Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

So I run a S/D daredevil in WvW, mostly running as a scout for my server while flipping camps/slapping yaks. Occasionally joining the blob when it comes to me where I just pick off stragglers or those in the backline if I can get there. Currently have all ascended berserker trinkets and weapons and run with valkyrie armor. I’m about to embark on crafting my ascended armor set and will go the marauder route to get my crit chance up while keeping health and power.

I can get my crit chance and damage to an acceptable level and actually use another armor chest type without worrying too much about precision or ferocity. My question is – Is it worth crafting a piece with toughness just to get those 101 points?

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I run mara armor and weapons with cavalier rings and one earring, zerker rest. It gives me about 2.4k armor, imo go for that as a minimum or don’t bother as less than that will make minimal difference.

Considering Thieves generally struggle more with conditions rather than physical damage, I’ve always advocated that Thieves benefit more of Vitality. In fact, I think Toughness is simply negligible as a thief, since unless you build it up really high, you’re still going to get your face hammered in if you mess up.

So I’d personally recommend to instead go for full Marauder, or Valkyrie if you want that extra defensive touch. Vitality will probably serve you much more purpose.

Taobella.6597:

if you want to zerg in wvw as a thief just grab a dragon banner pop on impact disruption win game.

I feel dirty but I actually do this + venomshare.

toughness alone will not cut it. i would advice to take scrapper runes as it has a -7% inc dmg vs 600 range.

bettadenu.5483:

Taobella.6597:

if you want to zerg in wvw as a thief just grab a dragon banner pop on impact disruption win game.

I feel dirty but I actually do this + venomshare.

me to i love every second of it. and to honestly answer your question about toughness thief is all about dmg reduction mod over toughness it by far effect your tankyness then just grabbing some toughness.

If it can help you, i always have some soldier pieces of armor on my thief in WvW.

This choice gives to me some more thoughness and vitality but not at the expense of power (I do not play condi).

Combined with my build and the way I play, It gives me enough survivability to resist to the primary attack of another thief.

And it sufficient for me to counterattack.

In other situations, as I play P/P, my own gameplay is not based on a “primary burst”. The DPS of that weapon set is weakest than most of the traditionnal ones but also more linear in the time. that’s why I like to be a little more resistant than most of the thieves. Combined with some traits it gives also to me the necessary time to manage naughty things as a reflect wall etc…

For my play style condi is the biggest danger since I can kite or outrun most builds. Cannot outrun applied condi though. For that reason I prioritize vitality over toughness.