Guild Wars 2

With the unnecessary nerfing of all the meta builds (all 1 1/2 of them), I’ve been messing around with some new builds for SPvP/TPvP.

What do people think of this?
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVl0Mp6pVOx0J8PNBNhwdtUz8O83yaFA-TZBFwAEOBA12fYxRAoaZAAPCAA

I was initially running infusion over SRej, but even though it kept me flush with init, it was a losing proposition health wise against any of the many sustain heavy builds you see around today. I also switched out HiS for Withdraw because repositioning > stealth with the massive amount of AoE flying around every fight IMO.

Hidden thief allows for instant burst every 21 seconds (Mug+BS), and handy escapes when I need to bail. SRej isn’t so much for sitting in stealth as it is taking advantage of all the positioning time whenever your target is spamming dodges to avoid BS.

Smoke screen surprisingly isn’t a new addition for the patch – I’ve been using it for about a month for its versatility. Daze + blind with HS, a temporary middle finger to hambow/engis (and now rangers), and in this build a handy low cost way to enter stealth (I do miss my bouncing blind with S/D). I also find it good for covering me while decapping a point when a ranged class is charging toward me, though some might prefer blinding powder.

I don’t know if it’s strong enough to be a meta build, but here’s to hoping. Any advice/experience to share?

On paper it looks like you might not have enough damage output. I know if I was playing my engi I would rather probably vs a thief running your build than other meta builds. Yes I could see you having decent survivability but I think you lose to much dps which will affect you ability to aid in team fights.

vincecontix.1264:

On paper it looks like you might not have enough damage output. I know if I was playing my engi I would rather probably vs a thief running your build than other meta builds. Yes I could see you having decent survivability but I think you lose to much dps which will affect you ability to aid in team fights.

Maybe, Maybe. I’m just so sick of 2/6/0/0/6, and S/D is crap atm.

evilapprentice.6379:

vincecontix.1264:

On paper it looks like you might not have enough damage output. I know if I was playing my engi I would rather probably vs a thief running your build than other meta builds. Yes I could see you having decent survivability but I think you lose to much dps which will affect you ability to aid in team fights.

Maybe, Maybe. I’m just so sick of 2/6/0/0/6, and S/D is crap atm.

try 6/0/2/0/6 d/p. Panic strike OP

Cam Ron.4170:

evilapprentice.6379:

vincecontix.1264:

On paper it looks like you might not have enough damage output. I know if I was playing my engi I would rather probably vs a thief running your build than other meta builds. Yes I could see you having decent survivability but I think you lose to much dps which will affect you ability to aid in team fights.

Maybe, Maybe. I’m just so sick of 2/6/0/0/6, and S/D is crap atm.

try 6/0/2/0/6 d/p. Panic strike OP

I’ve tried this and I’m not a huge fan, but maybe it’s time to try again.