Enhanced Weapon Deadeye Build Guide (2024)

Last updated on Jul 01, 2022 at 08:04by Wilk1 comment

Having three weapons in their arsenal, Deadeyes lay havocupon their foes with various skills and barrages of bullets.Able to strike from afar with their rifle or up close and personalwith shotguns or midrange with pistols, Deadeye is a versatile and fast-paced class.

The Enhanced Weapon Deadeye boasts heavy crit rate built in, allowingfor interesting stat builds. Mobility and highly active gameplay make for an engaging classwhich does require a high level to be played at optimal levels.

There is no set skill rotation for Deadeye. Their debuff is providedvia AT02 Grenade and Spiral Tracker and canbe maintained almost indefinitely. As such, you are free to use your skills in any order you like.

The majority of Deadeye damage is loaded into the shotgun abilities, which should be used whenever available,but you also have two decent burst abilities on your pistols as well. The remainingabilities can be used as fillers or when seen fit, as long as youuse your Shotgun skills whenever possible and maintain the debuff mentioned before.

Making sure the enemy is debuffed with Weakness Exposureor Weakness Exposure is pretty much the only roleyou have to worry about, aside from dealing damage.

The remaining Tripods are mostly used for damage and some utilities.

Enhanced Weapon pairs really well with high Specialization,providing flat damage to shotguns, armor penetration to the rifle,and critical damage to pistols. This should be your main priority. Adding some Swiftnesshelps with the speed as well as cooldown reduction, making it easier tosurvive and position properly. You can also add a little bit of Critical,though this may lead to capping out on crit chance when playing in a party -be careful not to overdo it.

The offensive stat of choice is Specialization.The defensive option of choice is HP increase.

With the large amount of crit sources, it is best to use the Harsh Oath set.

As said initially, getting the core Tripods is fairly simple since they areavailable very early in the game, being Weakness Exposure and Weakness Exposure. The main damage is provided through the shotguns, andas such you should focus on capping those out first:

• Last Request: Quick Prep > Massive Explosion > Volley.
• Shotgun Dominator: Close Shot > Weak Point Detection > The Ruler.
• Shotgun Rapid Fire: Close Shot > Enhanced Shot > Special Bullet.
• Sign of Apocalypse: Close Shot > Enhanced Shot > Approached Apocalypse.

The Enhanced Weapon provides a flat crit buff for 9 seconds to yourselfwhenever you cycle through your weapons. This can be kept up indefinitely by switchingweapons before the buff expires. Most often it is kept at level 1 as this alreadyprovides a 20% crit chance buff, but it can be maxed for a total of 30%.

• Adrenaline pairs insanely well with the identity Engraving, and whenmaxed out provides between 35% to 45% crit rate. The upkeep is simple for Deadeyes,making it a top pick as an Engraving.
• Grudge is a staple for any DPS and should be taken as the third Engraving.
• Master of Ambush boosts your shotgun and partially pistoldamage massively, pairing well with the most commonly picked relic at item level 1445.
• Both Keen Blunt Weapon and Cursed Doll are goodoptions to further boost the damage output.
• You can also get a level 2 Spirit Absorption if you do not liketo use Swiftness as a stat, which is easily doable if you keep Enhanced Weapon at level 1.

Runes are used to improve the speed of the shotgun abilities.As such, the most commonly equipped Rune is Galewind.The Bleed is also a very useful Rune on the short cooldowns.

Galewind is a staple for any DPS, greatly improving Shotgun capabilities,but also some pistol skills. Use it on Shotgun Dominator, Last Request, Sign of Apocalypse, Shotgun Rapid Fire, Cruel Tracker, and Quick Shot.

Bleed works really well on AT02 Grenade and Spiral Tracker due to their short cooldowns,allowing high uptime on the bleed. This can also assist new players in making ahabit of using these abilities often to apply the debuff.

The damage is centered around all four shotgun abilities and two pistols skills, making the selection of gems very simple.The following skills should use both damage and cooldown gems:

• Shotgun Dominator
• Sign of Apocalypse
• Shotgun Rapid Fire
• Last Request
• Quick Shot

Use the remaining gem for damage on Cruel Tracker.

Make it a habit to reuse AT02 Grenade and Spiral Trackerto maintain the Weakness Exposure debuff at all times.If you use adrenaline, this also makes sure that you never run out of the buff.

You can switch weapons whenever you feel like it, and you do not have to wait forthe Enhanced Weapon buff to run out, so switch often!

Most shotgun abilities have a double damage perk built in when used at point blankrange, try to stay close to the boss when using your shotgun abilities! Last Request does not have said perk, so the range does not matter there.

You are fairly squishy, so use your mobility to your advantage.