Guild Wars 2

Hi guys

I’ve just started playing SPvP with my Thief (and first time ever playing SPvP).

I’m playing D/P / SB traditional build for SPvP (10 30 0 0 30).

I know there are people who play stealth builds in SPvP, like 0 30 30 0 10

As a first time SPvPer, what build should I go for?

Can you provide me some tips/tricks how I should play my thief? Like what I should be doing in there? How can I be the most efficient?

I really need some counselling and advice, because atm I don’t know how to play it properly.

Hope you can help me and thank you

Explaining how to play which build and why would take a wall of text for you to read, and probably render you clueless if this is the first time playing thief.

You could instead try to play against the practice mobs in the mists with no traits.

After you get a hang of the combo’s and attacks you can use. And the utility skills you like best. You can figure out what finetune configuration in traits and runes suit your playstyle the best.

I answered a similar question here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/some-help-with-thief-please/first#post3588953

More builds and information about them in the links listed in the guide sticky in this forum: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Guide-to-Thief-Guides/first

Here OP, read this thread

As terms of tips and tricks: try not to 1v1 all game. Bad thieves do this. It’s ether too risky to do so, or you’re just wasting your teams’ time by 1v1’ing everyone. Many soloque matches are lost because a thief new to the class thinks its his job to push far and 1v1 the home defender there the entire match. Ether dieing constantly, or constantly having to disengage from the fight – both of which means that your team is essentially playing a 4v5.

Stealth builds are bad to play in spvp – don’t touch the shadow arts line for the above reason.

Thieves are great at forcing uneven fights in your team’s favor. Use your mobility to your advantage to create these scenarios. Also they are great for protecting other squishy players from being focused on by attacking their pursuers.

Ultimately, use your teammates as a “distraction” to get your damage in unnoticed.