Guild Wars 2

Hello im new as thief.
I see many thieves arround on wvw that are so strong so i decide try myself.
Can you please suggest me what build to do for zerg?
I mostly play Zerg and some rare times solo.
Also if zerg build can be usefull for daily bosses kills would be amazing.
Thx in advance

Thieves really have no place in a wvw zerg. They’re awesome for roaming solo or in small groups, but they’re next to useless in a zerg.

Find a good venomshare build and camp shortbow, that’s probably the most you’ll be able to do.

I just finalized my thief build for WvW. Even though I’ll probably get ridiculed I’ll post it here anyway. Its fairly unusual I think but I like it.

It is viable in zerg, small group and roaming.

In zerg I can zip in and out of the enemy zerg and not die like with some other thief builds I tried. Its somewhat useful in giving boons to my allies (sometimes I switch out Instinctual Response for Bountiful Theft). If we’re assaulting an asset or defending one I can switch to a shortbow or just stand guard to prevent enemies from getting in the gate.

Small group its pretty good.

And solo roaming, I just disappear if I get into trouble. (I don’t solo roam to gank people so that’s not what this is for. I just like sneaking around and scouting and such.) I’ve gone up against other thieves with more traditional builds and held my ground. The other day a condi thief even retreated into their camp to escape.

But most of all its fun.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZQQRAsY4alsMp3plPx7J8PNRRBxZAOg3T+HDpzS8CA-TVzEwAJOIAm0CoS9nkKreqUwjGhrKR2oLQyJAogSQb7PAwEEjnAQAAEACdWAQC-w

One quick thing I might mention about that build.
I’ve noticed that Hidden Thief seems to be incompatible with a lot of stealing-related skills (Serpent’s Touch, Mug, Slight of Hand, Bewildering Ambush), in that it’ll stealth you first, then do the other skill’s effect and immediately put you into revealed.
It might only be some of the skills I mentioned, not all of them. But if you’re noticing that steal doesn’t give you stealth as much as skip right to giving you Revealed, might look into a different trait.

In any case, OP, give http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAqYVl8MprpNNx5J8PNhNhwdsaz8caWNHEA-TVSAwAYUCq4UAQTPQONBQM/B4JAcV5HS1f6t/ApAgZZF-w a try. There might be better variations out there, but that I think would be a good place to start for a zerg build.

Thanks I’ll watch out for that with Hidden Thief.

you could always ninja nurse…. lol but closest i do to zerg play i get is hanging out on the edges of my server zerg and spiking eles and such on the enemy zerg brave enough be on the outskirts. Other than that SB is gonna be your best option, hits hard pwr/crit with cluster too.

Best Zerg build is Sword Pistol And Shortbow with full Soldier gear and 20066 traits. All you have to do is open with Sword Pistol, 3333333333333, swap to shortbow when out of initative, back up. 11111222211111, swap, 3333333, swap, 1111112221112. Etc.

Power or Cond thief?

Klaus.8326:

Power or Cond thief?

I don’t think condition is suitable for zerg, but then again, blasts will still work and if you target those who got separated from the herd they’ll not benefit from the group cleanses.

Klaus.8326:

Power or Cond thief?

Don’t go in zerg pull them out of zerg,ambush and kill. With an other thief with you it’s possible to kill small groups.

go what ever you like

as you see ppl use all.

find what works best for you.
dont think you can role with the melee even with 3k armor
so look the periphery and hit from their
sb is the most useable set power with #2 spammnig

i once use nurse build variant and manage to revive 15 man in outnumbered till we won. but beside those 15 no one notice the difference.

High power P/P with ricochet and fire sigil… init replenishment where possible. It’s boring though, like all zerg play. Unload, Unload, Unload, run/collect bags, repeat.