Guild Wars 2

Do not read past this point unless your willing to pretend you live in a world where icebows don’t exist.

Hey everyone I just put the finishing touches on the optimal new venomshare condition build for dungeon thieves.

After comparing it to the old D/D S/P Shortbow, I was pleasently surprised that it had more burst and sustained damage then the old build.

I’m calling you all out and requesting you to read the guide, try it out, and rate it honestly.

And yes, Zerk gear will ALWAYS be better on EVERY class because of Icebow.

Doesn’t ice bow inflict bleed?

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

Doesn’t ice bow inflict bleed?

Zerk thief icebow 4
Direct Damage: 153,094
Bleed Damage: 12,705

Sinister Thief icebow 4
Direct Damage: 59,663
Bleed Damage: 54,617

On a sinister thief your losing about 33% of the damage, and it applies over a longer duration (less bursty)

I want to wait with trying it, and I guess most people are doing that.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Things-we-know

Condition damage will probably get a slight nerf in the future. I want to wait how that develops.

I really like this build.
The burst( If you time it right) is amazing.
Especially for fractals this build is great because it gives a great amount of survivability besides the dmg.
And I think this build is viable even with frostbow.
Because many groups run 2 ele 1 guard 1 war. So the guard and the war can take the frostbows instead of the thief.
Besides, the frostbow even helps the build in this regard because it gets all venoms applied instantly.
Of course there is still a dmg loss because war and guard have less multipliers however I think this loss can be compensated by the increase in the personal dps.