Shadow Arts bad in spvp?

Shadow Arts bad in spvp?

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Posted by: Chronos.9241

Chronos.9241

why does everyone say that shadow arts is bad in spvp?

Shadow Arts bad in spvp?

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Posted by: Liewec.2896

Liewec.2896

i think because thieves have too many traits in other trees that alot of people would consider mandatory.

also you can’t cap points in stealth so the more you stealth the less you are contributing,
but it can be really great for rezzing and finishing since you can get the entire finisher off while in stealth.

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Posted by: clint.5681

clint.5681

Because stealth is bad in conquest

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Posted by: Lux.7169

Lux.7169

Sacrificing dagmage for sustain is generally considered a sub-par way of playing thief in high end PvP. This comment is with respect to SA and not SD acrobatics.

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Posted by: BlackBeard.2873

BlackBeard.2873

A shadow arts thief has almost no value to a team in pvp because:

- SA thief cannot hold a point, so it can’t play a home-point holder or bunker role.
- The burst of SA thief is not very high, its more of a sustained damage spec. It can’t 1v1 most classes fast enough, and will never kill good players.
-You are terrible for a roaming dps role, b/c you don’t really have burst.
-You have no value in a teamfight, as you still die to cleave. You either lurk on the edges applying pressure or shortbow from the side. Zerker thieves do that role even better.

SA thief is a very selfish build, that isn’t even very good. The ONLY roll you can do is to push far and try to hold someone there indefinitely, but when a teamfight switches to that point, you will again be useless.

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Posted by: Zenith.7301

Zenith.7301

SA D/P can and will kill any good player in a duel. Not as fast as you might like but it’s seriously underplaying the damage 100% crit from stealth on tanky gear can still do.

It just doesn’t have AoE for group team fight and that’s the problem, because unlike backstab trick shot and cluster shots on tanky gear don’t get the guaranteed crit.

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Posted by: attrail.8613

attrail.8613

It wastes too much time. If youre stealthing youre not contributing. Pvp is a race against time, you have to down before he gets reinforcements to that node or of he has the node he will be getting points while you sit in stealth and you will have gained nothing

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Posted by: Geiir.7603

Geiir.7603

  • You don’t contest / cap points while you’re stealthed.
  • A stealthed thief does not contribute in any way to the fight.
  • Shadow Arts is a very selfish line, and PvP is about teamwork. Only time I’ve seen SA used with purpose is with venom share builds.
  • Thieves have plenty of ways to survive without using stealth in PvP.
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