Guild Wars 2

Thinking of using human racial skill (Reaper of Grenth) in WvWvW as a melee thief. Main reason why I’m thinking of using it is for the poison/chill pulse every 3 secs = reduced healing and movement speed.

Good or bad idea?

probably not the best move. most any thief build can already keep up with most targets long enough to finish them, and we have easy access to poison with traits or a main hand dagger. the only real benefit is the CD increase from the chill, and that isn’t much from an elite slot when we can chill with a utility(however unused) or just out maneuver our opponent. less mobile classes like guardians tend to get better use of it.

So what elite should I use? I find all the other ones……lacking, if you what I mean.

The problem with reaper of grenth is its overly long cooldown. In wvw it’s better to use Basilisk venom to substitute reaper of grenth if cc is what you want, however dagger storm and thieves guild are also pretty good. Don’t underestimate them.

You can use black powder followed with a dagger storm for mass blinds for example and in zergs you can tag many enemies and collect all that loot. You can use Thieves guild for when you’re in 1vs2-3 fights and come out on top more often than not.

Ok so I’m aiming for CC; so basilisk is good for single CC while grenth is good for multiple (240 range). Obviously basilisk has better CD but does the leeching venom work with that one? A multiple CC is not useful for a thief….right?

Most thieves elite are situational and you can put Reaper of Grenth to good use in some cases.
I’ll recommend you to get 15 points in Deadly Arts to use with that, so it will be permanent Poison, Chilled and Weakness for around 15 seconds!