Guild Wars 2

Hi All,

I am not an experienced thief by any means. However, I did just get my thief to 80 and am looking for a bit of advice. When I have asked elsewhere I get answer like “Delete your thief and make a warrior”. That is just not helpful. So I thought I would try here

I have been running a 20/30/20/0/0 build. I chose this build because I like to play with diversity. If I feel like running D/D this build will work. If I want to run S/P or P/P or whatever, I can adjust traits without having to respec. I use mostly assassin weapons/armor with knights/zerker trinkets. I use Maint Oil and Prec/Crit Dmg food. Mainly its a crit build with options for different weapons.

I usually run with Signet of malice for P/P, S/P, S/D and Hide in Shadows for D/D or D/P. My elite is usually Dagger Storm however, in some WvW/PvP situations I have been using Basilisk Venom. For Utility I usually run Signet of Agility, Blinding Powder and Shadow Refuge. I don’t usually change this often but am not against changing them if given a good reason that will positively effect my play.

Mainly, what I am looking for here is some informed knowledge from some of you experienced thieves. Given my build and practices, I know I won’t be the best at anything. As long as I don’t suck that is ok with me. I don’t have to be top DPS.

My build can be viewed Here

So, is there anything glaringly wrong with my build or approach? Can I do anything to improve it and still be flexible with the weapons?

bigrob.3510:

Hi All,

I am not an experienced thief by any means. However, I did just get my thief to 80 and am looking for a bit of advice. When I have asked elsewhere I get answer like “Delete your thief and make a warrior”. That is just not helpful. So I thought I would try here

I have been running a 20/30/20/0/0 build. I chose this build because I like to play with diversity. If I feel like running D/D this build will work. If I want to run S/P or P/P or whatever, I can adjust traits without having to respec. I use mostly assassin weapons/armor with knights/zerker trinkets. I use Maint Oil and Prec/Crit Dmg food. Mainly its a crit build with options for different weapons.

I usually run with Signet of malice for P/P, S/P, S/D and Hide in Shadows for D/D or D/P. My elite is usually Dagger Storm however, in some WvW/PvP situations I have been using Basilisk Venom. For Utility I usually run Signet of Agility, Blinding Powder and Shadow Refuge. I don’t usually change this often but am not against changing them if given a good reason that will positively effect my play.

Mainly, what I am looking for here is some informed knowledge from some of you experienced thieves. Given my build and practices, I know I won’t be the best at anything. As long as I don’t suck that is ok with me. I don’t have to be top DPS.

My build can be viewed Here

So, is there anything glaringly wrong with my build or approach? Can I do anything to improve it and still be flexible with the weapons?

I have been running 0/30/20/20/0 with D/D + SB lately and I think the only thing I’ll change after the patch is changing 3 of my armor pieces (all PVT right now) to zerk and go to 0/30/25/15/0 since anything above feline grace won’t really be worth traiting into (was quick recovery but they pretty much added that into the passive initiative regen now). The rest of my gear is zerk + traveler runes. Utilities usually are shadowstep, blinding powder, and assassins signet.

Edit: I wouldn’t recommend using assassins gear as there are a bunch of threads with numerical reasons not to. If you are used to running D/D, my build is fun:

My current build:http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYEQNAoYVlYmiOHfy4E/5Ey2jdqC5JOFOVS1pgrsKA-jACBYLERjkFQEBgUBCZZPFRjtMsIas6aYKXER1A-e

Expected build after patch: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYEQNAoYVlYmiOHfy4E/5Ey2jdqC5JeGOVS1fgrA-jQCBYLERjkFQEBgUBCZJPKrZPCilhFRjVXDT5iIqGA-e

(note that practiced tolerance is going to be getting a slight boost based on the patch notes preview)

Could you point me to where I might find those threads about assassin gear? I have not seen them but would be interested to read them.

it would help if you mentioned what game mode (pve, dungeons, wvw, spvp, tpvp) you wanted a build for as they vary from 1 mode to the next