Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone. I just wanted to share an awesome build that I have been using in SPvP amd TPvP. I run a S/P, SB build. Heres a link http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAsaVlYmCOncy4E/5Ex2DfKUe6zgsjt/wVB-TsAg0CnI4SxljLDXSusBNoYVwsAA

Ok so I know you guys are looking at the 3 signets thinking just another glass cannon. Well that’s kinda true, but not really. I rarely proc all three signets. I use my infiltrators signet to get up close and pistol whip. I use my signet of agility for extra dodge. And the assassins signet is great for extra power. Power of inertia is also great for stacking might, everytime I dodge I get a stack ( I dodge a lot). With this build I have a rotation. I’ll use infiltrators sig and steal to get off two pistol whips (note that I proc pistol whip first then use the shadow step abilites that way there’s no time for the enemy to move away). If there not dead after the two initial pistol whips I’ll use infiltrators strike to get in a last pistol whip. If the enemy is still alive I’ll use SB to kite/damage. The when my infiltrators sig and steal are back up I’ll start over the rotation. Obviously there are situations where this rotation is not the best, but its the general idea. I know this is similar to the meta pistol whip build but the main difference is the signets and the traits in acrobatics. I tried to 10/30/0/0/30 meta build but I prefer my build by a long shot. Let me know what you guys think! I

A PvP thief build with no access to stealth, full zerk, little defensive mechanics, no Lyssa runes, and tries to burst with S/P? Moving on…

If you’re trying to burst people down, you’d be more successful running D/P trickery.

EDIT: Wow, I didn’t realize I had such expectations to live up to. I’ll be good, I promise. ;-;. Will have a comprehensive critique up and running after work later today!

Viking Jorun.5413:

A PvP thief build with no access to stealth, full zerk, little defensive mechanics, no Lyssa runes, and tries to burst with S/P? Moving on…

If you’re trying to burst people down, you’d be more successful running D/P trickery.

… and you call Arg elitist, wow. This guy tries to make a unique S/P burst build and you shun him for it, you who is a massive fan of people trying out new builds.

The only thing I feel that this build lack is defense. You don’t have anything, not even some condition removal. Other than that it looks good! Damage is very high and it’s definitely fun to play ^^

Viking Jorun; really? This guy try out something new and you flame him for it…..?

Thief doesn’t need stealth for viability in PvP.

I run 10/30/0/30/0 with S/P & SB while having no problem with survivability. Shadow steps provide distance and so do dodges. Since you’re not stealth ed usually your foe will chase unsuccessfully, since they see you. They will only catch you if you mess up.

Incurafy.6329:

Viking Jorun.5413:

A PvP thief build with no access to stealth, full zerk, little defensive mechanics, no Lyssa runes, and tries to burst with S/P? Moving on…

If you’re trying to burst people down, you’d be more successful running D/P trickery.

… and you call Arg elitist, wow. This guy tries to make a unique S/P burst build and you shun him for it, you who is a massive fan of people trying out new builds.

Sorry, I was a bit irritated last night, and didn’t bother to do an appropriate evaluation of the build. I’ll take full credit for my horrible human beingness. Will be back later to further analyze the build and give some real feedback. Comments like this help me out tremendously, so thank you.

Geiir.7603:

The only thing I feel that this build lack is defense. You don’t have anything, not even some condition removal. Other than that it looks good! Damage is very high and it’s definitely fun to play ^^

Viking Jorun; really? This guy try out something new and you flame him for it…..?

I was thinking the same thing until I tried it. With the 15 in acrobatics you can dodge very often. The bountiful theft trait also gives you 12 seconds of vigor. If you want even more vigor you can trade out power of inertia for vigorous recovery, which gives you 5 seconds of vigor every time you heal. So I guess your main defense in this build is dodging. For condition removal, I also worried about that. But I have actually better cond removal then I thought. I can proc signet of agility for a quick remeoval (every 24 seconds). I also have infiltrators strike which removes a condition, and having that 3 extra inititive from the trickery line helps a lot with using that ability often. So yes, this build does lack cond removal, but through all the dodging and the two cond removal abilities I mentioned earlier it is manageable.