Guild Wars 2

I’m no master thief but I just finished my build and I’m kinda pleased with the outcome, so I thought I’d share it for people to use, or perhaps give me tips on how I may get a better outcome

My Build: Thief

Weapons:
D/D with fire sigil for extra damage +AoE (Second sigil is what ever you want it to be)
Shortbow with fire sigil also for extra damage and more AoE
(I feel this weapon setup is great since it gives me lots of AoE on both weapon sets.)

Heal:
This can be what ever you prefur, I often switch between Hide In Shadows and Withdraw

Utilities:
Shadowstep, I use this mostly just as a break stun.
Shadow Refuge, used in emergency when I need to reset the fight, or if I feel like being annoying, use it to res/finish
Signet of Shadows, as I feel the 25% increase speed is a must for any build, this is my preference though

Elite:
Dagger Storm, the elite can be what ever is your favorite really, I just love Dagger Storm as theres nothing more satisfying to me than running into a huge zerg and popping my Dagger Storm and just seeing tons of red numbers and tons of AoE explosions from the fire sigil, and just tons of damage everywhere

Traits:
25 Deadly Arts – Mostly for the extra power and the 3 minor traits, as they work so well together, but mug is also nice for starting a fight
30 Critical Strikes – No crit build would be a crit build without 30 into critical strikes kitten
15 Acrobatics – This 15 into Acrobatics is more personal preference, I like the return of endurance on dodge as I like to dodge a lot, if you’re move stealth and more backstab you might want to go 15 into Shadow Arts instead, but as I previously said, I’m too lazy to stealth a lot

Armor:
Armor runes are really preference, I went for Divinity just to get a little bit more diversity back, since I didn’t feel safe being a 100% glass canon.

Accessory:
Same applies for the Amulet and jewel, what ever you like best, I went with Berserker because why not I might change this to Knight to get a bit more survivability through, let me know what you think I should do with Accessory

Is this for WvW or PvE?

Suralin.3947:

Is this for WvW or PvE?

sPvP and maybe WvW when I hit level 80, not had a chance to test builds for WvW until I’m level 80, I’ll probably use it for PvE too since PvE doesn’t matter

Looks like a solid build. I often switch out SR for blinding powder. I find that the instant invis and blind offered more in solo play than did SR. I think most people are on to SR and how to counter it.

Lofat.2406:

Looks like a solid build. I often switch out SR for blinding powder. I find that the instant invis and blind offered more in solo play than did SR. I think most people are on to SR and how to counter it.

Yea, maybe I’ll try that since I solo everything I do, I mainly chose Refuge over Blinding Powder so I have a safety net if I’m in a lot of trouble and need to completely run and hide, or if I want to get a long stealth and take someone by complete surprise.

P.S I test drove this build and I love it, does a lot of damage and doesn’t rely heavy on stealth attacks like a backstab, I got a few 1 hit kills on glass canons =]

There is a reason why people use 25/30/0/0/15, and here’s why:

15 into acrobatics just isn’t enough for it to replace the 3ini on steal, fury might + swiftness on steal, and more ini.

You only get might on dodge, and 1 more dodge to start, and swiftness (which you don’t need since you already have SoS, you won’t run any faster with swiftness)

But the biggest reason is that you’re a backstab build…you WANT to land those backstabs hard…for you to say that you’re not a stealth build is just gimping yourself as a thief. With Thrill of the crime, you boost your crit chance to 69% (instead of 49%) and if you use a 5% crit sigil, that means you get a 74% crit chance while your fury is up…that’s a guaranteed hard hit in my book.

More ini = more options…and thieves without ini = dead + stunbreaks = dead.

The only time going into acrobatics is worth it is if you dive deep all the way into grand master…you’d want quick pockets, quick recovery, and most important fluid strikes( 10% dmg boost when endurance isn’t full)

If you want to go into acrobatics, I’d go 10/30/0/30/0.

Don’t bother with divinity runes…that 50 vit + toughness is not going to make you anymore tanky…you’re still glass. Might as well go all the way and use ogres or scholars.

Hope that helps you.