Guild Wars 2

I have yet to come across a condi thief, which leads me to believe it’s not a very good build. However I do enjoy condi builds and with the upcoming crit nerfs I was wondering if condi thief is viable. Anyone have any good builds? thanks

It is viable. There are a few ways to play, but a build with P/D and D/D, heavily invested in Shadow Arts, will go a long way. People are split between Dire or Carrion for gear, but both are effective in their own way.

a split is actually not a badidea. i personally use all carrion bc i am not worried about the long term due to condi removal and stealth. im more worried about getting stuck in AOE fields stackedand burst players. if u can withstand a burst you will be able to heal back up pretty fast (considering most builds run heal in stealth trait). to each their own tho. takes practice and experience. not all players get hit as much as others. not all like to zerg it. all depends on what you like. enjoy!

Very viable. I use dire everything in trinkets and armor. Most weapons are dire with a mix of apothecary.

Stealth is NOT required if you go heavy acrobatics and can dodge good but it certainly makes it easier.

I change traits up regularly as I fool around with various builds . Currently it a rather odd 30/10/0/15/15. I just did this to take advantage of might stacks and with this build I get might up to over 20 stacks quite easily meaning an attack of 3400 and condi damge of over 2.2k. It a “glass cannon” condition build if you would.

It very susceptible to conditions and after I tire of it I will try another combination.

So far 20/0/30/20/0 was the best all round balancing survival with the ability to do damage.

Others will also claim d/d not a good condition set. Simply not true. Death blossom can load on lots of bleeds in short order. You then have to cover it with other conditions using steal and P/d.

I use Runes of the Noble. I find the high access to long lasting might makes a build much more flexible as I can use the might to get higher condition and or raw attack power and then use different foods then I normally would were I relying on food for that extra damage ability.

There really no one build that rules over all. You have to experiment and find what best works for you. (ie a perplexity build very deadly but I found it rather boring if you would)

its viable, in wvw. In spvp, its difficult to become. Overall the DoT is rather lacking but with the crit dmg nerf comes a rework of various runes/sigils and numerous other changes so it may become more appropriate.