Guild Wars 2

So i’m trying to solo kill the Veteran Nightmare courtier skill point challenge just north of Wychmire Swamp in Caledon Forest. My current weapons are D/D and Shortbow and I have 20 trait points in deadly arts (mug) and i think 10 in shadow arts (infusion of shadow). I am struggling big time to kill this guy, I remember soloing him on my guardian no worries but my thief just seems SO squishy. Most of my gear is either fine or masterwork.

try to use neddle trap /ambush trap /thieves guild
run arround with shortbow and use 3 to evade , worked for me on every skill point

Caltrops and pistol #5 tend to make all PvE easy. Take sword main hand for cleave attacks on top of it.

Sword/Pistol. Hit #5 to keep things perma-blinded.

That’s all you really need. Your traits won’t really matter.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I was running D/P before but didn’t like it much, might have to get a nice sword for mainhand.

Noxmani.6904:

Thanks for the replies everyone. I was running D/P before but didn’t like it much, might have to get a nice sword for mainhand.

Dagger isn’t really all that great for open-world PvE, Sword outshines it imo (AoE’s FTW) – however in PvP/WvW it’s a different story.
On the subject of PvE Pistol off-hand is just plain easy-mode. Until you start fighting Dredge/generic Champions.