1.Does anyone know a good build that does direct damage as well as condition damage ?
2.Is it viable to go hybrid ?
3.Direct damage vs Condition damage which is better for a thief ?
4.Which one can deal the most amount of damage in a set amount of time?
5.I’ve seen condition builds that can solo champions(Madnek’s). Can Direct damage builds also do this ?
Thank you
there was a similar post on the mesmer forums, asking about rampager vs zerker gear. With mesmer, there are lots of ways to throw in condition damage on top of power damage. With thieves you’re a bit more limited.
More importantly though, once you start throwing on bleeds in PvE, you have to be concerned about other condition players out there. If two players are relying on bleeds for a significant portion of their damage, and they consistently exceed the 25 stack bleed cap, then damage is being unused. Playing any condition class in PvE requires you to ensure that you are working well with your team and coordinating with other condition players. Otherwise, you risk gimping the teams damage output ability. 1 condition player + 1 condition player = 1.5 players worth of dps. As a hybrid build, you still have to have these concerns, because even if you are able to still do good power damage, your bleed stacks will be interfering with/overwriting a necro’s (more powerful) bleed stacks, and team dps will be lost.
This is why PvE thieves are usually better off focusing on power over condition damage.
In WvW/PvE, those types of builds are viable.
d/d may also be viable, but you’d want to focus your efforts on spamming that death blossom.
For a hybrid build, it is important to act as if it is a pure condition build, and emphasize the attacks that also drop conditions if you want to maximize your dps.
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