Guild Wars 2

Lately I’ve been having a lot of trouble in 1v1’s against sword thieves. Mostly because of the constant dazes and boon stealing, it’s just difficult to do enough return damage to take them out. Any advice?

Keep pressure on them…. easiest way… apply pressure do not let up. Med guards have a pretty decent time beating them with the burn/DD… just keep at it.. save your virtues till you need them… run pirate runes b/c that bird is op atm… practice and you will beat them. Most thief’s are terrible and will hit you with number 2-3 times wasting there initiative… just keep at it you will get them.

Fight within your symbols, dont waste your blocks and blinds. Also, GS5 works on them even if they go invis.

More importantly, you know when they are likely to go stealth. If you’re running gs, binding blade gets stealth (and points where they are) pop judges intervention and like the above, use your symbols and keep pressure.
The second they are unstealthed you should be on them and applying pressure. I’ve seen a pistol thief beat a s/d thief simply because they applied more pressure and more sustainable damage than the other.
GL!