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Opinions: S/P or S/D or D/P?

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Def lots of things to consider here guys, I appreciate it. Please keep the suggestions coming.

One note, P/P is a must and I haven’t had as much fun as running SA/TR/DD on my toon as anything else. Very trolly and, aside from fighting zerkers and chronomancers, been having better luck even in 2v1 scenarios. I have tried D/D and it was interesting (backstab/CaD and the evade) I find that pistol in the offhand better due to the blind field and quick daze. PW is pretty slow to start and does root but hits hard. Shadow shot I like but I rarely use heartseeker. Poison on auto dagger helps with healy builds but sword offers the extra condi cleanse and I believe does extra damage overall.

TLDR version;

P/P is a must and SA as well
No SB however

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Opinions: S/P or S/D or D/P?

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That’s a good breakdown. I don’t necessarily spam Unload due the pistols auto while in stealth (may hit unload once or twice, but leaving init for other stuff). I understand about the utility of SB but I am running Dash and that with my stealths I have no problem disengaging or getting from one place to the next. I don’t go with SB on top of P/P due to the amount of reflects I have been seeing in WvW. 2 ranged weps and I will be useless. I have been debating staff as well as the staff auto in stealth is a knockdown, however pistol in the offhand provides usefulness, but as I mentioned (and yourself) both S/D and S/P both have ups and downs.

I did try a more interrupt type build but due to my playstyle, I couldn’t make it work for myself.

I appreciate the detailed opinion.

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Runes forThief ?

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Stealth can be your friend in this case. SA saves my butt so many times. Mara trinkets, zerker weps and valk arm. Some say that pure stealth isn’t viable but i’m a noob at D/D and sucked vs other thieves or D/D’s but this gives me a fighting chance.

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What is holding Sw/P back?

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Imo exactly that. Pistol whip is great if they don’t move, else its a waste (aside from seeing an enemy ressing an ally, then its a god send). A condi cleanse with a shadowstep is very useful. Auto is pretty slow as well. If Auto was a bit faster and pistol whip didn’t root you then it would be par with dagger.

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To Scrappers: How to combat Reapers?

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Elixir/Gyro hybrid, about a 75% win rate vs condi Necros. Got me to legendary in the last league in PvP. CC’s are your best counter to them but like it was said, space them out. I fyou have elixir X, wait for reaper shroud BUT only if you have (on hammer) 5 and 3 up as well as blast gyro (for me anyway), Transform, hammer 5, toss gyro tag and use leap. Watch them panic with staff. I have a pvp vid where I was vs 2 necros and beat them both as I knew one was about to do something and I was able to interrupt and bursted them down. If you use sneak gyro instead and kite, and count to 20. Then burst. That makes them waste their life force and if you can CC chain, they wont get a chance to regenerate LF. This comes from a lot of experience with watching Condi reaper rotations and dying.

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pistol pistol

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Look for “Kitless engi” or “Turretless engi” on youtube. Pretty good P/P build that still looks solid. I am looking into a scrapper variant myself.

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New Engi needs Pistol build

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If it’s a vanilla build, there’s a good build on youtube that’s pure p/p engi (not scrapper). Maybe start with that. Look for “Kitless engi” or “Turretless engi”. Pretty solid.

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Opinions: S/P or S/D or D/P?

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I am kind of new to Daredevil. Kind of in the sense that 2+ years ago I leveled one to 80 and stopped to work on other toons. About a month ago I obtained and started using daredevil. I’m not a fan of SB but I always loved P/P as a ranged option. I run part valk/zerker/marauders. I am having issues deciding between Sword Pistol or Sword Dagger.

One note, I am using all stealth utilities so the added stealth from dagger 5 would synergize well and still help with stealth stomps and the evade on sword 3 would help. Cripple on 4 can be useful. On the other hand, Pistol-whip is awesome (but a bit slow to warm up imo..) and a quick interrupt on pistol 4. I use the pistol 5 for safe stomp or if i’m fighting npc’s to stand on top of.

Essentially it boils down to the 3/4/5 skills…evade vs stun (or daze…whatever), ranged cripple vs ranged daze and stealth vs blind (I obv dont blast the field)

Things to note:

Most of my init typically goes to the typical P/P unload and the stealth pistol auto attack (one reason I love stealth…init free unload w/ bleed).

I try to stealth as often I can to position myself for my auto attack on pistol

Typically use pistols when ranged, sword when not, but either im not good at landing pistol whip or it can be easily dodged (aside from when someone is ressing, free pistolwhip hits, so it only helps when I shadow step then use it or when I catch someone ressing)

I believe the cripple will help better when chasing someone at the cost of an interrupt (when I can time it right)

That field tho on #5 saved me from being interrupted when stomping, but that stealth to get another pistol auto is brutal.

This is my dilemma and reasoning. I run SA/TR/DD. What are your opinions? (I also run this in WvW and sort of in PvP but with a different stat set as I cant combine stats like I can in WvW)

I appreciate any positive feedback.

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