Deadeye

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The Deadeye is a thief who stalks their targets with patience and brutal accuracy. They use a Rifle to snipe at a long range, marking targets to harass them with harmful effects. Their mastery of shadow magic lets them cast cantrips which gain bonuses when used against marked targets, or as their malice increases.

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Deadeye is an elite specialization for the thief. It allows the thief to use a rifle and cantrips.

List of deadeye skills

See also: List of thief skills

Profession mechanic

Skill			Description
Deadeye's Mark	0.5½	25	Mark a single target to generate stacks of malice over time. Malice generates faster and increases your damage against the marked target as long as you have recently struck it. Lose all malice when the mark ends or this skill is recast on a new target.

Weapon skills

	Skill	Type			Description
Rifle
1	Brutal Aim		0.75¾		Fire a shot that inflicts vulnerability on your target. Applies additional vulnerability when used against your marked target.
1	Brutal Aim, Deadly Aim chain  Deadly Aim	Kneel	0.75¾		Fire a shot that inflicts vulnerability on your target. Applies additional vulnerability when used against your marked target.
1	Cursed Bullet	Stealth Attack	0.75¾	1	Fire a cursed bullet that tracks your target and converts its boons into conditions. Deals increased damage while kneeling.
2	Skirmisher's Shot		0.5½	3	Fire a a [sic] bullet that inflicts conditions on your target and grants you a boon.
2	Skirmisher's Shot, Spotter's Shot chain  Spotter's Shot	Kneel	0.75¾	3	Fire a bullet that grants you boons and inflicts conditions on your target.
3	Double Tap		0.75¾	4	Fire two bullets that grant might if they hit your target.
3	Double Tap, Three Round Burst chain  Three Round Burst	Kneel	1	4	Fire three bullets that grant might if they hit your target.
4	Death's Retreat		0.25¼	4	Shadowstep away from your target and lose conditions. Poisons foes at your starting location.
4	Death's Retreat, Death's Judgment chain  Death's Judgment	Kneel	0.75¾	5	Fire a shot that deals increased damage to your marked target based on your number of malice stacks. This attack reveals you.
5	Kneel		0.5½	1	Become immobile and gain access to kneel skills, which have increased projectile velocity. You can still dodge roll while kneeling. Kneel is canceled if you swap weapons or become disabled.
5	Free Action, Sniper's Cover chain  Free Action	Kneel			Cancel kneeling and move freely. Remove conditions.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type					Description
Malicious Restoration	Cantrip			0.75¾	30	Heal yourself. Heal more and lose a condition for each stack of malice you have.

Utility

Skill	Type					Description
Binding Shadow	Cantrip			0.75¾	30	Immobilize your target after a short delay. If the foe is your marked target, they'll be knocked down instead. Conditions applied by this skill have increased duration for each stack of malice.
Mercy	Cantrip				30	Cancel your current mark and instantly refresh Deadeye's Mark. Gain initiative for each stack of Malice you had prior to using this skill.
Shadow Flare	Cantrip			0.75¾	30	Throw an orb of shadow magic that damages nearby foes at your targeted location. You may reactivate this skill to swap places with the orb. Damage is increased for each stack of malice.
Shadow Swap						Swap places with your shadow flare.
Shadow Gust	Cantrip			0.5½	40	Knock away nearby foes with a burst of shadow magic, then stealth yourself. If this skill hits your marked target, they'll be launched instead.

Elite

Skill	Type					Description
Shadow Meld	Cantrip			0.5½	5	Remove revealed and stealth yourself.

List of deadeye traits

See also: List of thief traits

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Rifle Proficiency		You can wield rifles.
Minor Adept	Deadeye's Gaze		Steal is replaced with Deadeye's Mark, which gives new stolen skills. Gain access to rifles and cantrips.
Major Adept	Revealed Malice		Being revealed from a stealthed state grants malice and might. (Requires a marked target.)
Major Adept	Iron Sight		Incoming damage from your marked target is reduced.
Major Adept	One in the Chamber		When you cast a cantrip, gain a random new stolen skill. (Requires a marked target. Overwrites existing stolen skills.)
Minor Master	Renewing Gaze		Deadeye's Mark recharges if your mark is defeated. Gain regeneration when this recharge occurs.
Major Master	Silent Scope		Kneel becomes Sniper's Cover, which has an increased initiative cost and grants stealth. Rifle skill critical hit chance increased while kneeling.
Major Master	Unforgiving		Your first attack stuns if it hits a newly marked target.
Major Master	Peripheral Vision		Stolen skills apply their boons to allies near you and apply their conditions to foes around your marked target.
Minor Grandmaster	Perfectionist		Gain boons upon reaching maximum malice stacks.
Major Grandmaster	Maleficent Seven		Increase maximum malice stack count. Time between malice gains is reduced. Perfectionist heals you upon reaching the new maximum.
Major Grandmaster	Be Quick or Be Killed		Gain quickness when marking a foe. Your power and precision are increased while under this effect.
Major Grandmaster	Fire for Effect	0.5½	Hitting your marked target with a stolen skill grants might to allies around your mark and to allies around you. Cannot grant might to the same ally more than once per activation.

List of deadeye equipment

•   Superior Rune of the Deadeye
•   Deadeye's Brace
•   Deadeye's Rifle
•   Cursed Flintlock

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Notes

• Players wishing to learn more about the Deadeye can visit Nakato Ibori in The Bonestrand.
• Deadeye is a specialization that sacrifices some of the mobility of the baseline and Daredevil specializations for a strong, long-range play-style.
• A Deadeye with a Rifle may suffer from low damage unless assuming the kneeling stance provided by the #5 rifle skill, Kneel.
• Patience is a great asset to the Deadeye with the introduction of their new mechanic called Malice. Once they mark an enemy, the Deadeye will slowly generate Malice over time up to a maximum of 5/7.
• The trait Be Quick or Be Killed gives a Deadeye a very quick burst of damage, which can be used either in PvE with a melee weapon, or PvP or WvW with any weapon, to very quickly pick targets and eliminate them. As the death of a Marked target also resets Mark's cooldown, this can be chained allowing a Deadeye to quickly eliminate a series of smaller targets. (This being said however, a Deadeye's ability to combat multiple enemies is otherwise severely limited and Daredevils are usually more effective against groups.)
• A Deadeye utilizing a rifle fares well against large, single target enemies, as the ability to repeatedly Mark a single target without losing Malice stacks allows the Deadeye to fire full-strength Death's Judgments as often as they have the Initiative.
• Deadeyes utilize cantrips that help with positioning, refreshing Malice, or providing extra tools when enemies get too close.
• The high damage of the attacks from the Deadeye's rifle make it vulnerable to enemies who can reflect projectiles.

Trivia

• Deadeye was created to address the thief's lack of strong long-ranged options.

External links

• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Elite Specializations—Deadeye (Thief)

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