Guild Wars 2

I’m cross referencing a post in the thief forums:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/S-D-concept/first#post220121

Basically, replace the currently buggy/underwhelming Flanking Strike with a block based ability. Something like the following:

4 Initiative
Block with sword for 2 seconds
On block, shadowstep to the back of attacker, low damage strike with dagger to remove one boon.
If no one attacks during block, refund 1 Initiative.

All thanks to the people on the thread in the Thief forums for the specifics. Tuning appropriate, I think this idea could be perfect for the S/D weapon set and give some more depth to the Thief’s repertoire.

Well yes, but there is no skill in Sword and dagger setup allready. Its most powerfull attack is basic attack combo allready

My suggestion would be Flanking strike, Strike with dagger from up front, and spin 180% around the target, while hiting him with few minor strikes, and stabing in the back with sword. This would be whirl finisher. The damage would be the same exept maybe 3 hits of 1/6 value of the hit with sword during the spin, and same starting and finishing damage. So it would be around 33% damage incrase from whole skill or so if you manage to land last hit which is so slow and clunky.