Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

I’m putting together a video for another class [elementalists] and they raised some questions asking about how to combat thieves. I want to include commentary from a thief perspective and to do this, I’d like to know what the 3 most common (in your opinion) thief builds are so that I can dissect them for a very general guide. Preferably, one from each weapon set as made by the suggestion below by Arganthium.

Clarify: I am not asking you for the best builds. I am asking you for the 3 most common builds (Featuring one from each weapon set, ignoring the least common weapon sets)

A link to the builds would be most appreciated. If you have any input on how each build is played, and what you think their weaknesses are that would also be helpful as I’m going to spend some time playing each one to gather the specific technical details.

Thanks.

The problem with asking for the most common builds is that the vast, vast majority of thieves run extremely different builds, and pinning any one down as one of the three most common would be extremely difficult. There is, however, a different method that you could use which would be much more efficient IMO. Simply break down thief builds into three different types. Personally, I’d break them down as following:

1. D/P and D/D builds (which are, incidentally, the two most common thief weaponsets, but they have absolutely massive build diversity) (very similar weaponsets)

2. S/D builds (very, very different from all other thief builds)

3. S/P and P/D builds (should be the shortest section actually, they’re fairly similar to builds of other classes but IMO inferior)

I’d be delighted to help you with your guide if you wanted. I personally specialize in S/D but am very proficient with D/X builds as well.

EDIT: I’m saying that you should break down builds into these three types because within each type, all of the builds are extremely similar or are very easy to relate to one another. The exception is S/P and P/D, but those can be compared to warrior builds and necro builds, respectively, quite easily.

Arganthium.5638:

The problem with asking for the most common builds is that the vast, vast majority of thieves run extremely different builds, and pinning any one down as one of the three most common would be extremely difficult. There is, however, a different method that you could use which would be much more efficient IMO. Simply break down thief builds into three different types. Personally, I’d break them down as following:

1. D/P and D/D builds (which are, incidentally, the two most common thief weaponsets, but they have absolutely massive build diversity) (very similar weaponsets)

2. S/D builds (very, very different from all other thief builds)

3. S/P and P/D builds (should be the shortest section actually, they’re fairly similar to builds of other classes but IMO inferior)

I’d be delighted to help you with your guide if you wanted. I personally specialize in S/D but am very proficient with D/X builds as well.

EDIT: I’m saying that you should break down builds into these three types because within each type, all of the builds are extremely similar or are very easy to relate to one another. The exception is S/P and P/D, but those can be compared to warrior builds and necro builds, respectively, quite easily.

That sounds like an excellent idea. I’ll edit my original post to properly reflect this (since the post is still relatively fresh)