Guild Wars 2

hi guys im new and just started yesterday and would like to ask what would be the best main weapons for thief among sword/dagger/pistol since i wanna use shortbow for swapping or maybe what are the advantages of each so i would learn more kinda like teaching me how to fish instead of giving me fish)

thank you very much it would really help)

Depends of your play style

D/P is probably still the most forgiving power weapon set. P/D condi is also an extremely powerful set. S/D and S/P are both also viable, though S/P is a bit nerfed due to increased initiative cost on pistol whip.

For zerging, shortbow as main weapon set, hands down.

Dagger MH – single target direct damage. Works well with stealth for big burst (backstab)

Dagger OH – Cloak and dagger gives stealth and decent dmg. dagger 4 is mostly worthless unless you are chasing someone

Sword MH – point blank aoe dmg, mobility. boon stealing, evade and damage with Dagger off hand. point blank aoe burst, stun, dodge with pistol off hand

Pistol MH – range dps, favors condi builds. with dagger OH, gap opener with decent direct damage and torment. With pistol OH, channeled direct damage. While the damage is decent, this set is very hard to use due to no defense. Probably well avoided until further buffs down the road.

pistol OH – useful offhand. pistol 5 blinds in a small aoe (and blinds target up to range 900) that pulses blind every second for everyone in it. nice combo field for stealth and blinds. pistol 4 is also useful – instant ranged skill interrupt.

I’d recommend getting familiar with all the combo’s in PVE before trying to fight real players, unless you just have your heart set on it. uplevels in wvw are easy targets for lvl 80’s.

Are you familiar with how 1h weapons work for thief? it’s different than any other class.

Your 1,2,4,5 skill for each weapon will always be the same. your 3 skill will change depending on what combo you are using.

For example – dagger main hand always uses 1 auto attack chain, 2 heartseeker. Dagger offhand always has 4 dancing dagger, 5 cloak and dagger. If you have d/d, your 3 skill will be death blossom. This is an aoe, evading skill. If you equip dagger/pistol, your 3 skill becomes shadow shot (a direct damage teleport and blind skill).

S/P – 3 skill is “pistol whip”
S/D – 3 skill “flanking strike/larcenous strike” (chain)
P/D – 3 skill is shadow strike.

You can match them up with my above post to get a summary of what they do.

I’d also recommend playing around with this build site. Very helpful for seeing the skills and gear combos. They are in the process of updating it after the recent patch. Should be accurate soon.

http://en.gw2skills.net

Traxal.2745:

Are you familiar with how 1h weapons work for thief? it’s different than any other class.

Your 1,2,4,5 skill for each weapon will always be the same. your 3 skill will change depending on what combo you are using.

For example – dagger main hand always uses 1 auto attack chain, 2 heartseeker. Dagger offhand always has 4 dancing dagger, 5 cloak and dagger. If you have d/d, your 3 skill will be death blossom. This is an aoe, evading skill. If you equip dagger/pistol, your 3 skill becomes shadow shot (a direct damage teleport and blind skill).

S/P – 3 skill is “pistol whip”
S/D – 3 skill “flanking strike/larcenous strike” (chain)
P/D – 3 skill is shadow strike.

You can match them up with my above post to get a summary of what they do.

I’d also recommend playing around with this build site. Very helpful for seeing the skills and gear combos. They are in the process of updating it after the recent patch. Should be accurate soon.

http://en.gw2skills.net

Never realize about the change in the 3 spot depending on OH. Now you just made want to try S/D in place of my S/P that I have been using all the time. Good info.