Guild Wars 2

When traited with kittenty WvW rendering, this build is pretty OP. Thoughts?

My thoughts? This is in the wrong forum….

Watch the Wild Bill videos, as 98% of P/D thieves watched it and are trying to copy what he does.

They will stealth. A lot. And while they’re stealthed, they heal.

They will then pop out of stealth with Sneak Attack – the pistol equivalent of backstab – a rapid series of shots that puts a bunch of bleeds on you.

So two things. One, be able to remove conditions. Two, know when to dodge. The only reason he’s going to try to get in melee range of you is to use CnD. (That’s the dagger #5 that stealths them). Don’t let that happen. Also, familiarize yourself with how long their stealths last, and what they look like. A P/D thief will try to stay in stealth till the last possible second to maximize regen, so you need to be dodging the moment it’s going to end (not the moment you see him) so you eat the fewest amount of bullets from Sneak Attack. You’re going to get a good amount of bleeds on you regardless, but this ability is pretty much the only thing they can do that hurts and stacks bleeds quickly.

After he pops thieves guild, shadow refuge, and then realizes you’re not just going to die, you get to watch him switch to mainhand dagger and run away. Congrats.

Btw, these guys can seem super tanky if they can stealth and heal a lot, and usually run carrion gear for high(er) HP. But they’re still very lacking in armor, and if you can keep them out of stealth by limiting how often they can use CnD, their survivability drops dramatically.