As a low dmg class
Have condition removal and AOE. Also dodge when he stealth attacks. That minimizes the bleed stacks.
“Society is a madhouse, whose wardens are the police and the officials.”
Dodge, blind, interrupt or block the Cloak and Dagger. That’s where most of the P/D Thief’s initiative is going, and the out of stealth Pistol1 attack is the only way he is doing damage.
Even though he is using Pistol as a mainhand weapon, P/D likes to fight in close to get the most out of Cloak and Dagger. Having more distance on that Thief will help you, and P/D doesn’t provide many gap closers.
is this in wvw/spvp?
In wvw imo eng with a zerker/static discharge build is the best bursting build ive played…(my geared 80’s include thief/mes/war/ran/eng) has bs thief burst with more options for cc making it harder to counter
spvp i couldnt tell u…static discharge is a lot less effective there
variations of Poiz – Talons [BT] – Fort Aspenwood
Engi’s with zerker totally destroy thieves using grenade. Youtube some high damage engi builds, add some vit/toughness in there, and spam grenades. Grenades seriously damage me as full toughness/vit build. They would destroy a glass cannon thief.
Don’t fight 1v1’s if you’re built for group fights.