Guild Wars 2

I am lvl 70 rite now and have really good armor and also have 20 trait points in Acrobatics but I seem to be coming close to dying alot even after investing that much trait points. Also have accessories and rings that boost my vitality and toughness. I do dodge a bit, not like like I fight with my thief with a warriors mentality.

I am very interested in other fellow thieves thoughts on the matter.

How frequently do you use your healing skill? I remember realizing at one point that I was using Withdraw as my heal skill, but tended to only use it when I was nearly dead. (20% health?) When as it was, I could still benefit from the full heal when I was at about 60% health.

The only other advice I have is to remember that stealth serves as a pretty good ‘breather’, giving you a few seconds to wait on recharge timers and position yourself, or even just try to get out of the fight.

I use Hide in Shadows as my Heal. I wear Full P/T/V gear and go 0 30 10 30 0. I have 22k Hp so I can take a few hits. If you start to go down I always carry 3 stealths in my utilities to back out of the fight.

With level 70 and during leveling survivability really shouldn’t be a huge issue.

I’d recommend a Sword/Pistol build just fyi.

As for Acrobatics vs. Shadow Arts, I generally favor Acrobatics for PvE content and Shadow Arts for PvP content.

Acrobatics mainly adds a lot of extra dodges and extra HP, which is essential for PvE content. Dungeons especially want you to have 15.000 or more HP as a Thief and Acrobatics helps with that.

Shadow Arts on the other hand is superior in PvP situations with the Pulsing Condition removal, the constant healing and added Stealth duration.