Bojutsu [pDPS]

Notes

Power Daredevil is an effective DPS build that can be played with very little button presses.

The difficulty of the build comes in the form of requiring great positioning and some level of resource management. The rotation is designed to minimize resource management, however more experienced players will be able to push more damage by actively improvising and using said resources well.

This build is also heavily reliant on Vigor, and not having Vigor will result in a DPS loss.

Gearing

• Food (Power/Ferocity):

  •  Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak
  •  Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup (Budget Alternative)

• Consumable (Power):

  •  Potent Superior Sharpening Stone

 Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter work equally well.  Superior Sigil of the Night can be situationally better.

Build

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Rotation

There are 2 main resources you have to manage in this rotation, Initiative and Endurance.

There are also 2 crucial buffs to upkeep,  Relic of the Thief and Bounding Dodger.

Your skills cost Initiative to cast but have no cooldown, and casting a skill refreshes  Relic of the Thief uptime. Consider  Relic of the Eagle on some fights. Since Weakening Whirl (Staff 2) does the most damage per point of Initiatve, you want to use it as much as possible over all of your other skills. You may press and hold this skill to reduce the number of button presses (APM).

Dodging activates Bounding Dodger, but costs Endurance. It is recommended for less experienced players to save at least 1 bar of Endurance at all times instead of using it all up. This will result in a minor DPS loss, but allow you to have a dodge in a bad situation.

By following the below rotation, you will naturally maintain full uptime on  Relic of the Thief, as well as high uptime on Bounding Dodger.

Precast

1. Thieves Guild
2. Hide in Shadows

Opener:

1. Dodge to start the fight
2. Use all your initiative on Weakening Whirl (Staff 2)
3. Dodge

Loop:

1. Use 2 full auto attack chains
2. Dodge
3. Use all your initiative on Weakening Whirl (Staff 2)
4. Repeat

If you run out of stamina and cannot dodge after using 2 full auto attack chains, do 1 more auto attack chain for a total of 3 auto attack chains, then continue with step 2.

You can also look at your Endurance, and as soon as you fill up 1 or 2 bars depending on how safe you are playing, finish your current auto attack chain and start from step 2 in the loop.

Your final attack in the auto attack chain, Punishing Strikes, is a huge twirl of the staff, and is easier to see if you use a flashier staff skin. It also plays a very different sound from the first 2 attacks, and can be used as a point of reference. Try not to cancel Punishing Strikes, as a large part of your damage comes from Punishing Strikes.

Utilties

You may replace following skills for extra utilities a small/minimal DPS loss:

1. Signet of Agility -> Prepare Pitfall (for precasted opener is a DPS gain)
2. Infiltrator's Signet
3. Thieves Guild

Crowd Control

1. Hook Strike (Stealth Attack)
2. Debilitating Arc -> Helmet Breaker
3. Fist Flurry -> Palm Strike
4. Basilisk Venom (Elite Swap)
5. Pitfall (Utility Swap)

• Note: You may use Hide in Shadows to access the Stealth Attack for CC.