Guild Wars 2

I think I have been complaining too much about thieves.

I took Jana’s advice, saved my staff 5 for shadow refuge and I am actually winning more regularly as a necro!

Also with all the other advice on dodging a thief’s initial gap closer/steal, it helps greatly in the fight.

Okay actually I did not win more regularly.
I just won against a dragon-finisher thief though.
and that felt great.

(I know he is dragon finisher because he stomped my Guardian earlier)

So I am sorry for complaining so much about thieves.

it’s all about knowing your opponent and the way you can counter them (something you need to learn in order to be a S/D thief for example as you need to know what to evade)
mostly in order to fix issues vs a class its useful to roll the class and try the builds to see advantages/disadvantages/cooldowns/playstyle/animations/important skills and what not
or just ask in the forum, people will usually be nice about it and help

dont see too much in pvp finishers though – there are good players who are r80 in pvp, sure, but there are also really good wvw players (mostly roamers) who are like r20 – or bad r80s who farmed their way up or so
you dont even wanna know how many r80s i beat before getting there myself
its something to watch out for, but doesnt have to mean a lot