Guild Wars 2

Hi guys

Just started out playing as a Thief and i gotta say i really like it! but have been having a little struggle against mobs and was wondering if there was any tips or tricks that can help a green thief out

Cheers!

well if your D/D it gets alot easier once you get good at landing backstabs, also try to get down teh strategy of attacking for 3 seconds then dodging away as this makes alot of damage on you miss.

If you get used to never ever standing still and using dodge against telegraphed attacks you’ll find that you won’t really take much damage in PvE because mobs in general have terrible aim. Aside from that, loading up on AE and fighting multiple mobs at once can be very rewarding once you’ve learned how to mitigate most of the danger with mobility.

1. Pack a ranged weapon for when thing get hairy. You should really be swapping weapons constantly. GW2 isn’t meant to be played with a single weapon set 95% of the time.

2. Keep your gear reasonably up to date. I’d say replace anything that is 10 levels below your current. Don’t bother spending Karma on gear, you’ll need it later. Just buy stuff of the Tradepost. Not only will it offer you anything you want, you can also prick your preferred stats and it’s fairly cheap.

4. If you wanna stay in melee range, watch for telegraphed attacks. Mobs like Ettins for example are good for practicing evades since their animations take a long time.

5. Skills like Death Blossom have an inbuilt Evade. If you build a bleed/condition damage spec with points in Trickery you can spam it almost endlessly. That should allow you to avoid a lot of damage.

Sweet! thanks guys for the advice i’ll give it ago i guess it’s time to put some more hours into it

haha thanks again!

Uncatchable, D/D, condition damage gear, caltrops/powder/refuge > PvE.

What traits are you picking? We can be a lot more helpful if we have an idea what you’re specing yourself for.