Was this posted here? I wanted to know what you guys think of this (this is not my content):
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1oic60/thieferis_the_snare_king_thief_proof_of_concept/
Here’s a synopsis (there’s more in the link, you’ll want to click on it):
With the new WvW league out and Oct 15th patch notes, I wanted to create a fun Thief build!
What’s one of the first thing that sets a Thief apart from other classes? Initiative.
Thieves are capable of reducing their weapon skill cooldowns by an obnoxious 50% or more. Here’s a demonstration:
If a Thief can normally maintain a skill every 6 seconds, with the proper setup, this can be dropped down to 3 seconds or less. (For every weapon skill.)
If a weapon skill costs 4 initiative, you could normally use it 3 times every 16 seconds, but, with the proper setup, this can be reduced to 3 times every 8 seconds.
If a Thief were so inclined, they could stun or immobilize a target every 3 seconds over the long run. (?!?!!) With the proper setup, you can stun or Immobilize a target every three seconds.
Where would that be fun to use? (I’m thinking in the WvW zerg!) If they have stability and can’t be stunned, then immobilize their kitten. If they can be stunned, then confuse the kitten out of them.
With the Oct 15th build arrived and patch notes read, I present my quirky, but entertaining, WvW Thief build.
Role:
Crowd Control
Stay alive.
Pros:
- Good Control — Stun / Immobilize at least one target on a ~3 second CD
- Immobilize — If you want to immobilize your target, you can try to aim for a +50-100%
condition duration build which will get you 1.5s-2s second immobilizes on your target.
- Good Armor-Negating damage — Perplexity runes offer us the ability to stack 25 confusion easily. This is 3-4k damage whenever the affected target “acts” even if it is to clear the condition. Since it lasts 15 seconds, you can be sure they’ll hurt in one way or the other. (Having your enemy do nothing for 15 seconds is good control as well wink)
- “Perma” Confusion — Stunning every 3 seconds for 5 stacks of 15 second confusion means 25 stacks of confusion indefinitely.
- Surprisingly good health pool for a Thief (16-20k)
- Should have anywhere from 3-20 stacks of might
- Good access to vigor/dodging
Cons:
- Only one stun breaker (Chopps edit: how is this a con? Seems awesome to get a stun break with this build!)
- Minimal access to condition clearing (Alleviated by -40% condition food and evading/positioning)
- No “burst” damage — We’re using a P/P build with sub-optimal Power/Precision/Crit Damage
- The best “burst” we have is CC — We can stun 5 times (25 confusion), immobilize 5 times, or combination of the two in less than 5 seconds.
- No access to swiftness (But at least has 25% passive movement)
- No access to blast finishers
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