Guild Wars 2

Hello all, let me start by saying I’m Rod and I’ve played guild wars 2 for a good amount of time now ( lvl 80 warrior, mesmer and 70 guardian ) and now feel like making a thief for several reasons.

So after abit of messing around with the build maker website I came up with this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoYVlUmiO3cy4E+5Ey2DfqCJKuHGlT1UeF+KA-jQyAYOBRiCAJCiKAmILiGbxtIasqFMVJRUt7oIa1RBERA-e

It uses the dagger/dagger and shortbow combo which I seem to like most out of all the weapons available for a thief, and is focused on staying in stealth as long as possible, true assassin style-ish xD.

I was just wondering if this would be a viable build, I know it’s not the toughest but I have made my mesmer full zerker aswell and I did absolutely fine on her, infact I never seem to really die on her unless I don’t pay attention and a zerg sneaks up from behind me and even then I sometimes escape. So having said that I don’t mind and even prefer the more glassy cannon builds like the one above I came up with, just need to know if it’s viable or not.

One thing that’s bothering me is the lack of Shadow Refuge, but I don’t want to give up any of the 3 utilities or any of my runes to try and replace the 25% movement signet. Any advice ?

Last offtopic question. Which armor / weapon skins would look best on a human rogue ? I got the holographic wings to go with her ( I LOVE them ), but need some cheap ( if possible ) skins to go with her armor and daggers. Armor for me would be nescessary because the crafted emblazoned armor looks like ******* xD.

Thanks for the replies in advance,

-Rod.

It would certainly be viable, you’ll struggle against more than one opponent due to the lack of toughness and stealth from utilities but if you’re careful it’ll work. A couple of suggestions:

*You don’t actually need the shadow arts V trait since the december patch increased the overall ini regen rate. You can comfortably swap that for shadow arts 4 for some much needed condi cleanse. This will make easier to fight condi classes, mesmers with conditions on clone death in particular.
*If you’re going for an instagib sort of build, you could take trickery V for the fury on steal, and then take executioner instead of hidden killer in critical stikes. Your initial steal > CnD with assassin signet proc for might is quite likely to take light & medium armor classes below 50% health anyway, so you’ll have 74% crit chance instead of 100% on your backstab, but now it’s on steroids. Depends whether the general meta for your server is zerker or bunker.
*The main thing I’d consider is that thief is a melee class, and you only have 2 gap closers, one of which is also your main stun break/condi cleanse. This is problematic, since your main stealth is melee range. If I were you, I’d either take infiltrator’s signet for another gap closer, or more stealth on your utilities for when something tries to kite you. That’s my personal preference though, take that how you like

This is what I normally run with D/D:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAV4YlYmiO3eS+E+5Ey2jeqCJKuHOVS1UdFiKA-jEDBYfAYLRmgAgIAiKAOzMrJPIZPCiVRFRjVXDT5SQVFLxyAUuFA-w

I tend to build more defensively than most, since bunkers are pretty popular with the servers I tend to get matched against, and since I only seem to find groups of enemies these days. It depends what you consider more important: bursting down a single enemy silly quick and then GTFO, or just trolling a group until you find a squishie.

TLDR: any variant of x/30/30/x/x will do fine, take SA IV instead of V to laugh at PU mesmers, adjust gear depending on your opponent’s proclivity for bunkering. Own all the faces.

Your build looks quite ok. I’d however pick zerk over assassin. Assassins signet, meh, it offers no utility except some extra damage, and I’ve learnt to live without the 25% movement speed and take higher advantage of teleports and the utlity infiltrator’s signet brings, infiltrator’s signet also partially replaces infusion of shadows, which lets you pick up blind on stealth which is powerful.

Uncatchable is not really a wise choice imo, it lets enemies keep track of you while you’re stealthed and dodge, I’d pick mug instead for this kind of build for some extra dmg. I also prefer cheaper foods. Lower crit chance than your build but I find that ok with hidden killer. But something like this imo:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoYVlUmiOncy9E+5Ey2jeqCJKuHJlT1UaFoJA-jwyAYLBRiSgoCgJPl10ngYxtIas6FMV5iqVmAeDGta3BgMA5bB-e

This one however is quite raw, many thieves have 15k hp and 2.4k armor as magical numbers for roaming, can be achieved with zerker + soldier or valkyrie/zerk/cavalier.

