Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone.
I had created a zerk D/P + SB thief long ago but never really got around to playing with her.
I recently had the honor to roam alongside a very strong condi trap thief. he was using S/D and D/P with traps. He could lay down lots of damaging traps on the enemy and still remain in invis.

Can someone show me a good condi trap build using the above weapons?
This is for WvW roaming so runes and armor advice will be great too!

Also are there any tips/tricks to know?
Like how to place traps so that the enemy will trigger them?
How to combo and stay invis while laying traps and survive etc.

Thanks!

Are you sure your boy wasn’t using P/D instead of D/P?
P/D is more appropriate for conditions than D/P unless your role model thief was focused on poisoning and cloaking.. but anyways.

Here are a few answers:
“Also are there any tips/tricks to know?”
- be careful not to attack your opponent and anything else until you are truly ready. You will revealed for 4 seconds and that will get you killed.
- you utility are extremely precious with that build. If you are revealed and all your traps are CD you will be most likely dead.

“Like how to place traps so that the enemy will trigger them?”
- With the runes your thief buddy was using, it makes him invisible when he lays them.
- If you feel confident enough, (against melee professions) stop hiding for few seconds but make sure you got traps around you.

“How to combo and stay invis while laying traps and survive etc.”

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Trapper

It says “Gain 3 seconds of Currently invisible. Ends if you deal damage. Stealth when using a trap skill.”
This means the more traps you have in your utility bar, the longer you can stealth.

I suggest you use Needle, Tripwire & Ambush traps. The last one (Shadow Trap) sucks.

For combos, make sure when you are stealth and about to do Sneak Attack (P/D Stealth attack), make sure you are melee distance to him, do disengage with your #3.

Armor, I believe Dire is your choice. I hate conditions so I suggest you wait for another condi fan to help with Jewelry sets.

SA/ DA/ Trickery, with Deadly Arts with traps related traits.. obvisouly.

In case he was really S/D , D/P … He used D/P to stealth with the Black Smoke+ Heartseerk Combo, and he used S/D to dodge attacks and use Cloack & Dagger to stealth.
D/P Auto Attacks causes poison at the end, but that’s about it for conditions.

Goodluck.

Thanks Kocoff!
and yes I’m very sure he was using D/P. He was using pistol 5 and heartseeker within the circle and did 4 heartseekers in the circle to stealth.

and he just walked up to the enemy and trap trap trap and the enemy just took condi overload =/

and he used S/D to chase and do some twirling attacks

Alright then.

S/D #3 the Twirling attack is great for evading attacks. Mostly likely used against Ranger arrows, This same ability can steal boons. #2 when it lands, immobilizes the target. Again, this same #2 ability when overwhelmed allows you to get back to that previous position, and it cleans a condition but i am sure you knew that.

I see you saw the D/P trick. Master it to perfection. A real life saver.

mmm okay thanks!
and that d/p skill was just so cool…

Hi!

I know the build that you are talking about. I made a thread about it like week ago. Here is the thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/WvW-True-Permastealth-Condi/first#post5407958

It contains:

• Video of me testing out the build
• First build I used
• Suggestions by other players how to make build better.

thanks coinhead!
i was about to post and say i just fought two thieves who ran perma stealth trapper…
its so crazy!

almost impossible to kill them!

I say almost because the thief messed up and i caught him with his pants down.

and then later killed the same thief when he snuck into our open tower and was perma-stealth trying to kill people in the tower and we caught him with…

A STEALTH TRAP -_-