Guild Wars 2

Hey thief community!

So i was hoping i might be able to get some insight on what a thief i fought the other day in PvP might have been running. The things that i do know are as follows…

1. Only ran Short Bow and never swapped.
2. Had quickness (either from trait or utility skill)
3. used withdraw
4. heavy dps using cluster bomb.

ik it really isnt much to go on but thats all i got. just really interested bc i can never really get SB to work in PvP. Oh and i am new to pvp thief so i could have just been rocked lol.

If he was running double short bow then it was a troll build. Not to say it couldn’t do some decent damage with cluster bombs but it’s just far from optimal. If you wanted to try something like that yourself then 2/0/0/6/6 dual shortbow with energy sigil on each bow would work fine for you.

If he never swapped, how do you know he was running only short bow; if he only ran short bow, how do you know he never swapped?

With that logic, I must assume you meant he only used short bow, and most likely had D/P or S/D to swap to but didn’t feel the need to. You said he had quickness, which is a Critical Strikes trait, commonly taken by D/P thieves running 2/6/0/0/6. Heavy DPS would also suggest significant investment in an offensive trait line, such as Critical Strikes. Therefore, he was most likely running D/P + Short bow 2/6/0/0/6. An unusual choice of healing skill for a Critical Strikes D/P thief, since most take Hide in Shadows for the condition removal - Panic Strike D/P tend to use either Hide in Shadows or Withdraw as they usually take Shadow’s Embrace for condition removal - but, it is of course possible.

Build:
Weapons: Dagger/Pistol (Fire sigil/Air sigil) + Short bow (Fire sigil + Energy sigil)
Amulet: Berserker, of course.
Runes: Most likely Ogre, Strength, or Pack.
Healing skill: Withdraw (usually Hide in Shadows)
Elite skill: Basilisk Venom
Utility skills: Shadow Refuge, Infiltrator’s Signet, Shadowstep
Traits...
Deadly Arts: Mug
Critical Strikes: Practiced Tolerance, Critical Haste, Executioner
Shadow Arts:
Acrobatics:
Trickery: Thrill of the Crime, Bountiful Theft, Sleight of Hand