Rifle Deadeye Open World Build

GW2. Best Open World Build. Rifle Deadeye. Thief PvE.

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Overview

The long range of the rifle allows this Deadeye build to snipe single targets from afar with extremely potent burst and sustained damage. Also it can swap to the Sword/Pistol and use Pistol Whip to handle large groups of enemies. It chain kills very fast because the Deadeye’s Mark recharges on kill, making it versatile and convenient.

After marking your target with F1 Deadeye’s Mark, you gain Malice when using initiative costing attack skills against them. Usually this means your Rifle 3 skill will be used to gain Malice. Once you have maximum Malice, you need to enter stealth to use Death’s Judgment (1). Either cast your F2 while at 5 or more Malice, or dodge to gain stealth.

Skill Combo:

F1 > 3 > 3 > 3 > F2/Dodge > 1 > Repeat from 3

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Equipment

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Alternatives

• Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality
• Stats: Mix Marauder/Valkyrie/Berserker if can’t get Dragon rings
  • Aim at 60% critical chance while using Critical Strikes variant
  • Aim at 75% critical chance while using Shadow Arts variant
• Sigil: instead of Air

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Skills

Rifle	Heal / Utility / Elite
Sword / Pistol

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Alternatives

• Utility: instead of Roll for Initiative
• Utility: instead of Roll for Initiative

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Traits

Critical Strikes Variant

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Alternatives

• Critical Strikes: for extra healing
• Deadeye: for more burst on smaller targets for chain killing

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Shadow Arts Variant

In situations where enemies die too quickly to get initiative back from Maleficent Seven, you can go for Shadow Arts instead Critical Strikes for more flexibility with your initiative at the cost of sustained damage.

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Build Template

Critical Strikes Variant Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Shadow Arts Variant Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Gameplay

(Critical Strikes Variant) Full Video Guide:

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(Shadow Arts Variant) Updated Gameplay:

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