Daredevil

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Training in the path of the Daredevil does not come easily, but those who dare are rewarded with the reserves that will help them endure as they enter the jungle. Specializing as a daredevil will allow you to wield a staff as a melee weapon and utilize hand-to-hand combat styles with the physical skill category. Additionally, you’ll gain access to a third endurance bar and be able to greatly modify the effects of your dodge ability.

— Daredevil release notes

Daredevil is an elite specialization for the thief that focuses on physical skills and dodging. It also allows the thief to use a staff.

List of daredevil skills

See also: List of thief skills

Profession mechanic

Daredevil's mechanic is the increased endurance and dodging that can have a different effect depending on the active grandmaster trait as well as reduced range on the skill Swipe replacing Steal.

Required trait	Skill		Description
Lotus Training	Impaling Lotus		Evade attacks and hurl damaging daggers, dealing multiple conditions to enemies.
Unhindered Combatant	Dash	0.75¾	Remove conditions and gain swiftness, then rush forward and evade attacks.
Bounding Dodger	Bound	0.75¾	Leap into an area, and deliver a massive blow to enemies.

	Skill			Description
F1	Swipe		30	Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Weapon skills

	Skill			Description
Staff
1	Staff Strike	0.5½		Strike your enemies with your staff.
1	Staff Strike, Staff Bash, Punishing Strikes chain  Staff Bash	0.5½		Swing your staff a second time, striking multiple foes.
1	Staff Strike, Staff Bash, Punishing Strikes chain  Punishing Strikes	1		Whirl your staff around, striking nearby enemies.
1	Hook Strike	0.75¾	1	Stealth Attack. Attack your foes with stealth, knocking enemies down.
2	Weakening Charge	0.5½	3	Deliver multiple strikes, weakening foes.
3	Debilitating Arc		4	Strike enemies in front of you and roll backward, breaking immobilizing effects.
4	Dust Strike	0.75¾	4	Sweep the ground, blinding enemies in front of you.
5	Vault	0.75¾	5	Leap toward your destination, damaging foes upon impact.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill					Description
Channeled Vigor		15	0.75¾	20	Physical. Channel your energy to gain endurance and health per pulse. Heal for more if your endurance is full.

Utility

Skill					Description
Bandit's Defense		15	10.5½	20	Physical. Briefly block incoming attacks. Blocking an attack grants access to a retaliatory attack.
Reflexive Strike			0.5½		Physical. Deliver a massive kick that knocks enemies down.
Distracting Daggers		15		1	Physical. Fire a dazing dagger at your enemy. If this ability interrupts a skill, that skill's recharge is increased.
Fist Flurry		15	1	20	Physical. Strike your enemy multiple times. If all attacks hit, gain access to Palm Strike.
Palm Strike			0.5½		Physical. Strike your foe once to deal massive damage and stun them, marking your target with a Pulmonary Impact.
Impairing Daggers		15	0.5½	25	Physical. Fling multiple daggers at a single enemy, inflicting conditions.

Elite

Skill					Description
Impact Strike		25	0.5½	40	Physical. Strike your enemy and stun [sic] them.
Uppercut			0.75¾		Deal a heavy blow with your fist, sending enemies flying.
Finishing Blow			10.5½		Deal a downward strike on your foe. Downed enemies struck with this ability are finished.

List of daredevil traits

See also: List of thief traits

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Staff Proficiency		You can wield a staff.
Minor Adept	Physical Supremacy		Gain access to physical skills. Your maximum endurance threshold is increased, while Steal is replaced with Swipe.
Major Adept	Escapist's Fortitude	1	Gain health when you successfully evade an attack. Remove a condition whenever you evade an attack.
Major Adept	Marauder's Resilience		Gain vitality based on a portion of your power. Damage is decreased from foes within the range threshold.
Major Adept	Brawler's Tenacity		Physical skills grant endurance when activated and gain reduced recharge.
Minor Master	Weakening Strikes		Your next attack after dodging causes weakness to foes struck. Weakened enemies deal less damage to you, and you deal more damage to them.
Major Master	Staff Master		While wielding a staff, gain endurance for each initiative point spent. Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a staff.
Major Master	Havoc Specialist		Damage is increased based on endurance that is missing.
Major Master	Impacting Disruption		Enemies that you interrupt suffer a pulmonary impact. This trait can only affect enemies with defiance bars once per interval.
Minor Grandmaster	Endurance Thief		Gain endurance when you successfully steal from an enemy.
Major Grandmaster	Lotus Training		Your dodge ability now uses Impaling Lotus, firing daggers at nearby enemies. Gain increased condition damage for a period of time after dodging.
Major Grandmaster	Unhindered Combatant		Your dodge ability is replaced by a long-range dash that removes inhibiting conditions and grants swiftness and damage reduction. Removing conditions in this way temporarily reduces endurance gain.
Major Grandmaster	Bounding Dodger		Your dodge ability is replaced by Bound, dealing damage to the area after you evade. Physical damage is increased for a period of time after you dodge.

Gallery

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  Daredevil's Scarf

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  Bo

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  Dust Strike

List of daredevil equipment

•   Daredevil's Staff
•   Bo
•   Daredevil's Scarf
•   Superior Rune of the Daredevil

Related achievements

• Specializations (Heart of Thorns achievements): Adept Daredevil — Begin training the thief's daredevil elite specialization. (5)
• Specializations (Heart of Thorns achievements): Master Daredevil — Completely train the thief's daredevil elite specialization. (10)
• Specialization Collections: Bo — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the daredevil's staff, Bo. (3)

External links

• Meet the Daredevil: Thief’s Elite Specialization
• Points of Interest: Daredevil spotlight on YouTube

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