Enjoying my p/p thief
I mainly d/d but i switch builds quite often and one of them I run is p/p AoE zerg dps build with 2/6/0/0/6 and I agree it is a brilliant fun build to play in large groups!
Take invigorating precision and the signet heal and you can completely counter taking retaliation damage from such multiple sources.
For me its one of the higher multi target RANGED builds you can do in wvw.
While also being quite good at sniping squishies backline.
One gripe with your picture there however.. you have 20k hp… lol. I assume most of that comes from your buffs?
Without buffs how does your stat spread look?
If it leans too much into defensive stats your dps can only be hurt for it I have two sets of gear I go with, if I know im going to take more hits i stick on some soldiers with defensive runes otherwise im zerker with scholar and with the zerker you can ‘usually’ survive quite good with this set up as you are after all a ranged build and with peoples idea of following the commander people coming after you alone is not such a big deal normally if you can see a zerg and how it moves and avoid the train.
edit- il add in when I switch some of my gear to soldiers the dps drop is noticeable even with just losing 10% crit/ferocity.
Anyway I also like the build, I don’t run it 24/7 because it’s not good at 1v1 and I roam alot too so yeah but I do enjoy p/p and I am looking forward to sniping with a rifle if after all that is our specialisation at launch of hot!
It might even end up being a decent ranged build p/p and Rifle.