Guild Wars 2

While i’m not all happy with the April 15th patch since I just got back after a 8 month hiatus.

What’s the current build for the D/P thief? I tried a few things myself but at most I can do 3.5k to 4k of crit ( no food buffs ). Any tips on this, trying to refresh myself back in this game.

No one knows it seems. Been trying multiple builds (and weapon sets). None of them feel right yet.

Feels like I’m hitting with a wet noodle and my defenses are soggy paper where stealth only delays the inevitable.

At the moment I really see the D/D is a no go for WvW.
Its either D/P or P/D that i’ve been seeing left and right for the past few hours now
( Playing in SoS ).

The things that i’ve observed though at the moment are:

1. They hide way more than before I went on hiatus.
2. Some use “Uncatchable” trait (found under Trickery III) so that they can’t be chased even when in stealth. Sadly I hear the sound of them popping the caltrops so I know that the thief is still around.
3. I can’t see the spike of critical damage higher than 5k often. More or so, its always 3k-4k crit for almost every thief i’ve encountered in WvW.

I think that the 0/6/6/2/0 build is still viable. I also go for hidden killer, blind on stealth, condition removal on stealth and healing on stealth. I use traveler runes, berserker weapons and trinkets and valkyrie armor. Utility skills, elite and healing skills are completely up to you. I usually run with shadowstep, hide in shadow and blinding powder. With those three skills you should be able to rarely die when combining those with the stealth stacking from black powder and heartseeker.

I run this setup with dagger/dagger (land those cloak and daggers). More burst and more challenging. It’s very viable if you learn to land CnD.

Geiir.7603:

I think that the 0/6/6/2/0 build is still viable. I also go for hidden killer, blind on stealth, condition removal on stealth and healing on stealth. I use traveler runes, berserker weapons and trinkets and valkyrie armor. Utility skills, elite and healing skills are completely up to you. I usually run with shadowstep, hide in shadow and blinding powder. With those three skills you should be able to rarely die when combining those with the stealth stacking from black powder and heartseeker.

I run this setup with dagger/dagger (land those cloak and daggers). More burst and more challenging. It’s very viable if you learn to land CnD.

Travelers runes ?

Dude with that build you now hit like a wet noodle. I would be shocked if your back stab even reaches 2k on your average warrior.