Guild Wars 2

I like S/D, one of the main reasons for that is that I like to be unpredictable. I was wondering, how is your foe liking your dodges, constant teleports, and high crit damage if he also has to deal with 4 summons and tripwires?

I didn’t try this yet, but this build sure seems like fun to me.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-cF3V;1VwFa0R5R-kd0;9;49T-T-1;002A;124A;1LBW4I;1Ewk2Ewk25D

Crit chance is still very high, especially with fury and side strike. this means that the distractions you create can be optimally utilized with high damage output from either shortbow or sword. When your foe trips on the wire, those summons and your crits will hit like a ton of boulders, and more importantly, irritate the hell out of your enemy. Not having shadow refuge is a loss, but 1vx you should not need it and in a teamfight creating chaos while critting down hurting enemies is how you help.

You could get Power of Inertia over Assassin’s reward, but I think this build will cause enough pain without.

Share your thoughts.

EDIT: this version works better >> http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-cF3V;1VwFa0R5R-kd0;9;49T-T-2;052A;124A;1LBW4I;1Ewk2Ewk28u

ambush is terrible the thief summoned hits like a pillow. trip wire isn’t to bad. and where are you getting 4 summons? you only have ur elite and ambush thats 3, one of which doesn’t hit hard and the other has a high cd

So this is like minion master, but for thief and actually seems to require more than half a brain to use? Definitely going to try this out

Mystogan.4157:

ambush is terrible the thief summoned hits like a pillow. trip wire isn’t to bad. and where are you getting 4 summons? you only have ur elite and ambush thats 3, one of which doesn’t hit hard and the other has a high cd

Look harder, the runes.

Mystogan.4157:

ambush is terrible the thief summoned hits like a pillow. trip wire isn’t to bad. and where are you getting 4 summons? you only have ur elite and ambush thats 3, one of which doesn’t hit hard and the other has a high cd

Actually, you can potentially get 5 summons at the same time. Prepare ambush, it recharges, then enemy steps on trap, place it so that it will go off soon >> 2 thieves, then thieves guild + rock dog. including you, that could make 6 v 1 in a 1 on 1 duel :p

I tried it, and the build idea doesn’t go well with being full glass. I made some alterations:

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-cF3V;1VwFa0R5R-kd0;9;49T-T-2;052A;124A;1LBW4I;1Ewk2Ewk28u

Damage remains, but now you are also quite resilient. It isn’t easy to use the traps optimally, especially if you have to keep dodging the vital attacks your enemy throws at you. But it definitely works if you use the skills right. And its fun

Cool idea. I personally think this would work better as 2/6/6/0/0 with venom share/venom heal with Skale or Ice Drake venom in place of trip wire (and MAYBE Skelk heal instead of withdraw. But in that case, go balthazar runes). But i guess then you’re back to a very old build (venom share with ambush and guild was popular on release), just with an added rockdog.

I’ve done similar thing in the past, but I didn’t use S/D instead I used P/P and make myself look like my summoned Thief.

Also instead of Tripwire, I used Scorp-wire since it practically does the same thing but at a lower cool down when traited.

It seems that S/D and Ogre Rune works better together.