Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone. I posted a few weeks ago asking about the thief’s role in SPvP. Decaps and +1ing fights. It’s a really niche role and I’ve noticed it can really help my team dominate a map in the minimal thief play that I’ve had.

My next question is: How do you operate/rotate when you’re facing a “mirror match?” That is, four on-point sustain fighters and one enemy thief. I tend to have a hard time making decisions in this case. How do you out-rotate someone who can move just as fast as you?

Make better decisions. You need to be at the right place at the right time more than the other thief. It’s kind of like a race. Every millisecond counts. It helps if you are better than he is so you can kill him if necessary.

Edit: Be aware of his position, and try to get a feel for what your team can handle. For example, you drive by the teamfight at mid and go far to decap, since mid seems fine. Your ally is defending home 1v1, and you notice the other thief +1 that fight. Can your ally survive 2v1 until after you decap? If not, can you make it to him in time? Maybe the teamfight went well and one guy peeled off to help home, so you don’t need to worry about it.

There are a bunch of variables that determine whether you should countergank, take secondary objectives, decap, etc. If you make good decisions and recover gracefully from bad ones, you can throw off your enemies rotations.