Guild Wars 2

Hello there mates

I am interested, is there any good PvE damage build for Thiefs with satisfying survivability?

Thanks in advance!

The best mix of damage and survivability is probably 5-6-0-3-0. Survivability will come from a) the 3 points in Acrobatics that provide an extra dodge and swiftness and b) sword/pistol’s amazing weapon skills. Teleport, condi cleanse, attack while evading, interrupts, and a blind field which trivializes all non-champion mobs.

As for th traits (in order): vulnerability on crit, + dmg for dual skills (works with sword 3), +7% crit from side, 7% of precision converted to vitality, +20% damage, might on dodge.

That being said, you should use dagger/dagger against single target bosses. Daggers also work really well with this build. If you want to optimize in those cases, change the 2nd trait to +5% damage with daggers.

thanks mate

What are you suggesting for armor stats and weapons? Zerk weapons sounds like good idea

The goal is to work towards having berserker everything, but there is no need to race there (not sure if that’s your situation). A good starting point would be valkyrie armor with some kind of defensive runeset along with berserker weapons and berserker jewelry.

As you get more comfortable and learn the boss mechanics, you can take off the training wheels and use berserker armor instead. After that you can get rid of the 3 pts in Acrobatics and invest them into more dps.