Guild Wars 2

Finally guys!
I’m playing thief exclusively and came here to share a bit of my happiness.
I made it to the legend!
Last 10 pips from diamond to legend were acquired solo, while it was 65% solo and 35% duo, trio, quadro.

Never lose faith and keep playing class we like the most!
Cheers!

a staff daredevil! Nice job man, congratz. I hope you didn’t exploit the matchmaking too much. Maybe you wanna share your build or give some tips for everyone who gave up on thief spvp

Would you mind sharing what the legendary rewards are ?

I’m just curious because Anet said they would be nice, and it would increase through legendary ranks.

Padd.1479:

a staff daredevil! Nice job man, congratz. I hope you didn’t exploit the matchmaking too much. Maybe you wanna share your build or give some tips for everyone who gave up on thief spvp

nah, I didn’t exploit at all, just played games to my best.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQJAWVn8lCFmilOBmPBkmiFYCTLBEAyAephzQbYuDWCbhA-TJBFABIt/wCHBAxLDAwhAAA

Can’t give much tips, because most of it are basic.

BE AWARED of ppl participating in teamfights.
PLAY MINDGAMES, try to fool the one who guarding far i.e., jump in the direction of far, use smokebomb, jump back in teamfight -its how you create outnumbering opportunity.
STAY CONCENTRATED, because reaction is your best ally on thief.
NEVER GIVE UP, because comeback is always possible.
ALWAYS MARK YOUR TARGET, thats how you make your teammates help you.
PLAY FOR FUN, because thats what game designed for.

Cheers!

Grats!

Hoping to do something like this myself with thief. Currently made it to ruby through solo queue only. Using a D/P thief atm, although I’ve been switching builds based on what I find more useful. Did a few games of staff thief that seemed to work pretty well.

Kinda curious. What was your end win/loss rate? (Or win/total game rate? Not that the stat matters very much). Also do you think you could’ve made it to diamond to legend through solo queue only? Also why did you chose to run bandit’s defense?

Midi.8359:

Grats!

Hoping to do something like this myself with thief. Currently made it to ruby through solo queue only. Using a D/P thief atm, although I’ve been switching builds based on what I find more useful. Did a few games of staff thief that seemed to work pretty well.

Kinda curious. What was your end win/loss rate? (Or win/total game rate? Not that the stat matters very much). Also do you think you could’ve made it to diamond to legend through solo queue only? Also why did you chose to run bandit’s defense?

My winrate is pretty high i believe, not like I have correct numbers, but i think it is close to 70-75%.
While ruby was taken solo for 80%, in diamond i was duo-trioQ for like 50% of games.
Also, last 8 pips of diamond were acquired solo which was very stressful, but somehow i manage to get 8x win streak
I think everything is possible, especially with 70% winrate

BD is a must have with any thief build imo, with the amount of random CC flying around. Also it is a win condition in thief vs thief matches.

good job man
i stop playing the game in emerald division (kinda solo strike) and when i pop up solo to duo the match is against diamond and ruby

So, whats your point exactly? Nobody ever said it was impossible to reach legend with thief, especially not with a 2- 4 man party and playing Daredevil. Need some attention again?

What does daredevil have anything to do with this? Perhaps he is boasting and showing off. But at the same time he has a point. Too many thieves are sulking because they are weak and not meta, a lot of none thieves sulk when they have 1 in their team because it’s dead weight and or, 4v5.

Fair play getting legend on thief.

Daredevil is obviously better than vanilla thief, so if anyone makes it to legend full soloq vanilla then I’ll give him props, but acting as if thief legend with duo to triple ques is something extraordinary or an achievement just screams attention kitten.

And in regards to Fat Disgrace: Too many thieves are also kitten players, Daredevil D/P and even Vanilla D/P SA are fairly decent and enough to climb divisions, so if you’re still massively struggling its because you either dont know thief’s role in PvP or you’re just bad.

So gratz on being legend, but don’t act as if its anything special given the circumstances.

laquito.5269:

So, whats your point exactly? Nobody ever said it was impossible to reach legend with thief, especially not with a 2- 4 man party and playing Daredevil. Need some attention again?

??????
are u kittened or something? o.O

dDuff.3860:

share a bit of my happiness.

also pls check title.

Edit: gonna say gratz here too!
u definately deserved it

Well done, mate, ignore the haters who can’t hold their spite, you really did something cool there.

Perhaps you can give some tips on how to deal with D/P thieves? I’m also running a staff daredevil and I have no problem fighting most other classes or at least staying on my toes but I also seem to be outmatched by D/P thieves most of the time (as rare as I encounter them).

Lexander.4579:

Perhaps you can give some tips on how to deal with D/P thieves?

vault if they stealth combo.
evade shadow shot
+shortbow is strong vs dp

Lexander.4579:

Well done, mate, ignore the haters who can’t hold their spite, you really did something cool there.

Perhaps you can give some tips on how to deal with D/P thieves? I’m also running a staff daredevil and I have no problem fighting most other classes or at least staying on my toes but I also seem to be outmatched by D/P thieves most of the time (as rare as I encounter them).

Sorry, I was away for a while.
I think that D/P has an upper hand in duels with staff because of easier acces to stealth and spammable blinds. Also, most dp thieves play with damage on interrupt, sacrificing condi cleanse.
So, the best way to deal with them on a map is to force them to attack someone else, then land some vaults and #2+steal. Because vault itself hits like a truck and weakening charge+steal is your best damage combo.
On the other hand, when you trying to duel them, I’d suggest to use #2-#3 more often, weakening charge will cut their damage, while #3 will give you ability to avoid bursts.
Anyway, good DP thief will be a hard matchup in duel against staff because its damage is faster and also have more options to kill you (pulmonary impact).