Hybrid P/D build

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Posted by: Fade.7658

Fade.7658

For something different, I’ve been wanting to try a hybrid condition/direct damage build with some decent survivability. I’m still in the process of finalizing it, but this is what I’ve come up with so far. I’m focusing on a 60/40 ratio of DD/Cond.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|a.1h.h1j.8.1c.h1|c.1h.h1j.8.1c.h1|1n.79.1n.79.1n.79.1n.79.1n.79.1n.79|2x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2w.0|0.a6.u000.f2.f0|15.1|0.0.0.0.0|e

I want some good defense, hence the -cond duration, high toughness and decent vitality.

Any thoughts or opinions on how to tweak this any further?

Edit: Add +250 power from sigil of bloodlust.

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Posted by: stinkypants.8419

stinkypants.8419

I think you’d have trouble with this in Wv3 as burst is king there. Maybe OK for PvE?

(Alvyn | Crystal Desert )

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Posted by: Lokheit.7943

Lokheit.7943

Never mix precission and condition damage on the same stat sheet (there are only some veeeery specific builds that might get some litle use from that combination, but none of them are Thief builds). You’re basically throwing stats from the window.

Precission is pure garbage without a previous investment of tons of Power and Critical Damage (I’ve posted this other times, Precission is so bad at increasing direct damage compared with power that if you were distributing 1000 points on them and you took away some points from it, having a very small percentage of negative crits healing your target, and gave those points to power in adition to all the 1000 atribute points you were distributing, you would have better damage).

This is why Carrion is the best option for P/D. You get far better direct damage increase from it (faaaaaaaaaaar better) and while you might like Toughness, those Vitality points from Carrion are really good on a tier3 HP profession to resist bursts. You might want to get some toughness to resist long term, but I think P/D should be more afraid from bursts (you can always hide to heal during a prolongued fight) and vitality is better than toughness resisting bursts.

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Posted by: Fade.7658

Fade.7658

This was the build I was using prior to this one. I wanted to try something different, and wanted to see if a hybrid build was possible for a thief.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|a.1m.h1j.8.1h.h9|a.1m.h1j.8.1h.h9|1h.714.1b.714.1h.714.1h.714.1b.714.1b.7u|2x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2w.0|0.0.u46b.k68.k23|30.d|0.0.0.0.0|e