Guild Wars 2

Hey there! I understand I’ll anger the thief gods with this pathetic idea but I tested a few combos with this build and thought it might be fun. I would like to ask for a few gap fillers as I am not a good thief player.

Intentions:
-group roam wvw
- blind the kitten outta every one
- high mobility
- Catch me if you can stealth

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZEQNAoaVnsMBdPhFOBmOBkmiFkiau9v/93LHuhegrBCgBA-TlBBQB5RLAAOFACU9nUoLQjK/OjSQxAoH-w

DDevil / Dagger – Pistol / Shortbow
Armor either Mara or Zerker
Dodge + Pistol 5 = lol I damaged u and stealthed, oh also blinded, wait it removed a condi (booonus!!)
No idea for runes or sigils
Waiting on constructive ideas

Let the hate begin!

A few things.

• Cloaked in Shadow is completely unnecessary. D/P 3 and 5 both blind already.

• Hide in Shadows is a nice heal, but the cast time is too long. Withdraw is a better option, especially if you don’t run Dash to cleanse immob and chill.

• You can already stealth on demand with 5+2, so the mobility and lockdown cleanse on Dash would be better than Bound imo. At that point, Channeled Vigor is a great heal option in place of Withdraw.

• Thanks to taunt and reveal in addition to the classic knockbock and fear, SR is a bit risky these days. Blinding Powder is a great alternative, and combos with pistol 5 for additional stealth duration.

It’s not really that far off the meta build tbh.

What about sigils and runes?
I don’t really like dash :/

It wouldn’t work in wvw – you can’t stay on an enemy for that long that you can autoattack and that seems to be the purpose of your build.
If you want to blind the kitten out of everyone go revenant, they do it better than thief.
I have no idea what the current wvw meta is, if there’s something like that, but wait until next week’s balance patch maybe?

Interesting! I’ll try to look into it, my rev is already underused! Also my Thief is for only grouped encounters, I have no intentions to solo roam WvW! I am waiting for the balance patch, but still couldn’t help myself but to find this gimmick and try to build around it Thnx for the input!

It might work in a group but still you have too little sustain to fight against another group.
Also the blind thingy: Ours is in GM because they probably didn’t know what else to put there but the access thief has got to blind isn’t that great or useful. It is useful for me as a D/D thief as it “protects” me while I get my BS or next CnD in = when I’m really close to my enemy. Not sure if it’s that useful in group play, but I might be wrong.
Also: Blinding powder is a must in a “spam blind” build Just saying.

Looking at your stats, you lack power and a lot of crit dmg, the crit chance at that lvl seems a bit of a waist too, I aim for about 55% crit chance with the signet so when fury pops I get 75% and even then I think that it’s a bit too much. I would take scrapper runes tbh, the toughness from it is ok but the -7% reduction is very good.

Sigils I would take air and rage/blood/draining. Also dash is far superior then bound in grp roaming. I would only take bound in some duels, also I wouldnt bother with shadow refuge, blinding powder would be better tbh.

Edit. Also escapist absolution is pretty kitten good for condi clear.

Gotcha! Thnx Jana! Any idea on sigils or either runes? I had a crazy moment and considered Rune of the Mesmer, Traveler for move speed, even Infiltraitor. No idea what would work. Scholars seems to be bad for some reason. Any input?

Cabbage already made some suggestions – I agree with them.

Okay! Changes so far:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZEQNAoaVnsMBlPhFOBmOBkmiFkiau9v/+nrBCgBwLHuheA-TVCFAB3v/gKqCkhuAAeCAJp8LNtAEcKA4TJo8q9QKgI2ZB-w

Don’t use CiS – that is for D/D, D/P doesn’t need it, someone here said it already. Smoke fields, Blinding powder and Hide in Shadows blind anyway, you don’t need that trait for that – rather use shadow rejuvenation.
The rest looks pretty solid although I would use DA instead of DrD or maybe even SA. Panic Strike and Improvisation might be interesting for small scale.

I dont know yet so far my heart pulls me towards something like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZEQNAoaVn0MBlPhFOBmOBkmiFkiau9r/9nrBCgBwLHuheA-TVCFABEcKASS5XG6CURVA5V75+9HA4JAkmWA+UCSKgI2ZB-w

CiS feels right for me. I ll test it out and change accordingly

One last try: When do you stealth?
When you steal with Hidden thief, granted you won’t get additional blind on that.
If you use BP and Heartseeker – blind included.
If you use Hide in shadows – has got blind in it.
If you use Blinding powder – surprise you have blind.
Also Shadow Shot has got blinding powder.
The only reason for a D/P thief to take CiS over Srej is that they want to roam the new borderlands and not being afraid of falling damage, other than that CiS is a wasted trait for a D/P thief – and believe me life as a thief without SRej is tough!

Jana.6831:

One last try: When do you stealth?
When you steal with Hidden thief, granted you won’t get additional blind on that.
If you use BP and Heartseeker – blind included.
If you use Hide in shadows – has got blind in it.
If you use Blinding powder – surprise you have blind.
Also Shadow Shot has got blinding powder.
The only reason for a D/P thief to take CiS over Srej is that they want to roam the new borderlands and not being afraid of falling damage, other than that CiS is a wasted trait for a D/P thief – and believe me life as a thief without SRej is tough!

Hide in the won’t have bind but you’re right Thnx for the explanation

True – looked it up on your buildsheet and they added CiS into it already.

Jana.6831:

True – looked it up on your buildsheet and they added CiS into it already.

What revenant build you were talkin about (the one that does a better job than thief with blinds)? You got me curious

Not talking about a build but traitline: Salvation.

What you need is Signets of Power (trait), Conceal Defeat (trait), Signet of Shadow (util), Blinding Powder (util) and Staff 34 (Dust Strike) — learn the rotation and you’ll have an endless supply of blind. My weapon of choice would be Staff and P/P. With P/P, you can perma-blind a single target.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

What you need is Signets of Power (trait), Conceal Defeat (trait), Signet of Shadow (util), Blinding Powder (util) and Staff 34 (Dust Strike) — learn the rotation and you’ll have an endless supply of blind. My weapon of choice would be Staff and P/P. With P/P, you can perma-blind a single target.

Just post the build mate

Szeraf.5781:

Sir Vincent III.1286:

What you need is Signets of Power (trait), Conceal Defeat (trait), Signet of Shadow (util), Blinding Powder (util) and Staff 34 (Dust Strike) — learn the rotation and you’ll have an endless supply of blind. My weapon of choice would be Staff and P/P. With P/P, you can perma-blind a single target.

Just post the build mate

Here’s a build: Blind was Mingson