Guild Wars 2

I’m just starting to finish off leveling my thief to 80 and i’m starting to look at what stats I’m going to use.
I’ve seen in the past a lot of D/D burst thieves, and I’ve heard about how good at Condition damage they are. My question stands with the tier 3 human armor, the stats are Power/Precision/Condition Damage. It’s the only armor that has those stats, and I was wonder if it would be worth investing into, or for a thief combination would be a waste?

Thanks

Nothing scales very well with thief skills and utilities. You’ll get more out of any stat by rolling another profession.

Pick one of the following:

- Power/ Precision/ Crit Damage, or
- Condition Damage & survival stats (Vitality or Toughness)

Hybrid builds don’t work on thief. You’re either a power/ crit build or you’re a condition build. The vast majority of D/D thieves go power/ crit. D/D can go condition, but it’s weaker. You’re reduced to spamming one ability, and it’s not sufficiently powerful to be that boring. If you want to go with a condition build, I’d recommend taking a long look at pistol/ dagger.

For good examples of each, google up some videos by “I am Mugi” for D/D (power/ crit) or “Laela Blackbird” for P/D (condition). That will give you some good examples of what good looks like for the two styles.

A final note on cultural armor: It’s for cosmetics, not actual use. Though the lower level sets are actually pretty good when you get them, the T3 stuff is purely for the skin. Exotic armors are a fraction of the price and far better in every way.

Oghier.7419:

Pick one of the following:

- Power/ Precision/ Crit Damage, or
- Condition Damage & survival stats (Vitality or Toughness)

Hybrid builds don’t work on thief. You’re either a power/ crit build or you’re a condition build. The vast majority of D/D thieves go power/ crit. D/D can go condition, but it’s weaker. You’re reduced to spamming one ability, and it’s not sufficiently powerful to be that boring. If you want to go with a condition build, I’d recommend taking a long look at pistol/ dagger.

For good examples of each, google up some videos by “I am Mugi” for D/D (power/ crit) or “Laela Blackbird” for P/D (condition). That will give you some good examples of what good looks like for the two styles.

A final note on cultural armor: It’s for cosmetics, not actual use. Though the lower level sets are actually pretty good when you get them, the T3 stuff is purely for the skin. Exotic armors are a fraction of the price and far better in every way.

hybrids can work though wait till you see my next video it much better

vincecontix.1264:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHNUtnV-GsI

hybrids can work though wait till you see my next video it much better

I’m always amazed by the # of just bad players in WvW. Every single time you drop someone in that video, absolutely no one cleaves the area around the body. They ether run around like idiots or every single person jumps the dead guy to res him.

Thanks for the help guys, I will take a look at P/D while I work to 80. So basically I either go glass cannon or condition defensive. The Tier 3 gear seems to be a waste of stats then and I will save my money.