Guild Wars 2

Hi, I have been playing P/D for a few months now and other than the ever present irritation that there is no Ascended Carrion (wtf) It suits me well. I would like to get better. I would also like if there is something I am missing maths wise (like just missing a duration or damage threshold)

I generally roam or am in a small group. My build is a variation of this with the Ascended Karka backpiece with Vitality infusion (not available on builder)

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|a.1h.h9.8.1h.h1i|5.1h.h5|1h.714.1h.714.1h.712.1h.712.1h.73.1h.73|1h.62.1h.62.1h.62.1h.62.1h.62.3w.d17|5.0.u40b.k29.f5|1b.d|59.5b.5o.5n.5v|e

A few questions for the team:

1) Would you recommend any trait changes?
2) I notice people use HIS a lot but I couldn’t make it without withdraw – am I crazy? I bounce around a lot with the extra dodge given by the food and to keep might up and this is another dodge.

For slot skills I use shadow refuge a lot, I need a stun break so it’s either RFI or Shadowstep (or both which is what I have now) and perhaps caltrops – anyone use anything else that syndergizes? I see people use venoms sometimes.

3) Any equipment changes? I was thinking about sigil of generosity over sigil of doom. Sure, I should be using an extra shortbow with corruption or something.

With my build I generally just ignore Guardians, I don’t mind picking my fights and leaving people alone. I love how I can kill guarded yaks and no one can really stop me.

Any advice appreciated

This is the build I use. It fits my play style, but you might be able to adapt it. (I didn’t add slot skills, as everyone has their preference)

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/thief/?7.0|a.1m.h16.8.1m.h1i|a.1m.h1i.8.1m.hg|1h.719.1b.719.1h.719.1h.719.1b.719.1b.719|2x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2w.0|f5.0.u34b.f2.a3|30.d|0.0.0.0.0|e

Obviously, you’d have to substitute the ascended gear out for what’s available for you, but what I like about my build, is that all conditions I apply, have 75% duration increase. It might not sound like a big deal, but everything lasting that much longer means you can keep pressure on longer imo.

You’d also swap out the secondary set for SB. I prefer P/D + P/D, so I can keep poison up more easily via Sigil of Doom.

Edit: For traits, I went with Mug recently, and forgot to swap that out. I also went with Sigil of Earth, because it has a very low CD of 2 seconds, and typically doesn’t interfere with Sigil of Doom.

Thanks, did you make these choices because there are no carrion ascended pieces or because you wanted to go with rabid

I.e. would you change if there were carrion ascended pieces to a different build?

Also I’d think you would want thrill of the crime over uncatchable with your build for the fury.

I really like the blind on CnD since it so long (.5secs) but sometimes go for the extra heal as well.

I went with those ascended pieces because they had the stats I wanted:

Condition damage
Vitality
Toughness

The precision wasn’t part of the choice, it just happened to be included. I agree that vitality is best for a thief, but I also believe that having a decent amount of toughness compliments it.

I wasn’t building the gear for any sort of critical chance increase. The precision that is there is merely what happened to be on the pieces I chose, and offered just enough crit for the sigil of earth to go off relatively often. (I’d rather use something else – it can go on CD just as I weapon swap for sigil of doom, and cancel it out, but options are limited)

Since I wasn’t building my gear with crit in mind, Thrill of the Crime isn’t something I was interested in. Uncatchable is really, really handy. Once you get used to using it, you can almost always get at least 1 tic in on an opponent.

Edit: I do miss having a stun break, but in small fights, it’s not that bad. I’ve eaten one-hundred blades before and other combos. It hurts, but it’s survivable. I change things up some in larger scale fights such as siege, like using a short bow for harassment, and changing a few traits around.