Guild Wars 2

Hi Gang,

Decided to make my 5th 80 a thief, and I’m hoping you guys can help me out as far as a weapon focus and traitlines to concentrate on for quickly tearing through hearts/story/zone completion.

My early experience with the thief is that she’s squishy, and my last 80 was a guardian, so it was a totally different playstyle.

Any tips or things I should think about are greatly appreciated. Bear in mind I can afford very decent gear as I go, so hopefully with your guidance I can find a proper build for fast progression.

for leveling, D/D conditions using death blossom, caltrops, and putting points into trickery, deadly arts, and acrobatics works great. you bleed and kite everything. the other common leveling build is s/p, where you use black powder and pistol whip to blind and evade mobs as you cut them down with AoE attacks. Signet of malice works great for both, as does caltrops since it procs SoM every pulse. shadow refuge is your friend for the channeled skill challenges, chest, and guarded resource nodes. thieves guild is a great elite for skill challenges against veterans, since they will blind, deal a good bit of damage, and take aggro on occasion.