Guild Wars 2

I am currently running DD and PP crit build. It works, but I want to better suppourt my ranger friend while not stop my 1v1 abilities.

I am assuming you are talking about PvP and / or WvW.
Thief isn’t really a support profession, but obviously some builds fits more for team play.
I’d go for a D/P – SB build. SB is widely used as a utility weapon by thieves. D/P allows you to get the backstab / heartseeker burst, but also use headshot for interrupts and black powder for blind. Also, in this combo you can do the BP > bound or BP > HS for stealth.
Traitwise I’d go something like DA / Tri / DD. Impacting Disruption allows you to keep damage up while using interrupts from your pistol.

Staff can be fun too in my experience in WvW with a partner. The Ranger can stay behind and shoot while you jump the enemy. With the countless dodges you can evade tank while doing nice damage, and with a ranger longbow from the back you should be able to kill before you run out of ini and utility skills.
Also, improvisation is great. Gives you two times stolen skill, if you steal stuff the ranger skill and use short bow to blast in it you can heal nicely for both you and your friend.

I use this for D/P – SB:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVn0MBVmilOBGOB8PhFYCzLMEHaDzdwT4KULBEA2NA-TZBFABCcCAEvMQN7PswhAAgnAAA

And this for Staff:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVn0MBlPhlOBGOBkmiFYCzLNcGaDzdwR4KULBEA2NA-TZBFABCcCAEvMQN7PswhAAgnAAA

Sometimes i change the heal or a utility (always keeping shadowstep, and for DD builds I keep SoA all the time too.)

Rezok.2709:

I use this for D/P – SB:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVn0MBVmilOBGOB8PhFYCzLMEHaDzdwT4KULBEA2NA-TZBFABCcCAEvMQN7PswhAAgnAAA

I find it incredibly difficult to land Fist Flurry in PvP, so I end up just taking either Bandit’s Defense or Blinding Powder instead.

And this for Staff:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQJAWVn0MBlPhlOBGOBkmiFYCzLNcGaDzdwR4KULBEA2NA-TJBFABiXGom9HW4QAAwRAAA

I’ve been trying to run Trickster instead of Bountiful Theft for awhile, and I find that the higher uptime and condi clear on Withdraw is rather nice. I’m not sure which is better though honestly…

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

I find it incredibly difficult to land Fist Flurry in PvP, so I end up just taking either Bandit’s Defense or Blinding Powder instead.

Yeah, Fist Flurry can be hard to land. I use to avoid it due to that, and I still do in staff builds. I did find it to work great with D/P because you can do a stunlock. Try this: Basilisk Venom stun, then hit the target from behind to get haste from traits. You can do the whole Fist Flurry + the follow up attack within the stun. The follow up attack also adds another stun, forcing him to stun break or die.
Blinding Powder could be useful, Bandit’s Defense I’d never use in PvP. If a melee attack is blocked you get into an unstoppable animation, basically CC’ing yourself – any skilled player that sees you do BD will use it against you for the rest of the fight.

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

I’ve been trying to run Trickster instead of Bountiful Theft for awhile, and I find that the higher uptime and condi clear on Withdraw is rather nice. I’m not sure which is better though honestly…

Ah, yeah – was actually a mistake, made the builds fast, and I used to run it, hence habit made me click it. I run Trickster usually. In WvW i do sometimes run BT, but then I also use the Physical heal and the trait to reduce Physical skills CD. This is more of a “fun” build, not too serious in my case.

Does anyone use P/P? I like how it works, but don’t have a good build.

I have pistol pistol, problem is you have to be far more aware on this once you get past noob smashing with unload. Idk what MMR I’m at, but I die when I unload if I am not properly positioned or the enemy properly controlled. If you want build message me in game =)

Rezok.2709:

Bandit’s Defense I’d never use in PvP. If a melee attack is blocked you get into an unstoppable animation, basically CC’ing yourself – any skilled player that sees you do BD will use it against you for the rest of the fight.

I’ve stopped using Bandit’s Defense in pve now as well. I wanted to love this one and it’s really a nice utility but even if some rat accidentally sneezes on your half of the map you’ll scoot right past all of the bad guys out of the place you intended to bunker down to knock down your main threat and drop kick the rat while you get fried by all of the aoe you weren’t in a second ago and there’s a good chance you’ll fall off a nearby cliff.

kash.9213:

I’ve stopped using Bandit’s Defense in pve now as well. I wanted to love this one and it’s really a nice utility but even if some rat accidentally sneezes on your half of the map you’ll scoot right past all of the bad guys out of the place you intended to bunker down to knock down your main threat and drop kick the rat while you get fried by all of the aoe you weren’t in a second ago and there’s a good chance you’ll fall off a nearby cliff.

Hahaha, this is a pretty accurate description of the skill.
But yeah, in being serious I did use it in the start. I wanted to use it, a block on thief is great – and coupled with a cc? Even better. But the way it works, and with how squishy thieves are outside evades the melee locked animation just makes it your death more often than it saves you. Only time I’d use it is in a duel versus a warrior maybe.