GW2. Raid Build. Condition Daredevil DPS Build. Thief PvE.
Last Update: April 2024
Role: DPS 
The Condition Daredevil DPS is a thief build with lots of evasion built into its rotation, but it needs good positioning to survive. It can also steal powerful abilities from specific bosses making it situationally provide utility to its team.
Skill Priority:
- Share venoms to allies when at least 5 of them are in range
- Place Thousand Needles beneath the boss if they wont move out of it soon
Alternate between Dodging and Dagger 3
- Dodge to keep the Lotus Poison buff up constantly
- Dagger 3 to maintain high stacks of the Lead Attacks buff
When low on initiative or dodges
- Steal (F1) off cooldown if it won’t overcap your initiative
- Channeled Vigor (Heal) if low on dodges
- Dagger 1 if nothing else is available
Only swap to Shortbow if you cannot be in melee range. Use the 4 when you have initiative to apply poison and otherwise just use the 1 which bleeds poisoned targets.
While the rotation is very simple, positioning is important to not die and to maximize damage. Always dodge while right underneath the boss to drop the caltrops on them. Dodge so that you will pass through the boss rather than back away from them. Positioning yourself this way when you dodge allows you to be close enough to instantly Death Blossom (3) back on top of the boss where you will then be in place to dodge again. This requires precise positioning, but once you get used to it you can maximize your animations.
Share Basilisk Venom to your allies when you need to CC.
Equipment
| Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
|---|---|---|
| Helm Viper | ||
| Shoulders Viper | ||
| Coat Viper | ||
| Gloves Viper | ||
| Leggings Viper | ||
| Boots Viper |
Primary Weapon Set
| Dagger Viper | ||
| Dagger Viper |
Secondary Weapon Set
| Shortbow Viper |
|
| Item | Stat |
|---|---|
| Amulet Viper | |
| Ring Viper | |
| Ring Viper | |
| Accessory Viper | |
| Accessory Viper | |
| Backpiece Viper |
Relic
Consumables
Infusions
| Fractal x18 | |
| Optional x18 |
Skills
| Dagger / Dagger | Heal / Utility / Elite |
| Shortbow | |
Alternatives
- Utility: when Thousand Needles is inconvenient to use
- Utility: instead of Thousand Needles for instant travel to perform mechanics
- Elite: when CC isn’t needed
Traits
Alternatives
- Deadly Arts: for double stolen skills on fights that have really useful steals such as Qadim, Matthias, Cardinal Adina
Build Template
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
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I do not understand how you get a dagger in your main hand, every dagger I find is off hand only.
That isn’t how dagger weapons work. There are offhand-only weapon types
Either the utility or the alternative Devourer Venom should be changed? I always forget the names of them but maybe Skale Venom is the other one?