Guild Wars 2

It seem that as a community, at least on the forums, Thieves are pretty much resigned to the idea that only dagger main hand is viable for WvW roaming. However, seeing as both D/P and D/D are highly reliant on stealth, the recent additions of more reveal skills can be crippling.

I’d like to get back into playing S/D again for this reason – though I wasn’t really any good at it in the first place. Does anyone have any tips for S/D roaming in the modern meta?

I still main it, but the only thing keeping me from maining d/p is how boring that set is. It is ez cheezy compared to s/d.

My advice is to pick your battles. And play smart, take a second to kite if they think you’ll burst from stealth, think about the long game and not quick short term burst if you think you can’t finish.

Learn to manipulate stealth mechanics if you haven’t, such as chaining stealth. One thing I like to do is while in stealth, cast B venom, wait for stealth to wear off, then open with 3 → 3 at just in time after stealth stops. With the stun still active from venom, assuming they don’t break, you can cnd right away for more stealth.