Guild Wars 2

Disclaimer: I am not someone who does spvp. I’m just curious.

I’ve been hearing a lot of spvp players saying that Deadeye won’t be viable due to having to build up malice on the target. My question is, what exactly builds malice? Is it only ranged damage/ rifle damage? because if not, then i don’t really see the problem. I mean, I think a lot of the Deadeye traits benefit D/P. So, wouldn’t you be able to go in with D/P, use shadow step or something, then do the whole stealth aim thing? I could be completely wrong on this. I’m just curious.

It seems to build up over time. Every 4 seconds you gain a stack, or every 2 seconds if you’re actively attacking the enemy.