Guild Wars 2

Hey there,
I was kinda sick of playing my ele, so I decided to open up a thief.

I played a bit in the past, and searched the web, but couldn’t find out what’s best for leveling, my intention is to go grind doungens as soon as I hit 30, so what weapons do I use? primary and secondary.. and what skills are best suited for PvE? (altho I get all skills by 80, what should I invest in first) and ofc what stats should I look for his gear (as a damage dealer, or at least not a tank or support stats)?

• D/D Deathblossom, condition dmg as main stat.
• P/D Cloak and Dagger walk away and sneak attack, dodge and kite, repeat. Condition dmg as main stat. as P/D when you can get your first line to 30, go for Shadow Arts for health regen on stealth.
• S/P Blackpowder Autoattack, power as main stat.
• D/P Blackpowder autoattack>heartseeker>backstab from behind. Power and Precision.

SB is a good side weapon.

10 Shadow arts for 2 initiative on stealth in stealth builds.
Acrobatics to 20 for 2 initiative per 10 seconds useful for both stealth and S/P, and 15 acro you will have access to 3 dodges almost in a row.
Critical Strikes main line for improving your dmg, at 30 CS you can put 100% crit chance from stealth and Dagger main hand gets more worthwhile.

Deadly arts and trickery are good lines for condition builds.

thx man.. couldn’t ask for a better answer

Personally, I tend to put 5 in acro for swiftness on dodge and 10 in Trickery to get Thrill of the Crime (Swiftness, Fury, and Might when you steal). These both give you a lot more speed for travelling, which directly improves your leveling speed since so much of leveling involves simply getting from one place to another.

Ghostwolf gave some awesome advice and I agree with all of it, but I found S/P to be the most effective weapon from those sets since you can drop a blind field with skill 5, allowing you to tank tough enemies. Also, your big damage attack (Pistol Whip) doesn’t require you to stand behind your enemy, which can be awkward when solo.

Anyways, good luck and welcome to the thief class!

Thanks again, got it all!
only 1 thing is missing for me… are the utility skills make any difference in the leveling phase? and if so what should I invest in?