I’ve just been messing around with the daredevil recently. Guardian was always my main (and still is), and thief was just an afterthought, so I was surprised when I started having a lot of fun with this build. It also has a budget set of runes so it’s cheap to try.
Note: I’m positive this build isn’t optimized for ANYTHING. It just suits a fun playstyle.
Weapons: staff and double pistol. For sigils, go for the usual damage dealing ones (Fire, Air, bloodlust, whatever)
Armor: Berserker with 5 superior runes of infiltration and 1 superior rune of something cheap to get you +25 power
Trinkets: half zerk, half more defensive (like knight’s and soldier’s) for some extra vit.
Trait lines:
Critical Strikes
Acrobatics
Daredevil
Skills: signet of malice (this is the important one), palm strike, a stunbreak (your choice), whatever you want here (but if you need something extra for break bars, use scorpion wire), and thieves’ guild
I don’t remember exactly how I’ve set up each trait line (because I’m at work right now), but I’ve got just about anything that says “deal X% more damage when ____”. I also get healed when I crit and I get endurance when I use initiative. The daredevil grandmaster trait is the one that halves damage taken after dodging.
The basic playstyle is to jump right into the middle of combat, keep your initiative from maxing (another trait gives you extra damage that way), and dodge dodge dodge. When you’re low on health, get out of combat and go to pistol 3. You’ll be doing so much crit damage that after a few seconds you’ll have most of your life back. Then just hop back in with the staff.
I’ve found my survivability to be fairly good. Staff 3 breaks immob, which is your biggest enemy, and staff 4 is a blind which can be spammed when your pistols are on cd. Keep up the blinds! Pistol 5 is wonderful for that.
Anyway, it’s a fun build and I thought someone might enjoy it.
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