PvP Class matchups
ranger: blind helps a lot, try to LoS when hes on bow and go hardmode dps when hes on gs, just try to dodge the obvious gs animations
mesmer: since balance patch they are not free food for you anymore, you basically need to outsustain their cds. when they stealth, most likely they will just open with mirror blade followed by shatter, so you wanna stealth also when they do. then you wait till their stealth runs out, you wait for them to random dodge (since thats what everybody does when thief is stealthed, cause they are afraid of bursts) and THEN you backstab.
necro: necro isnt a too hard matchup, its just gonna take some time. they are weak out of deathshroud, thats where you wanna attack them. when they go in ds, there is most likely the instant fear from #3 coming, so just random dodge that. when they are in ds, just go stealth or LoS a bit and they will leave ds soon, thinking they could heal – thats where you jump them and iterrupt the heal, then kill them ezpz.
engi: almost impossible matchup, since they got high dps/cleave combined and some engis run the trait where you get revealed when they hit you in stealth; interrupting the heal is also pretty kitten hard – recommendation is to NOT take the 1-1 at all
war: depends which build….if shoutbow, the 1-1 IS theoretically possible, but you need to dodge pindown, arcing arrow and avoid the firefield. also they run shield over warhorn now which gives them another 3sec block and a short stun….hard to kill, but doable….still better to avoid that 1-1, could take quite long time
zerk war is also doable, sad that one attack from gs hits thiefs vor ~3k, so you REALLY need to dodge that gs #3 whirlwind, otherwise it can hit for 10k. you can take the 1-1, but if you get hit just a few times, youre dead
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ranger: blind helps a lot, try to LoS when hes on bow and go hardmode dps when hes on gs, just try to dodge the obvious gs animations
mesmer: since balance patch they are not free food for you anymore, you basically need to outsustain their cds. when they stealth, most likely they will just open with mirror blade followed by shatter, so you wanna stealth also when they do. then you wait till their stealth runs out, you wait for them to random dodge (since thats what everybody does when thief is stealthed, cause they are afraid of bursts) and THEN you backstab.
necro: necro isnt a too hard matchup, its just gonna take some time. they are weak out of deathshroud, thats where you wanna attack them. when they go in ds, there is most likely the instant fear from #3 coming, so just random dodge that. when they are in ds, just go stealth or LoS a bit and they will leave ds soon, thinking they could heal – thats where you jump them and iterrupt the heal, then kill them ezpz.
engi: almost impossible matchup, since they got high dps/cleave combined and some engis run the trait where you get revealed when they hit you in stealth; interrupting the heal is also pretty kitten hard – recommendation is to NOT take the 1-1 at all
war: depends which build….if shoutbow, the 1-1 IS theoretically possible, but you need to dodge pindown, arcing arrow and avoid the firefield. also they run shield over warhorn now which gives them another 3sec block and a short stun….hard to kill, but doable….still better to avoid that 1-1, could take quite long time
zerk war is also doable, sad that one attack from gs hits thiefs vor ~3k, so you REALLY need to dodge that gs #3 whirlwind, otherwise it can hit for 10k. you can take the 1-1, but if you get hit just a few times, youre dead
THANK YOU this is exactly what I was looking for, this will help a lot.