your brust doesn't miss, or that they don't catch up to you while spamming Repeater.
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匕首之舞 is okay for some ranged poking vs multiple targets if you can't get in range for Shadow Strike and don't want to switch to bow just yet. -
隐秘突袭 provides relatively easy stealth access which could be followed up with 致命偷袭. While this combo does less damage than the skill #3 spam, it costs next to nothing because of
暗影再生 and could heal you for quite a significant amount through various Shadow Arts synergies. -
Using
顺手牵羊 in the middle of 阴影打击 or 隐秘突袭 makes these melee skills easier to land by improving their reach.
Burst combo example
Dagger/Pistol
Utility weapon, secondary set
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空槽 is a weak but fast condition damage option that can be used to finish of low health opponents.
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钻心 on it's own is a spammable small cost mobility option which makes it very valuable for rotating when stealthing/initative isn't an necessity. -
暗影投射 great gap closer which combos perfectly into 阴影打击. Will also apply 空槽. -
爆头射击 - Short interruption shot which can used to prevent stops and revives when your team is around. -
Use
火药喷射 with 钻心 to gain stealth, waiting untill the last moment to reactivate this stealth a 2nd time will reward you with another set of 
猛毒榨取. This is the #1 skill for improving your survivabiliy. This allows you to move around the map and steathily capture points unseen.
Short bow
Utility weapon, secondary set
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技巧射击 is a bit of a weak filler skill in this build that you can spam when weapon swap is on CD and you're out of initiative. -
集束炸弹 being a spammable blast finisher has high value for your team when it comes to blasting fields for AoE 
潜行.- Its chain skill
引爆集束炸弹 is a solid source of downed cleave.
- Its chain skill
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致残射击 provides access to some evasion in case you're being focused by the enemy team and your defensive skills are on CD. Remains usable even while Immobilize Immobilized, but it's somewhat expensive. -
Use
窒息瓦斯 on downed enemies especially if they are being revived - Poison decreases healing received by 33% which affects resurrecting speed and the initial strike interrupts foes. -
渗透暗箭 is the #1 skill for moving around the map in general, cuts down on travel time between capture points drastically.
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