Guild Wars 2

http://youtu.be/drG_h02jLSA

Wanted to share the latest of my 30 Trickery build! Mug nerf toned down the burst, but the Flanking Strike fix is amazing, I think we can all agree!

I enjoy boon ripping as boon builds have always been a challenge. So I went Bountiful Theft in Trickery, and just for kicks added the daze on steal with a full 30 points. It’s an odd build, but the damage buff from the 25 point minor, and all the other useful majors and minors in that tree, make for a potent combo.

Without going 10 (at least 5) into Deadly Arts, I need to rely more on my Shortbow to lay down poison (which I still need to do more of), which helps greatly for heal mitigation.

I look forward to hearing your views!

Intriguing.

Perhaps you’ll like trying out my typical S/D build, found here. It’s a PvP thing that I created, and I ran it in the Guard vs Thief Consolation Match at the SOAC tournament recently. I’m not sure how much you PvP, but perhaps you’d be interested in trying it out. In the meantime, I’ll try this out and see how I like it.

don’t post your builds and brag about it man,
you risk to get it nerfed the next patch that comes !

I don’t see any boasts here. He’s only posting what he’s playing, and enjoys.

Lousy music… Might I recommend

I can’t see this getting nerfed anytime soon. Sure a thief, ping-ponging in at out, landing 2k hits is annoying, but it’s no worse than a ranger doing the same damage from 1500 range.

…and the whole concept is far less cheezy than cloak and dagger spam.

Also, the build works well now, because no one has seen a S/D thief in ages.

Ramethzero.3785:

I don’t see any boasts here. He’s only posting what he’s playing, and enjoys.

You get it!

What I’d like from a forum post is a conversation on the build, it’s synergies, weaknesses, and maybe a discussion on what I did right or wrong against my opponents. I learn a lot from watching my recorded footage.

Fun to find other S/D styles and videos too.

Well done. I would love to duel you sometime. The video, and chat box commentary was quite entertaining.

Arganthium.5638:

Intriguing.

Perhaps you’ll like trying out my typical S/D build, found here. It’s a PvP thing that I created, and I ran it in the Guard vs Thief Consolation Match at the SOAC tournament recently. I’m not sure how much you PvP, but perhaps you’d be interested in trying it out. In the meantime, I’ll try this out and see how I like it.

I was running almost that exact same build for a few weeks its fun with endless dodge and initiative The great thing about this was I could change my armor to Condi damage Vit and Pow set + 15% bleed runes x3 then change trick line talents to Caltrops on dodge, -20% trick cool down, and initiative on heal. Then go roll for ini, caltrops, infiltrators signets. The initiative regen is amazing and the DB spam and Yoda (if asura) flipping around quite copious.

But running 20/30/0/20/0 atm the 2k SB auto attacks are addicting :P

Bleet.1094:

Arganthium.5638:

Intriguing.

Perhaps you’ll like trying out my typical S/D build, found here. It’s a PvP thing that I created, and I ran it in the Guard vs Thief Consolation Match at the SOAC tournament recently. I’m not sure how much you PvP, but perhaps you’d be interested in trying it out. In the meantime, I’ll try this out and see how I like it.

I was running almost that exact same build for a few weeks its fun with endless dodge and initiative The great thing about this was I could change my armor to Condi damage Vit and Pow set + 15% bleed runes x3 then change trick line talents to Caltrops on dodge, -20% trick cool down, and initiative on heal. Then go roll for ini, caltrops, infiltrators signets. The initiative regen is amazing and the DB spam and Yoda (if asura) flipping around quite copious.

But running 20/30/0/20/0 atm the 2k SB auto attacks are addicting :P

The build is pretty fun, and flexible.

Yeah, I’ve tried out more offensive S/D builds like Jumper’s before. My main issue with them tends to be that I have a playstyle that takes small advantages as often as possible as opposed to trying to grab riskier but more rewarding advantages, so I’ve just been sticking to my build.