Guild Wars 2

I’m looking for general sPvP/tPvP tips for the thief. They seem a little underpowered expect for a few gimmick builds. I wish they had more weapon choices.

I’ve tried quite a few builds already but I just can’t get them. Any advice or links to good threads would be awesome.

Try my spec.

Dagger/Dagger + Shortbow

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Shadow Arts: Infusion of Shadow, Patience

Acrobatics: Power of Inertia*, Pain Response, Quick Recovery*

Trickery: Uncatchable, Trickster

*Implies that these traits are essentially mandatory, and taking any others would be dumb imho.

Utility Skills: Roll For Initiative, Caltrops, Signet of Shadows (for Passive effect)

Elite Skill: Dagger Storm, Thieves Guild (Situationally)

Runes: Rune of the Undead 6/6

Sigils: Sigil of Agony on both daggers, and shortbow.

This build is ALL condition damage. Heartseeker should only be use sparingly as a finisher/gap closer on fleeing opponents, or if your opponent is too low on health to justify more bleed stacks.

Use Cloak & Dagger on downed opponents before finishing them. You will regenerate the 6 initiative you invested in it by the time the duration wears off due to the traits in Shadow Arts.

I laugh at Pistol Whip/Heartseeker spam. This build is very tanky, and is designed to outlast your opponent as opposed to killing them quickly. It’s good for holding points against multiple enemies, and only skilled Engineers/Necromancers tend to give this build any issues. Exceptional Mesmers with very specific builds can be troublesome. Any Warrior spec is essentially useless against this spec. Exceptional Guardians last a while, but with any intelligent use of the Daze you get from Steal, you can shut them down by getting them to expend all of their long recasts. Spirit Weapon Guardians are another story…

Can’t edit this post, but I would like to add:

If Death Blossom is on cooldown, you are dodging or dropping your Caltrops utility skill. No exceptions. Your bleeds get more powerful as the fight goes on due to the might stacks (with 30% boon duration from Acrobatics), I’ve gotten up to 7 stacks mid-combat.

You also get a 10% damage increase (not bleed damage increase, just the direct hits) when your endurance is not full.

If you’re not in constant motion, you’re decreasing your effectiveness.

Okay I’ll try it out, ty for the response.

If you’re on Maguuma, send me a mssg, there is literally no class I fear. Regardless you need to make a choice: Do you want burst/squish or mobility/sustained dps? Play around in sPvP with different weapons, especially combos you normally wouldn’t consider. In my experience, weapon swapping happens nearly every fight, multiple times if the fight goes beyond 20 seconds.