Guild Wars 2

So I just came back from a hiatus from gw2, and wanted to get back to playing my thief, which was my favorite class before I took a break. From what I’ve collected it seems that the flanking strike S/D build (10/30/0/30/0) and Trickery D/P (10/30/0/0/30) are the most popular builds being run at this time. However, I am a primarily D/D user, since the S/D set can’t match the single target damage that a Dagger set deals out, and I’ve never liked D/P because I suck with it and It just doesn’t fit my playstyle. So basically, my question here is, is it viable to switch out the pistol offhand in the trickery build to a dagger and run that in a tournament environment?

could be ok, but 2530//15 is probably better w/ dd synergy

DatPieGuy.6540:

So I just came back from a hiatus from gw2, and wanted to get back to playing my thief, which was my favorite class before I took a break. From what I’ve collected it seems that the flanking strike S/D build (10/30/0/30/0) and Trickery D/P (10/30/0/0/30) are the most popular builds being run at this time. However, I am a primarily D/D user, since the S/D set can’t match the single target damage that a Dagger set deals out, and I’ve never liked D/P because I suck with it and It just doesn’t fit my playstyle. So basically, my question here is, is it viable to switch out the pistol offhand in the trickery build to a dagger and run that in a tournament environment?

You could…but I’ve found that D/P tends to do better in a situation like that. D/D can be strong, but I find that it does much, much better when you can get the SA trait to blind on stealth since one of the major advantages of D/P is the blind. Not only does it help survival and in team fights more, but it also makes stomping against a lot of classes much more viable.

+1 to Dahkeus blind on stealth suggestion

What thunder said. Also the build in my sig is what I run in spvp and I use d/d. Its pretty good. You can always switch in more damage easily.

I’ve recently gone back to D/D ( due to recent nerf to S/D ) , I’d say the set is still very much viable as I’ve been having a lot of success with it in both wvw and spvp.

I’m running the old school 10/30/30 with both blind on stealth and Condi removal in stealth , the latter is especial useful in the current meta.

Hey I run that too Thief

Arkitech.9158:

Hey I run that too Thief

Great minds think alike :-)

UGH I wanna get matched with BG already. wanna duel so many people on that durn server.

Arkitech.9158:

UGH I wanna get matched with BG already. wanna duel so many people on that durn server.

O lol what server are you from? You could just transfer to one of JQ or SOr then you’d be guaranteed to face us

I’m on TC, should happen eventually. Not planning on transferring any time soon. =P

DatPieGuy.6540:

So basically, my question here is, is it viable to switch out the pistol offhand in the trickery build to a dagger and run that in a tournament environment?

Compared to D/P, D/D’s stealth is not guaranteed, not gap closing, doesn’t blind, free #2 damage, can’t be used out of combat and is melee range with only Steal and utilities to gap close (and using 4 to cripple then footslog or 2).

D/P has stomp/revive/heal interrupt on 4, Blinding gap close on 3(also cheaper clutch stomp-counter-counter for ally when u dont have 6 init), stomp secure on 5, things that D/D doesn’t. Running D/D in TPvP is just an excuse to spam 2 because “Dude, there’s not much else I can do!” You can spam evades with Shortbow.

Blinding Powder alone is a tremendously useful ability in TPvP in many ways. Sure, you can run D/D but you can run just about whatever and do stuff in yolo queue so go ahead. :P