Guild Wars 2

another power build which use the p/d
few ppl want me to make a tutorial on d/d so i combined them
hope it will helps the new d/d thieves out there and also if ppl can put here more tips&tricks about the d/d set would be nice contribution to ours community

here is the build i use
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQRAqY4Yl0MpyplOx7J8PNBNBt9wbQI4uG5YGaFAA-TFCFwAAOCAz3f4qSQkK/EcSAI8AAyofQl6PkC4ptAA-w

i use the privateer runes as i like the parrot which yield 1k-2k dmg and give 3 stacks of might

why i like p/d – although its not powerful as d/d and less than sb direct dmg the p/d bring nice combination of condition pressure to the mixture. your enemy dont know what to expect when he sees 5-8 stacks of bleeding +2-4 stacks of torment, thus the condition contribution can adds up 1k dps which is nice. so it can make your enemy to use earlier his utilities to your advantage.
also the p/d is great weapon set against melee as shadow strike keeps you away from them while doing nice dmg 3-4k. and while in stealth with cnd you can choose how to hit. is it with deadly bs or sneak attack (which is great to hit from SR as it will heal you around 2k health)
the shadow strike combo is deadly fast one and can down unaware enemy or 50% hp enemy as it 12-15k dmg in 2-3 seconds

also the p/d can enable few more skills combination like:

cnd+sneak+shadow strike+steal+shadow strike+signet+cnd+bs
3 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 4 + + 3 + 5 = 18k dmg+3k from sigils and 2k from parrot -> 23k

i hope it helps

What server are you on?

now blacktide server

I’m a fan of P/D power, it was the first video I made a some months ago. Its a fantastic set. Its a little weird combined with D/D though, I felt like you never needed that set with P/D. My reasoning was that it was hard to combine a defensive weapon set with an aggressive one. I guess it could be a good finisher though… But if you run P/D then I feel like that’s all you’d need.

panicbutton.1053:

I’m a fan of P/D power, it was the first video I made a some months ago. Its a fantastic set. Its a little weird combined with D/D though, I felt like you never needed that set with P/D. My reasoning was that it was hard to combine a defensive weapon set with an aggressive one. I guess it could be a good finisher though… But if you run P/D then I feel like that’s all you’d need.

Also your guide is in german

It does work wittle oppnants down with PD. Players get used to your PD damage then bam a CD and back stab ftw. Slap on a Sig of intelligence on the dd set and it works well I have footage of it in action but have other stuff to upload first.

i saw you vid 4 months ago. i was also experiment in the power idea but want it to be more fast bursty dmg with shadow strike combo (sometime with life steal rune/sigils)
the reason i use d/d as well as pd is my range pressure when i need it to be and d/d my melee pressure so sometime 1 hs can down my enemy . but also sometime i fell d/d alone or p/d in enough to down enemies.
i wish anet will raise the p/x dmg

messiah.1908:

i saw you vid 4 months ago. i was also experiment in the power idea but want it to be more fast bursty dmg with shadow strike combo (sometime with life steal rune/sigils)
the reason i use d/d as well as pd is my range pressure when i need it to be and d/d my melee pressure so sometime 1 hs can down my enemy . but also sometime i fell d/d alone or p/d in enough to down enemies.
i wish anet will raise the p/x dmg

I mean new footage running something bit different with Sig of intelligence on double dagger set to make sure CND and back stab crit. Got lots to uploadb just having to much fun on engi atm.

awesome. i’m also running power p/d (due to @panicbutton’s old post, thanks!). i had to give up on d/d because my positioning sucks/i play on a mac laptop with a crap trackpad, but p/d power kept me interested.

seems pretty powerful once i’ve got full guard stacks and sigil of perception stacks but would really welcome any changes/advice to my build… would bloodlust be better to stack? was my valk armor a mistake (over berserker?)…also how to deal with nike warriors…

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAqYVlsMpypdPx0J0PNBNRsd2UE31rzaFA-T1CBABXq2jg7P0whAAiTAgEHBAsU2AwDAILlSMqEMF9B6oKQAAEAHtRP6RPaHdn7cn7cnBA-w

thanks, teefs!

go bloodlust for sure

Also if you feel like you nailed down P/D tactics pretty well and don’t get downed too often, try getting risky. I’ve found going full zerker gives 62% crit which opens up some more damage potential. The advantage lets you use fire + air sigil, with omnomberry pie food. You’ll have high crit and additional sources of damage making it much more aggressive.

thanks, both! will give it a shot.