Guild Wars 2

Tonight I will be showing you the finer points of 1vMany and how you can survive and pick off your enemies 1 by 1 with a P/D D/D Condition Burst Hybrid build.
http://youtu.be/NAPtTnVCSuw
This is a re-released version of one of my previous videos, using my new editing software. It has much more instruction and better camera usage so you can see what’s going on and what I’m thinking and planning during the fight. I apologize if the video gets jerky at times, that’s my low FPS from FRAPS and there is some low quality from not being able to get my original video. Hope you enjoy<3

Some people say that thieves rely too heavily on stealth in WvW but I don’t agree with that. Capturing Camps and hunting people down maybe, but that’s not what WvW actually is. In the broader sense of WvW I think the thief has some pretty kitten good non-stealth things to contribute to WvW. One of which being shown in this video is being a long term diversion for enemy forces. To be honest I think the only thing the thief has going for it is stealth/dodge survivability. Our base survivability is crap, and our damage is crap unless we invest heavily in gearing for it. Thieves are very pigeonholed into gimmicky builds cause gimmicks are the only way we can survive with our low defense and still have enough damage to kill someone.

The rate of thief nerfs is too kitten high!

awesome video! I think this is interesting. What argument can you make for choosing a condition/crit hybrid over full crit or full condition? I am in the process of getting exotic gear and I don’t want to spend the money until I am totally sure what build I want.

Well like with most Cond builds you have +300 Vit & Tough from traits which makes you quite a lot more damage resistant than any other build. I would never run his build because I honestly believe there is no reason you should want to.

There is no reason to go hybrid because the other 2 builds are way more effective at what they are supposed to do than a hybrid form of the two. 50% cond/50% crit dam doesn’t mean it does 50% damage of a full glass cannon build nor does it give 50% survivability and kittenhat a condition build does.

I would run this build for fun and to mess with experienced players their heads. “Ok he’s currently using Pistol/Dagger probably condition” followed by “WTF his #1 out of stealth just did 5k damage!” followed by “WHY ARE THE CONDITIONS TICKING DOWN MORE THAN 50 DAM PER TICK”.

Could you post your build / armor set?

Same.4687:

Well like with most Cond builds you have +300 Vit & Tough from traits which makes you quite a lot more damage resistant than any other build. I would never run his build because I honestly believe there is no reason you should want to.

There is no reason to go hybrid because the other 2 builds are way more effective at what they are supposed to do than a hybrid form of the two. 50% cond/50% crit dam doesn’t mean it does 50% damage of a full glass cannon build nor does it give 50% survivability and kittenhat a condition build does.

I would run this build for fun and to mess with experienced players their heads. “Ok he’s currently using Pistol/Dagger probably condition” followed by “WTF his #1 out of stealth just did 5k damage!” followed by “WHY ARE THE CONDITIONS TICKING DOWN MORE THAN 50 DAM PER TICK”.

It’s not a build for the feint of heart that’s for sure.

Comparing the hybrid build and the condition build is like comparing apples and oranges, mine is a skirmish build good in many situations with clinch burst and good bleeds. The condition build is more of a bunker stealth whittle you down over time build (not good for fighting large groups since you have so little damage.)

Comparing my hybrid build and a standard crit build, I’ve only sacrificed a small amount of crit damage, but in return gained a repertoire of utility and functionality. My game isn’t over when I miss a back-stab or shadow-refuge is on cool-down.

Going too far down one path leaves you open to being countered, this build helps prevent me getting hard countered.

ledzep.9504:

Could you post your build / armor set?

It’s in the youtube video comments

EpicSuperFail.9518:

awesome video! I think this is interesting. What argument can you make for choosing a condition/crit hybrid over full crit or full condition? I am in the process of getting exotic gear and I don’t want to spend the money until I am totally sure what build I want.

I suggest your first exotic set to be full berserkers everything, not only can you use it in PvP but (IMO) it’s the only way to play a thief in PvE (since you have so much dodge duck stealth and roll livability anyways.) Zerkers lets you go any build for PvE (except maybe P/D)