First off, get some vitality. If you intend to do fractals you need some leeway to soak up a hit or 2, especially at 40+.
Also sigils don’t stack, so don’t put the same in everything.
Full zerker is meh in pve, you can get downed rather quick even with good dungeon experience. For thief, throw in some valk or cavaliar for the defences + crit dmg. You won’t lose your hard hits and you’ll gain some extra survivability. After 50% crit chance the rest almost becomes obsolete.
You seem to know the general idea of adjustment in pve(weapon change, trait change, etc), so no advice needed there.
Underwater although not common, I use RFI, shadow’s Signet, and scorpion wire. It’s only 1 situation I run in water for and that’s fractals but you can do w/e in there. The good utility skills are not available in there so just choose skills that keep you afloat.
As for ascended gear, pick something that you feel comfortable with. I don’t mean to sound so bland but its not something you can just salvage/sell/restart. Between making thief, getting 80, and understanding your strengths/weaknesses, you should have an idea of what you’re missing. Generally vitality is more rewarding on thief because it works on condition damage AND attacks, high toughness on thief is a waste in many ways. Don’t go futher than 2400/2500 armor rating on thief, at those numbers you’re likely losing a ton of damage vs gaining little defenses.
Overall you have to learn dungeon mechanics before you invest into full asc for them. I’ve used zerker/valk mixed trinkets and valk armor + zerk weapons. I have 17k hp, 2100 armor and ~3000 attack (varies between 3000 and 3100) with 108% crit dmg. I can hit things but I need to be careful to not be hit by boss attacks or I really get punished. I’m not squishy where I can’t take a hit but I’m not beefy where I can soak them up. Pve is fairly flexible but invest in some vitality to atleast take a hit without going down.
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