When I play Argos P1 and P2 this very easy for me to evade 95% of the boss attacks, but when you get to P3 you can’t evade most of the boss attacks and this is the problem.
Get good and you will have no problem. Deadeye is very good class but need skill and boss knowledge which you are clearly lacking.
I undertand your point, MVP isn’t that important… the real problem is that you never get MVP because the damage is very low compared to other classes.
Show us your build because if you have 1000endurance and 1 engraving then it’s obvious you can’t get mvp
Have you ever played Deadeye after ilvl1385?
My friend from static plays deadeye and have no problem with doing damage on argos or valtan hm without even using more than 2 potions
I think you just need to learn attack patterns of the bosses, the class is weaker compared to some other but i wouldnt say its bad to the point of needing a rework.
When you are under 1385 this is another situation, most of the other players don’t have the correct build with the correct engravings.
The real problem is:
Imagine a party only with dps, everyone is correctly builded and are doing everything right, even you. In this situation, you just can’t get MVP, it’s impossible, even playing perfectly, because the class is a meme.
Why do you care about MVP so much ? If you did everything correctly then your group cleared the raid, if you want MVP just play something else.
But, why they create a class limited like this? That’s just insane… but your are right, I’ll try Deathblade.
It is limited for now, before you get the relic set for back attacks.
My friend plays deadeye in our 4 man group of sorc (me), gunslinger, and bard. We were doing velganos daily before the patch and he definitely had a hard time for the first like week but he only brings 45%s to velganos because he’s gotten better. He’s always neck and neck on damage with our gunslinger and even though neither of them MVP often they are still contributing.
I honestly think deadeye is specifically designed to be hard as a squishy close range back attacker, you really rely on that mobility. Me on reflux sorc I can stand a mile from the boss with no positionals and better mobility options and vastly out damage due to pure uptime. But in trixion we’ve tested and he does WAY more damage in a perfect scenario. Obviously you’re not going to get to just attack a scarecrow in actual content but it means the more you improve the more you will catch up in damage with lower skill ceiling classes (reflux sorc, Shadow hunter, berz)
We did Valtan last night and he was having no trouble staying alive or dpsing. Of course the two sorcs and two bards were on the MVP screen but I believe he did his part because I only got 22% damage.
Keep at it friend, the class is just hard, and you will git gud.
For anyone wondering what he deleted, it was something about how many people said that it is his lack of skill and he is motivated to improve.
- Deadye is a really really challenging class to play. This is partially the reason why he has such a low play rate in Korea.
- Deadeye DPS is actually fairly high, its just challenging to perform said dps in a boss fight. Hence high skill ceiling.
I think the general point is just that the class is really hard. Once you get relic sets, the class actually becomes even harder because you now HAVE to hit back attacks (relic set gives 50% crit dam, 20% crit chance and 18% damage for hitting back attacks). You have to struggle to do good dps. Positional classes also tend to underperform while learning content, while beating out hitmaster classes after you’ve learned the bosses patterns.
If you don’t enjoy that playstyle, then I would recommend playing gunslinger. You get to use sniper skills, and you can do damage from anywhere due to not needing back attacks.
But if you insist on quitting, then o7.
That’s one thing I don’t understand about the balancing in the game. I feel like damage should be congruent with the difficulty of the class. I would have no problem if deadeye had busted damage to compensate for all of the downsides. Sorc and berserker have crazy damage and are super easy classes why should they be able to tap a button once from any direction and have a massive aoe damage that does twice the damage of a directional skill from a squishy back attacking class
Deadeye has higher dps then those classes in a perfect scenario, this is after relic armor set tho so … just gotta wait.


