Question on hard to kill thief in WvW

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Posted by: Sabreene.8062

Sabreene.8062

Earlier tonight I met up with a very hard to kill thief in WvW, and was wondering if anyone had ideas on the build they might be running.

They used d/d, a lot of heartseeker/deathblossom, dagger storm for the elite. I know they were also using some conditions — two sizes of red circles, a large and a small. I’m not sure what conditions they were, as I evaded or cleaned off them without noticing.

I wasn’t at my best (mesmer) since I had skill bar full of zerg hiding/portaling items, and nothing that would help me in a 1v1. This thief really impressed me, though. This was taking place at a camp, and the thief would kill the vets & supervisor, and I would heal them up, all while fighting one another. The supervisor never seemed to land a blow on them.

Another person came into the fight (on my side). The thief downed them twice (my zerg hiding skills came in useful there, since I could mass invis & res the other person), all the while the thief healed themselves up quickly.

I could get the thief down to maybe 50% before they were able to heal themselves up. It might’ve gone on for a long time, but more enemies came through, and that was that.

Still, I’m curious as to what could keep a thief healing up so quickly and seemingly having a lot of initiative to be doing so many heartseeker / death blossoms. I have a thief, but even when I wear knight’s armor I feel semi-squishy. No way I could take on two people in the middle of an enemy camp, with the supervisor and vets after me!

Kudos to whoever that thief was!!

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Posted by: Viking Jorun.5413

Viking Jorun.5413

They were running a d/d bleed build with apothecary/dire gear, and his name is Jenar. You’re welcome.

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Posted by: Sabreene.8062

Sabreene.8062

Thank you!

Made me want to pick up my thief and learn to play it better.

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Posted by: Viking Jorun.5413

Viking Jorun.5413

Thank you!

Made me want to pick up my thief and learn to play it better.

The fact that he was fighting you in a camp made it easier. NPCs don’t move out of AoE fields, and Caltrops and all of his attacks heal him due to Signet of Malice. The one downfall to the build is it’s lack of stun breakers. He also heals inside of stealth, so be sure to interrupt him when he goes to throw down Shadow Refuge and dodge his Cloak and Daggers.

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Posted by: Cygnus.6903

Cygnus.6903

A good thief never has to get killed in a 1v1.

But as I understand, you didn’t get killed either?

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