Guild Wars 2

Hello! To start, I had a thief about a year ago, and deleted her because I wasn’t using her much and wanted a different race (she was norn, along with most of my characters at that time). I wanted more variety in my toons. Anyway, I have rerolled my thief, and I am now getting back into PvP with her. I just got my Champion Illusionist, so I’m going to focus on Champion Shadow. I’m running D/P and SB with 10/30/0/0/30 (III, III VI XI, V VII XII), Withdraw, Infiltrator’s Signet, Shadow Refuge, Shadowstep, and Basilisk Venom. I am getting pretty good at it, but was wondering if there are other builds to try, too. Is S/P any good? I see it on occasion. I like to play around with different builds until I find one I like. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

Try http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAsYVlYmaPncS4E/5Ex2jeKUeqVgmdP4q8rKA-TsAg0CqIKSVkrITRyisFNsYZxsAA
It’s the other meta build.

Which would you say is best for solo queue; d/p or s/p?

SallyStitches.4096:

Which would you say is best for solo queue; d/p or s/p?

Probably S/P. Virtually everybody runs D/P.

your build lacks a stun breaker. Unless you can dodge every single cc that comes at you, you’re gonna be in a lot of trouble the minute you get hit with one

Rokusho.4950:

your build lacks a stun breaker. Unless you can dodge every single cc that comes at you, you’re gonna be in a lot of trouble the minute you get hit with one

Infiltrator’s Signet and Shadow Step are both stun breakers. In fact, Shadow Step is two stun breakers in one.

Arganthium.5638:

SallyStitches.4096:

Which would you say is best for solo queue; d/p or s/p?

Probably S/P. Virtually everybody runs D/P.

Actually seems to me like S/P has been steadily gaining in popularity in soloq lately. I think they are both decent for soloq – you trade a bit of burst from the d/p set for some extra survivability options in the s/p set.

Leadfoot.9071:

Arganthium.5638:

SallyStitches.4096:

Which would you say is best for solo queue; d/p or s/p?

Probably S/P. Virtually everybody runs D/P.

Actually seems to me like S/P has been steadily gaining in popularity in soloq lately. I think they are both decent for soloq – you trade a bit of burst from the d/p set for some extra survivability options in the s/p set.

Its been gaining popularity, but it’s still far from the level of usage that D/X builds see.

Arganthium.5638:

Leadfoot.9071:

Arganthium.5638:

SallyStitches.4096:

Which would you say is best for solo queue; d/p or s/p?

Probably S/P. Virtually everybody runs D/P.

Actually seems to me like S/P has been steadily gaining in popularity in soloq lately. I think they are both decent for soloq – you trade a bit of burst from the d/p set for some extra survivability options in the s/p set.

Its been gaining popularity, but it’s still far from the level of usage that D/X builds see.

S/P doesn’t have the same level of mobility you’ll find in a D/P build.

Maybe if Infiltrator’s Strike is a ground targeted with a small AoE cripple that it may gain a lot of mobility power — but that’s a big “maybe” and “if”.

Right now, Heartseeker Strike is really great for both offensive and defensive mobility.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1tr94f/tpvp_build_list_up_to_date_builds_as_of_the/
most accurate post you can find

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I’ll see what I like better. Right now I’m leaning toward d/p.