Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone!

I am getting closer to 80 on my thief, which is exciting. But now I have to consider what gear and style I want to play. After considering the options, I decided I wanted to go more towards the Damage / Crit type builds that utilize stealth and positioning.

With that being said, I did not want a full glass cannon but still be able to put out great DPS. I will play mostly PvE and some WvW, which should be considered in the build. I also wanted to shy away from things like “Mug” (for an example) because I don’t want to rely on a gimmick or someting that could potentially break a build.

Also, I wanted D/D as my main wep set. For an offset I was thinking Shortbow for PvE and something like P/D or some combination of all the weps for WvW (or PvE when the situation comes)

I was thinking something like:

Berserkers Armor with Ruby Orbs (i believe, Power/Precision/Crit Dmg)
Berserkers Weapon ~D/D~ (Not sure on Sigs)
Defensive Jewelry (not sure the best set/combo)

Probably have to copy/paste
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQJAoIlUmaO3ei+cCZ7xOVh8E3DjSpaquCXFA

I know some skills/traits are better for PvP (keep in mind WvW). Preferably I would like to not have to respec my character every time I want to WvW, instead I would just change some traits and skills. The spec I posted is not something I am set on either, but more so just an idea of what I want to try and accomplish.

I am open to any suggestions and insight on skills, traits, WvW, PvE.

Thanks!

There are a string of skills that are a gimmick, but there’s nothing to be frowned upon with Mug itself. Shortbow is nice also for w3, it has one of the easiest on demand blast combo finishers among a full set of very solid skills and utility on one weapon. I have 10/30/0/20/10 with mostly P/V/T and a mix of whatever I could afford from karma temples and badges or loot with sword/dagger-shortbow. I didn’t over think my entire build, just added and changed what I needed along the way bit by bit.

From what I’ve experienced, whatever sets and gear we have equipped, we’re going to do our damage unless the thief has gone full skrittard. I would build first for having an answer to every enemy action, keeping and setting the pace, and considering myself and my teams combo fields and finishers, then fill up the rest of your cup with damage.

Thank you for your input! What I ment, by using “Mug” for an example, is a build that relies on one ability or trait to be the foundation for everything. I just don’t want to get cought in the “Your OP!” loop lol.

But back on topic…
10/30/0/20/10 ~ What traits did you pick up and what is your playstyle like? Sword/Dagger is a “in and out” combat style correct?
Yeah, I have use Shortbow in WvW and it was… a blast =P
Having P/V/T gear, how is the Survivability vs. Damage? Granted I don’t expect to run into a 50man zerg swinging and walk out…

I ended up with that build more so then picked it. It seemed to have the most traits I needed during those “I need one of those” moments I mentioned or traits to switch around for whatever. Again, I used what I could afford, and changed out a few pieces to hit some vitality thresholds, but there’s no real plan there. It’s somewhat of an in-lock down-control-then out/or team push and burn, I really should have leveled a warrior instead.

There’s definitely some ‘real’ builds posted on here and hopefully some people can post a few and help you narrow it down some to some sort of theme. Aside from critical haste and executioner, I dodge a lot because that was a mechanic in another mmo I played and I’m used to it so I have quite a few traits, the number fluctuates, that trigger on dodge. If you do pick a theme that someone posts on here, try to have your weapons, traits, and utility multitask when you can so you can have more trigger from one thing when possible and simmer down the number of actions and keybinds you have to mess around with.

I went full zerk and a mixture of valkyrie accessories. only 12.8k…. no traits into acrobatics. So i hope that info helped…. If you want damage/crit, i think berserker set is the way to go!