Guild Wars 2

thief with staff is just not a match.

UNLESS

the staff is not a magic staff, but a physical cudgel.

Cudgel wielding MONK Thief

with more martial arts involved, wielding the staff as a Cudgel.

Staff 2 overhead top-down strike: stuns on hit and is unblockable

Staff 3 overhead staff whirl: reflects projectile

Staff 4 staff thrust: knockback on hit with damage

Staff 5 staff block: blocks for up to 2 seconds and counters on melee hit with a strike that does 50% more damage

what do you guys think? imagine a staff wielding martial artist thief that flashes in and out of combat, laying waste to your opponents with stuns and knockbacks.

and imagine staff 3 whirl reflect all projectiles.

rangers will cry facing you now!

now that i think more about this, i defintely like the idea of a staff thief.

a martial arts melee staff thief that jumps into combat twirling and striking with the staff in a brilliant breathless flow of moves that leaves those watching in awe and those on the receiving end in pain!

they could give a staff thief a similar animation to the hammer legendary weapon juggernaut
a flowing trail of silver light that is so awesome!

for number 2 make it have a blast finisher or something like that. as for 5 instead of more damage maybe something like daze them for a moment with a counter attack for normal amount of damage. Also like the idea of adding some evade frames to the chain attack similar to the ranger sword (been a while since i played on a ranger so i could be remembering wrong.) This will give thieves a more defensive weapon set which i think they might be lacking. (not sure on that i’m just now coming back after about a year and a half of not playing so feel free to correct me)

After seeing the Tempest, the only that could make me happy is an offhand sword because we are gonna get kittened.

Vaseline style

If they make it look like a martial artists using a bo and the skills look like what underwater spear does (specially the block and retaliation skill and the multievade one) I’d be happy.