Guild Wars 2

I currently run 25-30-0-15-0.

I run Berserker gear and my stats are shown in the attached screenshot.

Based on this, what do you feel would benefit me more? I’ve been thinking of switching to 15 points in Shadow Arts for the extra 1 second in stealth, and the “Infusion of Shadow” skill, which returns 3 initiative on stealth.

But the thing is, I already only have around 12500 health (without food) and fear if I take away the 15 points in Acrobatics, I’ll leave myself with an extremely low health pool.

It’s mainly for PvE.

What do you guys suggest?

Thanks.

shadow farts is bad stay away from it. The build you have now is the best thief build currently. The extra endurance and swiftness alone outweighs the ini gain and +1 second of stealth.

Not to mention toughness should be avoided like the plague as a zerker thief due to its increased aggro effect.

Ah I see, thanks for that. Nice to know I’m doing things right(ish).

ini on stealth is (only) great when you stealth frequently with weaponskills. like C&D or HS. The extra second is only useful when you stay in stealth long.

Infusion of Shadow and Venomous Aura are the best traits in Shadow Arts, but I’d not spend 30 points to get the latter.

25/30/0/15/0 is a great spec, especially the 15 points in Acrobatics – Feline Grace is totally worth having

Your DPS will be MUCH higher with 10 points in SA – I would say SA is one of the best trait lines in the entire game. Even if you only spend 10 points in there you have so many good options.
The max dps build is 30-30-10-0-0, I`m running 25-30-10-0-5 like RandomFightFan or sometimes 30-30-10.. With 25-30-0-15-0 you lose so much dps