I wouldn’t run a condition build on a thief in fractals. The goal should be to burst enemies down as fast as possible, which conditions don’t really do, especially in PvE. I think the only classes that can get away with condi builds in fractals might be necromancer and engineer. S/P and SB are probably the two best weaponsets for thief in fractals. S/P gives great cleave damage and spammable AoE blinds on your stack spots, while shortbow gives you ranged damage against groups of enemies you can’t stack against. Alternatively, P/P works pretty well against bosses you have to range.
I would say go for a more burst damage oriented build. Like shinigamith said, at high level fractals, you need to burst your enemies down as fast as you can. The more time you spend dealing with enemies, the more likely your party is to wipe. Plus, nobody wants to spend 3 hours crawling through a lvl 50 fractal haha
Godz Raiden (Thief)
Maguuma
Don’t use conditions in fractals as a thief. Use Sword/pistol for groups and w/e for bosses (single target ranged p/p, single or multi target melee d/x or s/x). Yes you can toss conditions out but you’ll either die quickly or not put out enough damage (over time) to be useful.
Or be like me and retire from fractals once you realize how unrewarding it really is :/
“I’m waiting for the staff to get off their lunch
break. I feel like they should be back by now..”