I’m not sure what kind of build you seek, stealth builds are more or less meant to be sturdy and last for long fights, scholar runes is usually not the best option for these builds. If you want to get the real feeling of being an assassin you could sacrifice the stealth part and go 25/30/0/0/15.

As for armors:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Duelist_armor_%28exotic%29
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_armor
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Svanir_armor
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Inquest_armor

Mix and match til you have some satisfying results (pro tip, you can use the pvp locker in heart of the mists). Duelist is probably the best early option since you can buy it for gold from the tradepost.

Cynic.9327:

Hello all, let me start by saying I’m Rod and I’ve played guild wars 2 for a good amount of time now ( lvl 80 warrior, mesmer and 70 guardian ) and now feel like making a thief for several reasons.

So after abit of messing around with the build maker website I came up with this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoYVlUmiO3cy4E+5Ey2DfqCJKuHGlT1UeF+KA-jQyAYOBRiCAJCiKAmILiGbxtIasqFMVJRUt7oIa1RBERA-e

It uses the dagger/dagger and shortbow combo which I seem to like most out of all the weapons available for a thief, and is focused on staying in stealth as long as possible, true assassin style-ish xD.

I was just wondering if this would be a viable build, I know it’s not the toughest but I have made my mesmer full zerker aswell and I did absolutely fine on her, infact I never seem to really die on her unless I don’t pay attention and a zerg sneaks up from behind me and even then I sometimes escape. So having said that I don’t mind and even prefer the more glassy cannon builds like the one above I came up with, just need to know if it’s viable or not.

One thing that’s bothering me is the lack of Shadow Refuge, but I don’t want to give up any of the 3 utilities or any of my runes to try and replace the 25% movement signet. Any advice ?

Last offtopic question. Which armor / weapon skins would look best on a human rogue ? I got the holographic wings to go with her ( I LOVE them ), but need some cheap ( if possible ) skins to go with her armor and daggers. Armor for me would be nescessary because the crafted emblazoned armor looks like ******* xD.

Thanks for the replies in advance,

-Rod.

1) Change V to VI to blind on stealth. Since the last initiative changes, you should be fine without ini on stealth. Also, blind on stealth not only makes a big difference for survival, but it allows you to land stomps reliably.

2) Be aware that in sPvP, one of your biggest disadvantages is that this build relies heavily on stealth, which doesn’t contest points.

Dahkeus.8243:

Cynic.9327:

Hello all, let me start by saying I’m Rod and I’ve played guild wars 2 for a good amount of time now ( lvl 80 warrior, mesmer and 70 guardian ) and now feel like making a thief for several reasons.

So after abit of messing around with the build maker website I came up with this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoYVlUmiO3cy4E+5Ey2DfqCJKuHGlT1UeF+KA-jQyAYOBRiCAJCiKAmILiGbxtIasqFMVJRUt7oIa1RBERA-e

It uses the dagger/dagger and shortbow combo which I seem to like most out of all the weapons available for a thief, and is focused on staying in stealth as long as possible, true assassin style-ish xD.

I was just wondering if this would be a viable build, I know it’s not the toughest but I have made my mesmer full zerker aswell and I did absolutely fine on her, infact I never seem to really die on her unless I don’t pay attention and a zerg sneaks up from behind me and even then I sometimes escape. So having said that I don’t mind and even prefer the more glassy cannon builds like the one above I came up with, just need to know if it’s viable or not.

One thing that’s bothering me is the lack of Shadow Refuge, but I don’t want to give up any of the 3 utilities or any of my runes to try and replace the 25% movement signet. Any advice ?

Last offtopic question. Which armor / weapon skins would look best on a human rogue ? I got the holographic wings to go with her ( I LOVE them ), but need some cheap ( if possible ) skins to go with her armor and daggers. Armor for me would be nescessary because the crafted emblazoned armor looks like ******* xD.

Thanks for the replies in advance,

-Rod.

1) Change V to VI to blind on stealth. Since the last initiative changes, you should be fine without ini on stealth. Also, blind on stealth not only makes a big difference for survival, but it allows you to land stomps reliably.

2) Be aware that in sPvP, one of your biggest disadvantages is that this build relies heavily on stealth, which doesn’t contest points.

I completely misread the traits in the build lol. Yes, take blind on stealth and condi clean on stealth. What he said :P

Human cultural tier 3 is definitely the best by a large margin IMO (asassin set from post above). Slap some heirloom dye on it and be good to go.