Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, I tried to come up with a 1v1 build that can actually survive a bit while still doing some good damage.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAsY8YlYm6OHcy4E95Eh3DyC2wqVgmdP4qWrKA-TwAA0CnIsSZlzKjVSrsWNCZFymgJBA

I haven’t been able to test it out yet so I’m not sure if it works out well.

Basically you steal boons when your enemy has some up and try to position yourself behind your enemy and CnD, daze, (immobilize), auto attack them. Using Steal after you lost 3k hp or so and use infiltrators strike and return to stick on target and stunbreak.

Thoughts?

I like your build. I like it a lot. I think it hit my soft spot for non-burst Thief builds.
I do not, however, like that you chose to go with Runes of the Thief. I don’t really see condition damage as playing any part of your build, but would rather see you change it to either Runes of Divinity or Runes of the Warrior.
The -1 second on weapon swap from Runes of the Warrior would synergize well with Quick Pockets as well as the on-swap sigils. I would also change the Sigils of Leaching that you have in for other on-swap effects. Sigil of Energy, Battle, Intelligence would all suit your build quite nicely. If you decide to go with Sigil of Intelligence, I would also do away with Signet of Agility in favor of Ambush Trap or Haste for that extra damage (Haste doesn’t actually give you extra damage, it just let’s you stack damage faster. Bursty. Also, it’s a Stun Breaker. Hooah.)
You might also want to change out Flanking Strikes for Bountiful Thief. It rips two boons and gives you vigor on Steal, and the best part is that it’s on Steal – an instant, unblockable, non-interruptible mechanic.

Anyways, all of the above are suggestions and speculation. It comes down to how you play your thief and what works best for you. Best of luck with your build. I’ll keep an eye on this thread to see how it turns out

Similar to something I’ve started using in PvP lately. My build goes for 10/0/15/30/15, and the only thing I really miss from Trickery is Bountiful Theft – which you really should take if you’re going that deep in Trickery.

My only real question, then, is why you wouldn’t go for a different off-set and for 15 points in Shadow Arts over the last 15 in Trickery. I’ve found my Initiative management to be a lot better with 15 in Shadow Arts, and I thoroughly enjoy the ability to swap to SB or D/P for either some burst or some range partway through fights.

Well the main damage comes from flanking strikes and larceous strike which will hit from the side very often due it’s roll. A flat 10% damage increase from runes of the thief is a lot! (That’s 10% normal damage increase but aswell 10% crit damage increase) I know condition damage is worthless with this build but the 6th bonus and precision makes it worth it imo. Besides runes of divinity wouldn’t work too well since the crit rate isnt as high as with glass cannons. Rune of the warrior is interesting but 1s less seems too little effect imo and you need the precision to actually make use of the crit damage you get from valk. Leeching is underrated imo, it gives you about 1,5k hp for every swap and since you’re going to swap as much as possible for the ini proc trait it gives you a lot more sustain. Signet of agility gives more ini and more ini is more healing so yeah.