Guild Wars 2

does anyone have a condi build for thief with enough condi cleanse? i tried replacing one of the traitlines (besides daredevil) with SA and i always feel kitten some way..

would appreciate some help. thanks in advance!

escapist absolution and trickster you have all the con removal in the world.

for con i normally run withdraw remove 5 con with trickster on every 14 seconds.
shadow step remove 2 con on shadow return

other can be whatever you want but i would take needle trap and impact strike

mainly take impact strike because it carry in 1vx fights.

EA alone is easily the best cleanse in the game. The only time it struggles is against a do-nothing condi mesmer since you cannot proc it on AI/clones, but CV and DF with Mug should give you enough sustain to out-last it.

A lot depends on the specific build in question when considering which condi cleanse to take.

EA has weaknesses. One is it a generic cleanse and can consume a whole lot of evades to get rid of non damaging conditions before it gets to the ones killing you. It can also be neutralized through an Immob. If you do not have a high evade build or a way to break immobs other cleanses can be more suitable.

As example I play p/d condtion high stealth uptime. In spite of Reveal i have found SE superior to EA in this build as the build low on evades and high on stealth and the SE takes off only damaging conditions.

If i stealth every 5 seconds or 6 seconds and remove two conditions that are damaging me , the number/type of conditions removed can in terms of effectiveness exceed removing one condition per evade which is predicated on an evade and which might well remove something like a cripple, slow or vuln when i want to get rid of the burn confusion or bleed.

If , as example , my P/d condtion build uses ONLY SE to remove conditions and faces a Condi p/d or d/d thief that uses ONLY EA to remove conditions , my p/d should never lose.

I’m sick qnd tired of this all these Ebola condi builds in WvW so I use
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZEQJAWVl8MhCnY1TwxJw+ELaFVXMNjBwWLeXJ3cy/8XPA-TBBXgAAK/6V/5RJYouAA-e
With this I have pretty insane condi clear and I find it pretty effective if you backstab someone running zerker you can kill them before they can do anything.

I sometimes swap out rending shade for shadows rejuvenation and dash makes sure escapist absolution only clears damaging condis.

This build can hang in on outnumbered situations and dismantle average players in a straight up fight. Some builds/players will play it to a draw but it is nearly impossible to die with this build outside of screw-ups on the players end. It is virtually immune to all but the strongest of condi application and even then it typically takes 3+ players dropping condi to bring it down.

As an added bonus it keeps Speed up all the time and is constantly dishing out cover condi with Lotus Training. This isn’t my favorite condi thief build but deadly nonetheless. I will also switch out Pain Response for Instant Reflexes when around a bunch of thieves. That change utterly destroys most Shadow thief builds.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZEQNAoYVn0MBlOhdmCGOB8PhFqiaO77+wvrnCgg07C+gtD-ThyCQBA4QAoH9BYRZlO2fYjKVGjSwpdCA8k6Pk7BAQhjAQAAEgQmzMwRP6RP6RPal5Mn5MnZpAqSZF-e

Outnumbered, escapist’s absolution and evade spam condi is essentially immune to condi damage.

Here, sharing my WvW camp and sentries nightmare. Biggest achievement of this build was killing ±10 not experienced guild group. But it’s viable with 1xY players. you will loose if you meet someone with good cleanse and kiting abilities. I use it when I want to take camps or solo any structure, so basically for PVE. Also it’s very good for collecting rage messages from defeated players. cheers.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn8MBFOhlOBemC0PhFqiy7CShtrrnCggcO77+wH-T1RAABTqEkp9HyRfQ0PAgxU+BwJAAJ1fyMEAwqKpAmUsF-w

I used to play this before the plex rune changes:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn0MBFOhlOB2OBkmiFqia+67+wvrnCgg07CShtD-T1hHABLq+Tb6DoTJYAPBAAOFAGp8D39HIEgi5A-w

It had enough cleanse to fight a trapper thief and a condi mesmer at the same time and win, so trait/cleanse wise it works ^^