Guild Wars 2

My character is a Thief and every time I go up against a Warrior, or Guardian they feel like a raid boss.

Guardian- Non stop blocking, heals, and if I try to escape they just teleport to me and kill me.

Warrior- Non stop healing, invulnerability, and kills me in 2 seconds.

Should I just avoid these two classes?

SarahGobbi.2319:

My character is a Thief and every time I go up against a Warrior, or Guardian they feel like a raid boss.

Guardian- Non stop blocking, heals, and if I try to escape they just teleport to me and kill me.

Warrior- Non stop healing, invulnerability, and kills me in 2 seconds.

Should I just avoid these two classes?

These can be difficult classes for a thief to play against. However, there are things you can do to give yourself a fighting chance. First, you have to understand that both classes have access to a lot of damage mitigation and passive defensive abilities, so on thief you will be doing a lot of kiting, dodging and blinding to avoid their attacks until they use all of their cool downs.

Use a lot of blinding and if you are using pistol a lot of black powder to keep blinds up. After they use their cool downs, then work on bursting them down. This all easier said then done and requires you not to make many if any mistakes

thief has an incredibly steep learning curve, as a new player, that shouldn’t be the class you start off with to get pvp experience.

SarahGobbi.2319:

My character is a Thief and every time I go up against a Warrior, or Guardian they feel like a raid boss.

Guardian- Non stop blocking, heals, and if I try to escape they just teleport to me and kill me.

Warrior- Non stop healing, invulnerability, and kills me in 2 seconds.

Should I just avoid these two classes?

Thief isn’t a 1v1 profession so yeah you shouldn’t be trying to do that, especially against those. In reality if you want to learn how to beat a particular build then you have to play that build.

In general what has been said here is right. Thieves are a high skill requirement and cap class that can be very hard for a new player to get in to. They also do poorly in many 1v1s situations.

Where they excel is in fighting unfairly and using their mobility to constantly be in the right place at the right time. You want to find 1v1s or uncontested nodes and use your extreme mobility to control them.

Have a warrior and a DH 1v1ing home go show up and back stab the enemy and end it instantly. +1ing is where a thief really excels in terms of combat. Every time you join a 1v1 and end it instantly you gain momentum for your team. Your team mate can take the point and then you can move in to the mid fight with a numeric advantage.

The strongest skill you can have as a thief is awareness. You need to constantly know where your team and the enemy team and make the correct decsion with that knowledge.
As Its been said thief has a very steep learning curve but If you truly enjoy the playstyle sticking with it can be rewarding as long as you are willing to accept that you will need to put in a lot of work before you are really rewarded.
I would suggest watching some Sindrenner gameplay he is one of if not the top thief in the game.

Best of luck