Tank Thief (Raids)
All nomad gear with mercy rune. Double shortbow.
Superior mobility for superior fastest rez time. Also be sure to take healing in stealth and stay in stealth FOREVER.
Raining Rainbows lvl 80 ranger ~~~~~ SBI server
Consider using Trailblazer and DB spam. DA/Acro/DD would probably work well.
Fishsticks
Doable with D/D, doable with S/D, doable with Staff, and if you’re feeling fancy, you could maybe do it with short bow, but it would be more of a bother to play than anything else. It’s nothing complicated, just get some gear with toughness and the damgage type your weapon set uses, then build for evades and you’ll be alright.
I’m actually on the verge of experiencing this as a full Soldier Daredevil /w staff. The idea is to have a durable, non-crit thief with A LOT of evades and on-demand mobility (to move the boss around).
I’m still on the gear investment process but if it does work out the way I picture it, you can be sure I’ll make a post with all details about it on Reddit and here.