Power Unload Deadeye

The purpose of writing this guide is to provide a very low intensity method to play PvE deadeye. This build is low cognition, has low physical complexity, and has very few repetitions. This build is functional in both open world and instanced content. There is an optional amount of APM to push the build to its limit. While this build has a low skill floor, it has a low damage ceiling as well, requiring daggers and a few button presses to push its damage to more competitive levels.

This simplified build also allows you to perform niche roles like pylon kiting, which is extremely useful when learning the role and not wanting to be bogged down by rotation. I have completed all 7 wings in NM with this build being fairly high/average ranked in DPS meters. At the time of writing, the options for deadeye across the power DPS variants does not smoothly transition players from low to high intensity. There are better options that players can consider as an alternate set to complement this build when you are ready, starting with dual daggers (See Trait Alternatives: Practiced Tolerance).

The improvised quickness variant uses the same stats and is able to overcap on quickness through a very simple rotation and minimal use of cantrips.

Gearing and Consumables

Equipment

• Full Berserker's up to the crit cap. It is okay to overcap on precision due to the occasional need to switch to Practiced Tolerance
• Dragon’s/Valkyrie+Berserker if desired as the build is heavily overcapped on precision
• Dual Pistols/Dual Daggers

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Scholar/Dragonhunter

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Impact, Sigil of Force
• Superior Sigil of Air (Budget Alternative)

Relic

• Relic of the Thief
• Relic of Superspeed for Tower Thief (Jumping Puzzle)

Food

• Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak (Power/Ferocity)
• Moa Wings is a suitable budget alternative

Utility

• Superior Sharpening Stone (Power)

Build

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Trait Alternatives

1. Practiced Tolerance - For fights where power cleave/pierce is detrimental, you should also take Practiced Tolerance (eg. Soulless Horror). You can freely switch to daggers if you take this trait.
2. Quickness Variant – Take Improvisation, One in the Chamber and Fire for Effect. Mercy is required for full quickness uptime.

Both Practiced Tolerance and Quickness can be taken together

Rotation and Utilities

DPS Rotation Precasts - Thieves Guild (use on refresh), Prepare Pitfall (bring on fights with long damage downtimes)

1. Set Unload (Pistols 3) to auto. Use Assassin's Signet for a small DPS boost on cooldown.
2. Try to time Assassin's Signet with Shadow Flare.
3. If taking Practiced Tolerance, you may switch to daggers when the window of opportunity opens up for a DPS boost especially when the boss is below 50% hp.

Quickness Rotation

1. For the quickness variant, you need to use steal time. Due to Improvisation, each steal provides two charges of Steal Time.
2. There is an aftercast for the skill but it should not take much time to blast both charges.
3. Mercy as a cantrip provides 1 charge of Steal Time and resets Deadeye's Mark. Use Deadeye's Mark which you can use immediately for two more charges of Steal Time.

Dagger Rotation (Practiced Tolerance)

1. For the dagger rotation, which is mostly autos, use Cloak and Dagger for stealth and queue Backstab to deal heavy damage.
2. Ensure that you are not 'revealed' when you do the next stealth and backstab cycle.

Crowd Control rotation

1. You have decent CC by just spamming Head Shot (Pistol 4).
2. You can take Basilisk Venom (elite) for a minimal DPS loss if you still need more CC.

Other Utilities You may drop Infiltrator's Signet or Shadow Flare for different utilities.

Sustainability

1. Your heal skill Signet of Malice should provide enough heals per hit. You can opt to take Invigorating Precision but this is not an efficient choice for sustainability.
2. If you use dual daggers, dagger provides an additional evade on Death Blossom.

Optimisation

Cleave/Pierce This build may underperform at high end raiding but it can do extremely well in fights where ranged pierce is able to double your DPS. Some targets are tall and piercing should not be presumed as your rounds may fire upwards (refer to the benchmark video shot sideways). The effect causes you to miss all posterior targets. Instead, you need to manually select the furthest target in order to hit as many targets as possible. Ranged pierce can also be done with a rifle with better DPS but the reduced mobility and increased difficulty in execution may not be feasible in certain fights. If using Shadow Flare, it is recommended to mark the closer target and then select the further target. A screenshot is provided at the end of the benchmark video for reference.

A few examples where this advantage can be used are:

1. Kaineng Overlook - both split phases
2. Harvest Temple - Any phase with adds
3. Old Lion’s Court - Any phase with more than 1 boss
4. W1 Gorseval - split phase
5. W2 Slothasor and its slublings
6. W3 Escort Tower Thief

If taking practiced tolerance and daggers as an off-hand set, your daggers are your cleave options as taking practiced tolerance removes the pierce on pistol.

Niche Roles

1. W1 Sabetha - Both the quickness and DPS builds are ideal to do mechanics as you can carry a shadowstep and overcap boons, sacrificing very little for doing cannons.
2. W3 Xera - This build is able to function at range decently without stacking, making it ideal to step on buttons during the 3-button split phase
3. W6 Qadim - While solo lamp is ideally performed using daredevil (same equipment), you may choose to use this build instead if 2 players are sent to do Lamp.
4. W7 QtP - This build is able to pylon kite. A video is provided for reference.

Videos

I have benched the build with a slight increase in hp by using mixed ascended gear without infusions and budget food. The reason for increasing the vitality is that the intensity of the build may be lowered and DPS uptime can be increased in certain instances. e.g. You should be able to take the sniper shot on Kaineng Overlook NM without dodging.

DPS benchmark (28-29k)

Dagger Rotation

QTP Pylon Kiting