Guild Wars 2

I play every profession (some better than others), except the Thief. I have a Thief but just can not get my head wrapped around the profession. So I waited till after the update to ask these questions:

Q1: What do Thieves excel at? PVE, Dungeons, PVP, WVW, Fractals?

Q2: Can I get a link to a good build with a notation on which Q1 it pertains to?

TY!!! I just want to have fun with a thief

Thieves are excellent roamers (solo or small group) in WvW. They’re also fine in dungeons, though the gear and spec changes. I don’t do sPvP, so I have no comment there.

For WvW, here are some build thoughts:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Just-hit-80-really-need-help-with-builds/first#post3376890

If you want to see various thief builds in action in WvW, google up the youtubes for “Yishis” and “Laela Blackbird.” They play the two basic archetypes for WvW thieves (dagger burst and pistol condition, respectively). Yishis, in particular, does a good job of explaining how to go about killing folks and taking their stuff

I wold be very interested in trying a Thief for WvW. I was just unsure what got nerffed in the last update.
Thanks for the Youtube suggestion.

So Yishis’s Dagger/Dagger and Bow is a good weapon set?

Angelica Dream.7103:

I wold be very interested in trying a Thief for WvW. I was just unsure what got nerffed in the last update.
Thanks for the Youtube suggestion. Is you build a standard WvW?

Yep, 0/30/30/-/- is pretty standard for WvW dagger/ shortbow builds. There are certainly variants, but I suspect that’s the most popular base.

All thief power/ precision builds start with 30 in CA, whether for WvW or PvE, for any weapon set. The 30 SA is for WvW only, and it’s incredibly powerful there — that’s where all your sustainability comes from. For the max-DPS builds used in dungeons, you go 0 SA, moving 25 of those points into DA and 5 of them into Acro (for a total of 15, so you can dodge more).

Nothing in this build got nerfed on 12/10. If anything, it got a slight buff in initiative regen. The big nerfs hit two builds: 1) Sword Mainhand and 2) D/P permastealth.

Thanks Guys you are the best.

Wish me luck with the Thief. LOL

One Question:
Why is Acrobatics : Decent of Shadows any good?
Is that for escaping off cliffs? Not sure about the Blinding power part either

Angelica Dream.7103:

One Question:
Why is Acrobatics : Decent of Shadows any good?
Is that for escaping off cliffs? Not sure about the Blinding power part either

In wvwvw, you will be ble to jump down cliffs and survive since you take 50% less fall dmg. the stealth is a bonus. wile fighting (roaming) in wvwvw you can use the environment to gain stealth saving your utilities or when they are not available.

I personally don’t use it but i can see it’s potential.

Best crafting profession is best at crafting.