Guild Wars 2

Been a while since I’ve played this game, don’t see much talk of S/P on the forum. Is it still trash?

I use s/p in PvP and my friend do people get dropped quickly.

Funny how they claim how bad s/p is, but die in 2 bursts. I think it’s a great build; it only takes more skill than most others do in terms of surviving.

Regards, oRx

A perfect example of a reasonable buff received well by the thief community; so well that it became quite popular, albeit not as popular as D/P and S/D. Alas, despite this being the reaction you’d think a developer team would want from changes they make, ANet nerfed it and it’s now rarely mentioned in PvP.

That being said, not being used does not equate to being trash. It just means those that would use it are instead using something else they deem more effective or suitable. It still has its uses, and can still prove to be quite strong.

yeah, its not bad. it can work, but its harder to pull effectively imo.

I use S/P all the time while roaming in WvW or when I occasionally PvP. It’s definitely worse than both DP and SD, but I find it extremely fun to play, and that’s the most important thing.

I use s/p as my main while it is hard to survive at times you can apply immense pressure and the utility you can offer a group is amazing

S/P was a big thing at launce, then it got nerfed into the ground just like D/D in PvP, well on the D/D note people just realise D/P is as bursty but offers more then just a single backstab(blind fields and a great gap closer that isn’t steal)

Well that and people realised traiting steal is actually really strong.

I use s/p to clear camps and kill tower/keep lord solo….it is that good!
I even clear t3 camp with hylek/ogres solo with it.

S/P is my main weaponset and it isn’t useless, also not in PvP, but it’s very self denying because the skills are very slow, it has no access to stealth and to mobility (unlike S/D).

This make the wewapon not useless but very weak and the only deffense that you can use with S/P is acrobatic and BP. Acrobatic was never good and BP is nearly useless and too expensive since the last patch.

Only defense from s/p is 3 spam. Maybe shadow return. I like s/p but I feel like it’s a 1 trick pony. D/p, d/d and even s/d require more skills to be used. Black powder is useless now as well for defense.

You can also defend yourself by timing your evades right, pop-in and out for PW and auto attack chains – utilize Black Powder whenever you need to blind an opponent.

You’ll also need to strip stability and retal, so full Trickery is recommended IMO. It’s probably not the best fighting outnumbered though, unless you trait/gear slightly more tanky, but in groups it does pretty well if you’re careful enough.

Sandrox.9524:

I use s/p to clear camps and kill tower/keep lord solo….it is that good!
I even clear t3 camp with hylek/ogres solo with it.

how long does it usually take you? well before the removal of white swords

S/P wasnt that bad,i had succes and funn with it in PvP before buff/nerf it.Still think that sword 2 nerf was bigger hit than S/P 3 buff.You could actually time it well,with some practice and still have trilion stun breaks on sword2.

And yes,not many ppl run that set,but surely more than before the pistol whip buff.