Guild Wars 2

Hey Guys,

Not really just about the thief profession but a general question about Auto attacks, Do you use you first skill ? I was thinking of taking it off on my Thief but not sure it will be better that way or not just wondering what you guys think/do

You must be talking about auto attacking option (as opposed to the option that turns it off and you have to keep pressing the button) right?

I’ve considered it on my Thief. Not so much in the respect that it would break stealth (auto attack turns off automatically) but in the respect of the final auto attack has a cast bar (like .5 seconds) so it can delay an ability from firing off.

I guess it really depends if you like smashing the “1” key over and over or prefer the auto attack.

Yeah I’m talking stopping the Auto attack on the first skill so you have to press it yourself,
I thought the last attack was better if behind the target but think that may have been in my head lol, I think I would like Like I have more control over My toon but dunno, I should just try it and see really, But wanted to know what others do

None of the thief mainhand autoattacks (#1 key) have any positional requirements out of stealth. When you go into stealth a sword and dagger do have a position requirement if you want to do the autoattack (#1 key) if you want to get the bonus.

Having said that, I see no advantage to turning off autoattack for any weapon. It is true that when you autoattack Lotus Strike for dagger and Crippling Strike for the sword has a slight delay (cast time you guys called it). BUT any other spell cast will interrupt the autoattack, it doesnt matter what sequence the autoattack is in. You can be in that pause/cast right before Lotus Strike but the moment you press Heartseeker or Death Blossom or any other spell, the autoattack is stopped and the spell you activated will go off.

EDIT: i play a dagger/dagger thief and i actually wait for my autoattack to hit with Lotus Strike. Lotus Strike is the third hit but it hits for the same amount as the second hit and it also leaves a poison on the bad guy. The poison also leaves a -33% healing condition on the enemy (useful in pvp, or vs healing pve mobs). Waiting for Lotus to hit also gives me a chance to regenerate some initiative.

So a common rotation for me going into combat:
-death blossom
-1 2 lotus strike
-death blossom
-1 2 lotus strike
-death blossom (or heartseeker if the mob is almost dead)

Thank you that is actually really helpful,

May I also ask what traits and Utility skills are good to level with, I’m only just getting 19