GW2. Power Axe/Pistol Daredevil PvP Build. DPS Thief PvP.

Last Update: September 2024
The Power Axe/Pistol Daredevil is a DPS thief PvP build that uses piercing projectiles to do AoE damage in team fights and has heavy burst damage that is renewable even though it requires some set up time. It also has more boon rip from the Rending Shade trait which can trigger twice when you perform your burst combo to debilitate your enemies. You need line of sight to your target to use the skill that converges the axes, but the axes will fly through terrain when they do. This makes the axes hard to counterplay other than the enemy dodging or just moving out of range of them.
Cunning Salvo is the sneak attack (1) on Axe which does heavy damage, returns back initiative if it hits, and due to traits will give boon rip and lifesteal. To gain access to this you need stealth which can be entered by using the Pistol 5 and dodging through it for a leap finisher due to the Bound daredevil dodge. This attack spins on the ground like the other axe skills which will linger for 10 seconds until you converge them with the 3 skill, repeating the sneak attack again for more of the shadow arts trait to trigger and dealing massive damage.
Basic Combo: Pistol 5 > Axe 2 > Dodge > Sneak Attack 1 > 1 > 3
Ideally you want at least 5 spinning axes before using the 3 to converge them, which you can easily get by filling in auto attacks anywhere in the combo, but as long as you get your sneak attack off it can be worth it to converge with less axes.
Build
Alternatives
- Elite: for more sustain in between burst combos
Amulet/Rune/Relic | Weapons | Sigils |
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Berserker | Axe / Pistol | Compounding/Exploit. |
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Vampirism | Sword / Dagger | Energy/Cleansing |
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3 Comments
Is Shadow’s rejuvenation usable here? I just feel like the burst combo can be kinda expensive sometimes so it’s nice to get alittle bit back since the burst requires you to stealth often which would result in alot of initiative gain. I’m also curious as to taking critical strikes over trickery. Not challenging the build, I’m just curious to here your thoughts on buildcraft.
Trickery is mostly for stealing to the target, you don’t get much value from steal here because theres no backstab combo that you can do with it, the axes are independent of your character so steal doesnt interact with the axes at all. The axe sneak attack also gives back initiative so if you land it and then the converge it should give even more initiative back. Ideally you should only be using the 5 and the 3. Only use auto attacks and maybe the 2 once to get your burst out. Yes this set up is necessary because it kills targets as fast as possible with boon rip and crit damage since theres a lot of counterplay to the axe playstyle, if you give them more time you just wont secure the kill. Play dagger pistol if you want a more sustained playstyle.
Thanks for the reply! I forgot about the initiative from stealth attack interaction and since axe keeps getting nerfed I can see the appeal to crit strikes alot more now