Guild Wars 2

Hello all , im new to the forums but not the game so pls dont be too harsh on me =P.

My problem is I really like the thief profession , but I like to do Tpvp , and I suck as a thief , and Leveling seems too slow . I have an Guardian and an Warrior at lvl 80 but I allways liked rogue type of classes .

Can you guys help me pls? with a pvp build or some tips?

Thank you for your time =)
(Im not english =P )

thief is almost entirely reliant on ACTIVE mitigation. evasion/stealth.

no matter how much toughness/vitality you get, your still squishy as a thief.

easiest way is for black powder use with offhand pistol. however, this is a common setup and may be predictable for some better players.

beyond that, its about knowing WHEN to dodge.

I made a condi evade build that I have found to be very good in tpvp! You have a high health pool (for a thief) and you can easily stack 25 bleeds on a target. Initially I was worried about them being cleansed too fast, but I tried a duel with a ranger who used healing springs and the passive condi removal trait and I managed to down him in about 15 seconds with 15-25 constant bleed stacks.

The build: 10/0/0/30/30
Traits: III /0/0/ III, IX, XII / III, VII, XI
Amulet: carrion
Runes: adventure gets you condi, power, and even more endurance on a heal!
Weapons: d/d with swap to d/d
Sigils: energy/agony and energy/agony
Utilities: withdraw, caltrops, shadow trap, shadow step, thieves guild

Pros: your evade time is absolutely unbelievable. Death blossom and dancing dagger are the only skills you will use on this build. You have an evade and really good bleed application with DB (somewhat decent damage from your power too). You can spam this 4 times (I think) to open the fight along with dodging to drop caltrops on the enemy. When you swap weapons you will get 4 intuitive and 50% endurance back so do so as much as possible. When you steal you will get vigor, initiative, and heal yourself while doing direct damage and applying poison to the enemy. (Also steal is down to 27.5 seconds). Your heal breaks immob and soft cc like chills and will apply 10 seconds of Vigo. The 10 sec of vigor on heal and 15 seconds on steal will give you massive vigor uptime, which combined with your feline grace trait will make you to doge almost none stop.

Cons: terrible condi removal. Your only condi removal is also your only stun break. Luckily with all your evade you can avoid most stuns and some condi applications.

How do I play this build? Off the gate I run next to home and drop shadow trap (most op thief skill ever) and I run straight to mid. I precast deathblossum and steal into the fight to get my vigor and some decent damage. I’ll usually go ahead and spam some DB on whoever we are focusing and then drop my caltrops. Use your heal whenever needed and if you are out of initiative swap weapons, steal or if both are on CD just dodge over people too drop a small radius caltrops that’ll bleed and cripple. If you need help at home use your shadow trap to tele there instantly and help your team.

Note: I totally just made this build up while hanging with some thieves the day before the SOAC profession tournament, but I’m pretty confident this is a good build that can help your team!

Have fun destroying everyone with massive amounts of AOE bleeds and cripples! and make sure to tell me how you like it!

Thank you very much for your help guys =)

And PantsforBrirds , I love your build thank you for making me have fun with my thief =)