Guild Wars 2

So basically I want my thief to deal huge damage but enough survivability to get me out if all went apecrap

Im using D/D at the moment and I usually go with a zerg so I am often faced with another zerg on the opposing world but from time to time I scout for my guild and roam solo

Thanks

S/D 10(?)/30/30/10(?)/0/0 (? is your preference)

Zerker/Knight Armor (Knight Coat/Legs/+1 other) fill with power runes (pref. Scholar, although pricey) or even Ruby Orbs

Soldier Trinks/Back w/ Ruby Jewels (or a mix of Ascended both Soldier & Zerker, skewing towards Soldier)

Pick utilities like RFI or Shadow Step for O SHI… button, SoS for Speed, Refuge cause it’s OP.

I prefer Withdraw heal for quick activation and another O SHI… button, but that’s up to you.

This is how I roll, and I don’t die all that much…

www.gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/ <—-Theory craft there.

I’m rolling a Thief with Valkyrie armor with Ruby Orbs and Berserker jewelry. Traits are 0/30/30/10 for improved sustain, though more into Acrobatics can work as well instead of Shadow Arts 30.

The point that many thieves don’t get is that you actually don’t really need all that precision your Berserker’s give. Hidden assassin gives you 100% CC in stealth, Side strike gives 7%CC from side/back, but in PvP you will either use BS or spam HS (which I don’t recommend). With my build I have 45%(+5% from weapon) CC without consumables but 15K HP to start with.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.3|8.1g.h14.8.1g.h1|5.1g.h1m|1p.a7.1p.a7.1p.a7.1p.a7.1p.a7.1p.a7|4s.d1e.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.1g.67.cg.67|0.u63c.u56b.a6.0|0.0|57.5b.5h.5c.5v|e

Note that the Crit value Calculation is not good somehow since it shows much higher chance than I have with the same stats (62% instead of 50%).

I can easily fight solo between 3-4 enemies as long as they don’t have heavy AoE CC, even down some of them, but at this number they usually won’t let me stomp them. I could solo most thieves I’ve met so far with this build (unless they had 25 overpower stacks, that rune is kinda like a kitten cheat. People with 25 overpower, 10+ might and power food+sharpening stones hit so much it’s impossible to mitigate)

So if you ask be berserker armor is overvalued since our strongest skill, BS actually crits all the time. And you don’t want to facetank a warrior, do you?

Also, as Yishis already showed in a video, we can actually beat D/D eles (but it’s tad hard). For that though, you need a Valkyrie or a Cavalier armor since they burst you down hard otherwise.

I made a post recently about a D/P build that I play most of the time:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/D-P-Bunker-Build-0-0-20-30-20/first#post1670968

It’s fantastically survivable, and a lot of fun. I’ve had my fun leaping through zergs, spamming HS and dodging opponents before they see me. :P it’s a lot of fun.

D/P is getting the nerf bat with the upcoming revealed debuff tomorrow.