Guild Wars 2

so…
who’s the man? in thieves 1v1?

d/p x/6/x/x/6
vs
s/d x/x/x/6/6

In general; D/P against melee-heavy specs, S/D against aoe and rangeds.

Best overall? S/D due to the many kiting abilities via dodges making it possible to completely negate the damage done and the ability to rip off might stacks with LS. The cleave also makes it better against AI specs.

If it’s purely 1v1’s you’re after, change the spec to suit your needs. A hambow is a cinch with D/P while an S/D thief may struggle, and a bomb engi may be a death wish with D/P while it is generally easy with an S/D.

If you’re pitting the 2 sets against each other in a fair 1v1, it all really comes down to whether or not the D/P can land his burst, as it’s pretty much 1-hit knockout. Could go either way, but the D/P has an advantage with the black powder.

If we’re solely comparing S/D with D/P it’s an even matchup, but in the long run S/D should take it, because of their Shortbow advantage. D/P 30 10 0 0 30 is probably the better choice anyway atm.

d/p wins without a doubt.

Blinds>evades.

I mean a good s/d thief can win anyway but if we’re talking about % , I’d say 70% of win ratio for d/p users.

btw, with else equal, dagger auto is slightly, but higher than sword. pity is doesnt have cripple

gesho.9468:

btw, with else equal, dagger auto is slightly, but higher than sword. pity is doesnt have cripple

but it does have poison which imo it is much better than cripple.

In a 1v1 between the two set dp easy. Dp set beats all other thief sets.

Do any top thieves still run d/p? I thought most went to S/D. There are a number of reasons for that, but the current condi meta is a big one.

vincecontix.1264:

In a 1v1 between the two set dp easy. Dp set beats all other thief sets.

I haven’t seen this yet. It might seem it in paper but all the thief v thief fights the S/D player has come on top, and this is from all top thieves.

Elxdark.9702:

gesho.9468:

btw, with else equal, dagger auto is slightly, but higher than sword. pity is doesnt have cripple

but it does have poison which imo it is much better than cripple.

poison is good, but without cripple target may go out of range. usually thief would have swiftness from steal,etc, but i still find it a problem.

1v1 between those two specs, D/P is superior. 10/30/0/0/30 on S/D and it still favors D/P, but it’s a closer matchup.