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Power Deadeye

Guild Wars 2 Power Deadeye - Spear / Axe & Pistol Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

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Power Deadeye is an Open World build that focuses Spear for high burst damage, offering a more complex but rewarding playstyle.

Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ○ ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Plenty of CC
  • Easy to learn
  • Simple rotation
  • Lots of cleave
  • Lacks utility
  • Relies on enemy conditions
  • Relies on total number of boons
  • Forced movement
  • Frequent animation locks
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

恶意复原 图标恶意复原 can be replaced when needed:

  • 遁入暗影 图标遁入暗影 is a Condition Removal for damaging conditions and grants Stealth
  • 镰爪毒液 图标镰爪毒液 is your strongest burst Heal and it shares a 6,000 Heal with nearby allies.

暗影闪烁 图标暗影闪烁 can be replaced when needed:

  • 毒蝎钩索 图标毒蝎钩索 for the single target Pull
  • 渗透纹章 图标渗透纹章 for passive Initiative gain, Stun Break and 1,200 Range teleport
  • 暗影疾步 图标暗影疾步 for a Stun Break, 1,200 Range teleport and Condition Cleanse.
  • 障眼烟幕 图标障眼烟幕 will Blind enemies, Blocks Projectiles, and acts as a Smoke Field for Stealth
  • 暗影庇护 图标暗影庇护 provides group Stealth, useful to help Revive allies or interact with objects without enemy interference.

暗影融合 图标暗影融合 can be replaced when needed:

  • 匕首风暴 图标匕首风暴 for Damage and Projectile Reflect
  • 石蜥毒液 图标石蜥毒液 for more Defiance Break with allies
  • 同仇敌忾 图标同仇敌忾 can be useful for distractions at Hero Points but they may draw more aggro.

灵感一现 图标灵感一现 can be taken instead of 无情处决 图标无情处决 to reduce your dependence on Cantrips.

报应 图标报应 can be taken instead of 提前布局 图标提前布局 when fighting multiple lesser enemies. This lets you use all slot skills more frequently.

重生精准 图标重生精准 can be taken instead of 越战越勇 图标越战越勇 if you need more survivability.

妙手生花 图标妙手生花 can be taken instead of 匕首训练 图标匕首训练 when fighting multiple lesser enemies for more survivability.

Rifle can be taken instead of Spear if you do not have access to Janthir Wilds (JW).

  • Rifle provides strong Ranged Damage and a fun kiting playstyle.

Dagger can be taken instead of Axe if you do not have access to Secrets of the Obscure (SotO).

  • Dagger less Damage, but it much less complex with the added benefit of mobility.

神枪手古物 图标神枪手古物 can be replaced when needed:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

Core Game Relics:

  • 雄鹰古物 图标雄鹰古物 flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
  • 潜行者古物 图标潜行者古物 is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
  • 流水古物 图标流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill.
  • 骑兵古物 图标骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Use 神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记 on a target to gain quite a few benefits:

  • You gain Malice when you strike a marked target
  • You deal 10% increased Damage to a marked target due to 钢铁瞄具 图标钢铁瞄具
  • You gain a Stolen Skill, which will always be 汲取时间 图标汲取时间 due to 致命火力 图标致命火力.

Whenever you kill a marked foe, your 神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记 will Recharge due to 复元凝视 图标复元凝视.

钢铁瞄具 图标钢铁瞄具 also reduces incoming Damage from your marked target by 15%.

密室死斗 图标密室死斗 will cause your Cantrips to grant you 汲取时间 图标汲取时间.

Make sure to use 汲取时间 图标汲取时间 whenever it's available as it grants you and your allies Quickness, Might and Fury.

Once you're at five stacks of Malice, your Stolen Skill will grant you Stealth.

Two traits boost with your Critical Chance significantly and should be maintained if possible:

  • 敏锐观察 图标敏锐观察 grants you 10% Critical Chance and a further 5% when over 50% Health
  • 双牙撕咬 图标双牙撕咬 grants 7% Critical Chance when flanking; the bonus is always active when fighting Defiant enemies, regardless of your position.

Dealing Damage

Spear skills 螳螂钉刺 图标螳螂钉刺 and 出奇打击 图标出奇打击 are each a sequence of three skills: Lead Attack → Follow Up → Finisher. Using a skill from either sequence will progress both sequences.

When dealing with small packs of mobs, you can use the following combo:

The combo above will do most of the work with large burst and cleave, and is overall a very strong, basic Damage combo.

If you need a gap closer, you can use the following combo:

When dealing single target damage and for Life Siphon, you can use the following combo:

Some skills have an additional effect if they follow a Finisher, which is the last skill in a combo chain:

When fighting in melee isn't possible, swap to Axe/Pistol

  • Use your Auto Attacks to cleave through enemies; as soon as you have 6 Spinning Axes, cast 预谋突袭 图标预谋突袭 to recall the axes to your target. At minimum, just repeat this loop!
  • Use 剧毒连掷 图标剧毒连掷 to cleave through crowds.

When fighting multiple lesser enemies, swap 密室死斗 图标密室死斗 in the Deadeye Trait Line, to 附带伤害 图标附带伤害.

Burst Rotation

  1. 神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记汲取时间 图标汲取时间
  2. 暗影闪烁 图标暗影闪烁
  3. 螳螂钉刺 图标螳螂钉刺吸血劈砍 图标吸血劈砍陨落蜘蛛 图标陨落蜘蛛 (+暗影换位 图标暗影换位 during this combo if still available)
  4. 杂念投掷 图标杂念投掷吸血劈砍 图标吸血劈砍陨落蜘蛛 图标陨落蜘蛛
  5. 螳螂钉刺 图标螳螂钉刺吸血劈砍 图标吸血劈砍陨落蜘蛛 图标陨落蜘蛛
  6. 汲取时间 图标汲取时间恶意苍白突袭 图标恶意苍白突袭 (+怜悯 图标怜悯 near the end of this cast)
  7. 汲取时间 图标汲取时间神枪手标记 图标神枪手标记

Defense

Use 恶意复原 图标恶意复原 to transfer conditions to enemies.

吸血劈砍 图标吸血劈砍 will Life Siphon and Heal you for a sizeable amount of Health. Keep in mind that it will Life Siphon 50% more effectively on Vulnerable foes. It will also Weaken the target, reducing it's Damage pressure.

暗影帷幕 图标暗影帷幕 will Block one to three attacks, depending on whether it's cast after a Finisher or not, and Heal you for each attack Blocked.

Take advantage of your Stealth access to escape the attention of dangerous enemies.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
杂念投掷 图标杂念投掷150Spear
爆头射击 图标爆头射击200Pistol
石蜥毒液 图标石蜥毒液150 per playerAlternate Elite