Guild Wars 2

Ok lets talk about how each of us counter the condi thief preferably the S/D Condi build.

I’ve won vs it, and I’ve had issues at times. Granted I can’t fully rate it as a counter or win vs mesmer since most of the best thieves dont run it.

So what say you all on how you are faring vs this build

I just try kite and bait till they have their pants down, guess it depends on which build you’re playing though.

With condi thieves, they go through initiative and endurance really fast. If you can bait out their dodges, thats half the battle right there. If you can land an arcane thievery (for those that run it), it can be deadly, however 1 timed shatter burst with no initiative and/or endurance will take them out or at least make them run.

If you are condi yourself, the torment/confusion stacks will hurt them. They can cleanse them, however your condi sustain will out do their clears quickly as they need to burn pretty important things (agility siggy, shadowstep, initiative on sword) to survive.

Bigpapasmurf.5623:

With condi thieves, they go through initiative and endurance really fast. If you can bait out their dodges, thats half the battle right there. If you can land an arcane thievery (for those that run it), it can be deadly, however 1 timed shatter burst with no initiative and/or endurance will take them out or at least make them run.

If you are condi yourself, the torment/confusion stacks will hurt them. They can cleanse them, however your condi sustain will out do their clears quickly as they need to burn pretty important things (agility siggy, shadowstep, initiative on sword) to survive.

Cleanse on evade is insane fighting them at times. Flanking clears a Condi and dodges shatter.

Literally you can die by accident to them.

Careful and whatever you do DO NOT LET THEM STRIKE FIRST

I main a condi thief and that’s the biggest mistake you can make

Also if you know that theres a condi thief on the other team keep your guard up at all times due to s/d being whats mainly used for condi and sword 2 allows us to even pop up through walls, when combined with steal we can also close ridiculous ranges

Stay alert, don’t let us strike first, dodge our evades, and watch out for traps, our traps will really hurt you, like, a quarter or more of your health on its own if you aren’t careful, that’s not including the rest of the condis

Lord Velar.1509:

Careful and whatever you do DO NOT LET THEM STRIKE FIRST

I main a condi thief and that’s the biggest mistake you can make

Also if you know that theres a condi thief on the other team keep your guard up at all times due to s/d being whats mainly used for condi and sword 2 allows us to even pop up through walls, when combined with steal we can also close ridiculous ranges

Stay alert, don’t let us strike first, dodge our evades, and watch out for traps, our traps will really hurt you, like, a quarter or more of your health on its own if you aren’t careful, that’s not including the rest of the condis

LOL you talk traps and we die to steal & dodge

You do know that’s the problem right? Try this combo:

2 > V > F1 > V > 2

Literally the Condi burst is stupid strong and gets extra stupid when used injunction with Spider Venom

my build requires a target to cleanse since i use Disenchanter and arcane thievery. Because they have so many evades, it really just comes down to luck for me. if i can get a cleanse off or not. Or if they run away after hitting me with a load of condis and run away, it’s pretty much a death sentence.