Guild Wars 2

So a few topics here have gotten me thinking recently, dangerous as that is. I’m not a fan of straight up condi builds as they feel too passive, so are there any common hybrid builds for thief, and are they effective/fun to play?

I’ve seen AikijinX promote his celestial hybrid build here, but it’s not something I can just try out due to the expense of celestial ascended. Do you need to use the same gear as he does, or is that just what works for him? How much room stat wise do you have to play with?

I’m curious as to what people’s experience with hybrid builds has been, really. Any insight is appreciated ^^

what do you mean P/D condi thieves are too passive? They are a killing machine

MrSimpleMan.6194:

what do you mean P/D condi thieves are too passive? They are a killing machine

Yep. And they kill extremely passively

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Aikijinx-s-Life-Absorb-Build-Pictures/first#content—- WvW purposes

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/AikijinX-s-Life-Absorb-PvP/first—- PvP purposes

Video—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_POQeBqGFrI —(PvP life absorb version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRif5d7jU8w duels

Thief roaming action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWM1j05AlX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BagZRnNU1Y

These are all pre April 15th patch got new video to upload, might was stacking was big part of the build but since patch and strength runes its all the rage atm.

Thanks for the replies, I watched the vids and it’s interesting to see D/P and S/P used almost as a support weapon ^^

I tried making a hybrid build close to Vince’s (only because it didn’t look like it needed celestial armor), but I don’t have the might stacking runes yet so while P/D seems ok, my off set suffers damage wise :/

You’ve given me some ideas, thanks muchly ^^