Guild Wars 2

Yes, this thread is strictly a L2P issue for myself.
As a thief, I think perma-stealthing is quite an important skill to know how to do, but I have actually never figured out how to do it.

So please, can someone give me a detailed guide of how to stay hidden in stealth permanently? Like…

Traits
Gear
Utilities
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
Etc.

Maybe even a video?

And I do mean permanently stealthed. After all, if I come out of stealth at all, I don’t like my chances. With Stronghold coming out, I don’t really see the need of coming out of stealth at all as long as I can keep my caltrops on dodge.

I’m willing to practice very hard at it, so difficulty isn’t an issue to consider.

Thank you! :-)

You’re asking in the wrong place, perma stealth doesn’t exist in PvP.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

You’re asking in the wrong place, perma stealth doesn’t exist in PvP.

But every nerf thief thread mentions it! It must exist! _ _ ?!?!?!

Drennon.7190:

Random Weird Guy.3528:

You’re asking in the wrong place, perma stealth doesn’t exist in PvP.

But every nerf thief thread mentions it! It must exist! _ _ ?!?!?!

I was once called a ‘stealth noob’ for porting to someone from behind obstruction :x

Kageseigi.2150:

Yes, this thread is strictly a L2P issue for myself.
As a thief, I think perma-stealthing is quite an important skill to know how to do, but I have actually never figured out how to do it.

So please, can someone give me a detailed guide of how to stay hidden in stealth permanently? Like…

Traits
Gear
Utilities
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
Etc.

Maybe even a video?

And I do mean permanently stealthed. After all, if I come out of stealth at all, I don’t like my chances. With Stronghold coming out, I don’t really see the need of coming out of stealth at all as long as I can keep my caltrops on dodge.

I’m willing to practice very hard at it, so difficulty isn’t an issue to consider.

Thank you! :-)

Ask and you shall receive…

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQJAoalsMp7pVPx5JsPNRRBxdAmQE8uG9I/d9CA

Smoke screen in on a 24 sec CD but it starts counting down after you use it. You can get 7 leaps through it if you’re quick giving you roughly 15 secs of stealth. Once it ends, there will be 17 secs CD on Smoke Screen. Use heal or another BP plus HS and wait for the CD on Smoke screen. Use SR before engaging since it gives you the long duration stealth. Caltrops utilities and caltrops on dodge on top of your enemies. Steal adds a bit of confusion damage too. Good Luck and Happy Trolling.

You can tweak the build a bit to suit your needs like changing acro trait to give 50% speed in stealth.

Gabriell.4856:

Ask and you shall receive…

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQJAoalsMp7pVPx5JsPNRRBxdAmQE8uG9I/d9CA

Now THIS is interesting! Thank you! :-D

Hehe, I did modify it quite a bit, and while it is a pain to actually fight with, it does seem to allow me to remain in stealth indefinitely after I tweaked it.

For condition builds, this is what I ended up with…
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQRAoa4alsMp7pVPx5J8PRRRBxZAOg314I5Xn+OBA-TJxHABz+EAMqMAAnEgP2fAA

I switched the elite to Basilisk Venom so I could proc Krait Rune 6, though I don’t actually ever apply it.

Carrion Amulet for condition damage and vitality.

DA 1 for poison on steal.
SA 4 for stealth on steal.
Acro 3 for more caltrops dodges and increased stealth speed.
Trick 6 for confusion on steal

Sigil of Bursting
Sigil of Energy for more caltrops dodges.

For a possible power build, I ended up with this…
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQRAoa4alsMp7pVPxuJsPRRRhwbgDe/r3Qd6qFA-TJRBABXcSACc/ByKDAwTAAA

I replace Caltrops with Ambush, and Basilisk Venom with Thieves Guild.

Berserker Amulet and Traveler’s runes for speed increase.

Sigil of Force for damage boost.
Sigil of Intelligence in case I do want to pop out of stealth to crit a backstab.

I changed to 5 in SA to get might.
I changed to 2 in Acro for the reduced trap cooldown.
I changed to Sleight of Hand in Trick for the reduced steal cooldown.

The main issue with this build is if I do not want to come out of stealth, I have to get my AI thieves on the map, then steal against the target. That seems to be the only way to get my AI thieves to attack properly unless they are attacked.

Ps. For some reason, I seem to reveal myself at times, and I don’t understand it. I’m by myself, leaping through the Smoke Screen. Is there a cap to stealth before it procs Revealed?

Perma stealth is for WvW. Please don’t ever run this in sPvP.

To answer your question, you’re running Hidden Thief with 5 points in DA, so every time you steal from stealth, the poison on steal will reveal you.

Dahkeus.8243:

Perma stealth is for WvW. Please don’t ever run this in sPvP.

To answer your question, you’re running Hidden Thief with 5 points in DA, so every time you steal from stealth, the poison on steal will reveal you.

I don’t think it’s actually useful to run at all, sadly. But it can be done, which is quite interesting.

And I made sure to run with only 1 in DA, so the poison itself doesn’t reveal me. At least, not in the tests or matches I’ve run. It actually extends my stealth by 3 seconds.

Oddly enough, the skill rotations seem to be quite confusing to follow. Most stealthing skills add to my stealth time. But some seem to actually subtract time from stealth. Maybe it’s a lower duration application replacing a longer duration application when the stack reaches maximum.

I did manage to achieve 19 seconds of stacked stealth one time. Not sure how I did it. More experimentation is needed! :-D

if you want TRUE perma stealth then you will be pretty much useless, but it is doable.
all you need to do is grab every non-hostile initiative regen trait you can,
use stealth utilities with d/p, blackpowder heartseeker, you can heartseeker through the black powder several times.
make sure you have auto target off, if you hit something, stealth ends.
throw in caltrops for a bit of damage!

i’ve actually killed afew people with hilariously high stacks of bleed, all the while remaining completely invisible, its pretty fun for trolling XD