Guild Wars 2

So I am looking at messing around with a Hybrid build but don’t think it would be all that viable mainly using Vipers And Dire, running D/D, was looking at possibly using Superior Rune of Thorns, with DA/Tri/DD? Does anyone have any suggestions? Or should I scrap the idea? Was playing around with it without the run of thorns and without DD it was a little clunky, but against some match ups it did well.

I never found one that worked well outside of the Interrupt build but it relied too heavily on Impacting Disruption to be good. Ultimately the pure condi Dire variant is simply stronger.

I will be playing around I was just curious since I had ascended viper gear not being used, might as well test out more so will post findings tonight when I fully unlock DD on my second Thief

Hybrids don’t work unless you play heavy boons and can maintain 25 might and permanent fury with PvE traits. They’re always out-performed even at optimal performance by just playing into one stat, unless the only metric measured is DPS, in which case, going condi defeats the purpose of those intentions in almost all cases/encounters.

The only build I could get to work with some sucess hybrid was p/p. You need that might and for that might to really work you have to get some duration in. For duration you go Strength runes or Aristocracy Runes.

Generally what you do is get conditions on and then swap to unload. The unload will tick your existing condtions up higher even as it does its own power damge. To work it best to get your condtions on in bursts and many at a time rather then appplying over a longer period of time. This so you can work on spiking damage done up with the might.

I am not a thief main and try to learn it. I found a build type seems to fit me and i like to play hybrids. Yes i landed at P/P + Bow for WvW thief. Currently i use assasin pistols, a rampager bow and carrion armor. Trinkes i am still thinking. I have a rampager amulet that fits.

It seems to work. It a kite build using trapper rune. Unload – cloak – shot – unload cloak … Main damage is power but condies add for preasure :-)
As long as i am not hit by a stun it works ^^.

Hybrid thief roll rampager or sinister because u are wasting stats with expertise hybrid thief aint needs condi duration because it depends on small condi bursts
Direct+2-4 condi stacks —-→ wainting in stealth (condi ticks) —-→ engaging again and so on

agreed. But i don´t regret wearing the carrion armor. Crit chance is still close to 50% and the extra HP already saved my butt so combining rampager + carrion is fine for me.

I’ve been having pretty decent results with a mix of Viper armor, Rune Of the Lich, and Rabid trinkets. Weapons are D/D and SB, both carrying sigils of bursting and force.
The extra bleed and poison times from the Viper and Lich are really useful, and using the rabid trinkets gives you juuust enough extra toughness to survive a bit better while kiting and inflicting condis. It definitely drops your power a bit, but coupled with the condis I can put out pretty decent damage.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn0MBtNhFmCmOBkmiFZCzbL0G+QzbwRYJUbPNFCAA-TVyCQB1b/RfAAOCARStELpqxxOFAVRZwFV6lgHAQLVCSKAI2VB-w

that the best i could come up with trying to use viper in a build. personally i think it just to all over the place to be really effective.

Gingerbread Man

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn0MB9OhFmCGOBkmiFqiaO7/+wvrnCgDw7CShtD-T1BDABT8EAca/BDVC6lyPAOFAcq+D96D6GQAMIIEAWr1ataIEChgUAQsrC-w

It’s cheesy, easy, and absolutely amazing. It’s even better when fighting multiple people in a fully upgraded camp It actually gets better the more people you are fighting.

You Can modify it with vipers Weapons and armor and Celestial Trickets, but you don’t need condi duration against players, so i just run with full celestial.

Maybe not as tanky as you’d like. Here is a pretty potent hybrid build