Guild Wars 2

So I’m in love with thief as a class, been doing really well in pvp, kicking butts in dungeons and other pve, however almost everything in the silverwastes kicks the kitten out of me.

How do I go about staying alive in the silverwastes? I’m full berserker/scholar 6/6/0/0/2 and have force/fire sigils for all of my weapon sets (d/d, d/p, s/p, s/d, p/p, p/d, sb) but things like teragriffs and thrashers just annihilate me

Try Invigorating Precision and maybe Dagger/Pistol. But I am usually fine just using IP and the normal Dagger/Dagger build. Something like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoYVl0MpwpdOx0J0PNRLRtdHECjoXvh2XQAEiA-TBBXgAA7PK/C1H0r+zjSQA-e

Obviously you can use Executioner too, but IP makes things so much easier. You can also swap Furious Retalation for Practiced Tolerance to avoid burst better. If you decide to use Pistol offhand, move 1 point from deadly arts to trickery.

If thas still to troubeling, go for the s/p build with 56003 and the dual traits.

You just described a full-offense glasscannon, you have no defensive traits, and you expect to not get annihilated by some of the smartest and most well-designed mobs in the game?

Balsco.3682:

You just described a full-offense glasscannon, you have no defensive traits, and you expect to not get annihilated by some of the smartest and most well-designed mobs in the game?

Thanks for a super helpful and informative post.

Molch.2078:

Try Invigorating Precision and maybe Dagger/Pistol. But I am usually fine just using IP and the normal Dagger/Dagger build. Something like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoYVl0MpwpdOx0J0PNRLRtdHECjoXvh2XQAEiA-TBBXgAA7PK/C1H0r+zjSQA-e

Obviously you can use Executioner too, but IP makes things so much easier. You can also swap Furious Retalation for Practiced Tolerance to avoid burst better. If you decide to use Pistol offhand, move 1 point from deadly arts to trickery.

If thas still to troubeling, go for the s/p build with 56003 and the dual traits.

Thanks a lot, invigorating precision really made a huge difference

Personnally, I felt that silverwaste was a paradise for thief.

Teragrif : take something that cripple/chill and a bit of blind. Bingo, they became super easy to kill.
Trasher : just need a short interrupt to be able to reckt them.
Husk : some condition and they melt fast, otherwise, just blind them.

I run 5/6/0/0/3 in all things PvE
S/P for evade spam with healing Signet. I don’t have any problems at all. If things get hairy in a mob of enemies, switch to SB and empty your initiative with poison cloud. The conditions, and damage ticks from all the fields will heal you up freakishly fast with the signet.

Like others have said, go S/P 5/6/0/0/3 for combat or D/P 5/6/0/3/0 for mobility. Take Practiced Tolerance and Invigorating Precision in Critical Strikes to significantly increase survivability. Take Withdraw, Signet of Agility, Shadowstep, and Shadow Refuge as your utilities. It’s rare you’ll be defeated unless caught off guard by a Teragriff charge without Shadowstepping or you’re hit by a Slinger boulder. Teragriffs can easily be knocked down by using SB #3 when they’re charging directly at you. You can stop Thrashers from using their vines by using Pistol #4. Good luck!

Using PVT gear helps a lot. Sure, your dps is lower, but you’ve got so many people that it doesn’t matter and you’re armor and vitality go up loads too

Frusen.3761:

Using PVT gear helps a lot. Sure, your dps is lower, but you’ve got so many people that it doesn’t matter and you’re armor and vitality go up loads too

It does matter. Because if everyone thinks this way, the events fail because no one deals damage.