80 Sylvari Thief | 80 Human Elementalist | 80 Asura Guardian | 80 Asura Engineer |
80 Sylvari Revenant
Hey everyone. I’m looking for an unusual type of build to play around with for the next few weeks. I’m looking for something that focuses on the finishing off of low hp enemies and pinning them quickly.
Ideally, this build will contribute to team fights in some way. But, the primary focus will be singling out a dying target, and sealing the deal. I want the enemy players to be as concerned about falling below 50% hp as they are about getting downed.
I’m thinking that thief might be the way to go, but I’m looking for input. If this is of any interest to you, please feel free to drop a link to a build or just share your thoughts. I’ll be coming back with possible builds in the near future.
Here’s my first trial build on Thief. The intention is that you participate in team fights using short bow. Then, when someone is about to drop below 50% hp, you switch to s/d and steal from them. You then gain a ton of buffs and use Pistol Whip and Assassin’s Signet to blow them up. Finally, stealth/blinks are available for easy pinning.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAsaVlsMp0pNOx7J8PNxLhsdnKb8qt2LCMA-TpRBwA+2f4yJAYxhAQzRAgcZAAPAAA
I didn’t even look at your build. You’re talking about the meta thief build, panic strike.
No, I’m looking for something with even higher burst than that. The panic strike build is amazing and I’m not expect to discover some build that’s better than it. However, I think it’s possible to make a build that does manage to burst harder than it.
Old meta builds for thief:
2/6/0/0/6 Executioner & Trickery. D/P + SB.
5/6/0/0/3 Dagger Training, Executioner and +3 initiative pool minor. D/P + SB.
Then there’s the all-or-nothing signet burst 6/6/0/0/6 D/P or D/D.
No, I’m looking for something with even higher burst than that. The panic strike build is amazing and I’m not expect to discover some build that’s better than it. However, I think it’s possible to make a build that does manage to burst harder than it.
Revealed Training instead of panic strike, it adds 200 power for 3 secs (while revealed) with executioner’s 20% extra damage this is huge.
Backstab > get that drop below 50% to toggle executioner. be revealed at same time for the 200 extra power. and cleave them down from 50% or heartseeker.
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