Guild Wars 2

Hello, Thief community!

So, I’ve been running D/P and S/D mostly, and was wondering about some runes and sigils I saw.

1. Sigil of Absorption
This seems like a very good choice for D/P and S/D to some regard, but do you guys think losing fire sigil is worth it? Or should i drop Air after the nerfs?

2. Sigil of Generosity
This looks appealing, especially if you don’t run Escapist’s Absolution, but is the ICD too long or is it viable as an option for builds without EA?

3. Runes of Exuberance
These are pretty good for both builds, (from my experience), but again, is it worth the power/precision loss of taking away Pack runes?

I’m not a total noob to thief (~115 games) but these have been my biggest questions, which even after some testing, remain unanswered. If you do have an answer or recommendation, please leave a post, because I’m still very undecided about these.

Happy Thieving!

I’m using all of those at the moment but that doesn’t mean I know what I’m talking about so take that into account.

I’m using Sigil of Absorption on an Acro-S/D interrupt build that’s also using Bountiful Theft on top of Flanking Strike. I don’t have a good reason for loading up on that much boon steal but in one of our servers matchups I felt the need to rip a lot of boons, but I tend to build around my servers commanders and squads or groups, fire sigil pays off more and better and I had to load up on the boon steal to feel like I’ve made a dent and probably wouldn’t take Absorption alone.

I stick to EA or weapon/utility condition clear except I’m using Generosity on my staff when I use that build because I take Staff Master to go with Upper Hand which keeps me in the cleave and auto range and I don’t want to dedicate my utility bar to trickster.

I don’t feel I lose much using Exuberance, at least with my builds, but I do feel the extra time in action it buys me. You might want to stick to the meta if you’re roaming with D/P, that set should keep a fight tight and small and it also depends on the game mode, Exuberance might have too well rounded stats that are already sort of damp for the thief in spvp.