Q:
Leveling Thief
I stuck with shortbow and s/p the whole time leveling and it worked nicely. For wvw though b there’s two questions.
~power or condi
~solo roam, zerg, or small team play
Answer those two and there’s an abundance of builds for each.
For PvE, I recommend running S/P pretty much everywhere. Blind fields, Evade frames from Pistol Whip spamming and the AoE damage is absolutely amazing. Couple S/P with Shortbow and the Signet of Malice healing skill and you’ll pretty much never die to trash mobs.
Run; 5/6/0/3/0 –
DA: Sundering, 5% dual skill dmg,
Crit: Side strike, Practiced Tolerance, Executioner
Acro – Power of inertia (I take 3 in acro instead of trickery because I love dodges)
Oh and full zerk or valk gear is best.
WvW is kitten an uplevel thief because a thief relies heavily on good equipment to do damage. I’d probably run a condition build because of how strong it currently is. P/D condition with krait runes on dire gear.
0/0/6/2/6
SA: Shadow Embrace, Infusion of Shadow, Shadow Rejuvenation
Acro: Power of Inertia
Trickery: Uncatchable(Switch this out for Thrill of the Crime when not fighting), Bountiful Theft, Bewildering Ambush.
Just try your best with the traits/gear. Hard without a level 80.
TBH though, if you want to join an EoTM zerg fest you could just slap on some Soldiers gear, put points into SA and Acro just for added hp/toughness and tag people with SB 1.
Enjoy thief. xD
Isle of Janthir