Guild Wars 2

Played some PvP today for the hell of it, and figured I would see how my bunker build got changed. I used to have a pretty decent bunker condi build pre-patch and could hold a point stealthless against 1 or 2 pretty evenly.

Went into a few matches today and just got 1 or 2 shot by combos from Warriors and Mesmers. I have 14k life and 3.3k armor… and I am getting combo’d down in less than 2 seconds by these two classes. On top of that they are shedding the conditions (5 types and several stacks) in a matter of seconds or even with one skill use.

I also saw a Mesmer use an Illusionary Zerker on a point and combo our entire team down with one go.

What gives, and what changed?! I can take these classes handedly and repeatedly in WvW… yet I just get insta-downed in PvP. I changed hardly anything since the pre-April patch and it is a MASSIVE difference. Anyone else having these issues? Anyone have a good condi thief build? I have yet to even see a condi build yet. Are they even good anymore?

Played 9 games, and saw 3 Warriors or Mesmers in every match. I saw one other Thief, and did not see a SINGLE condition build except for what I was running. I eventually caved because of this to a Power build, and even tried a Zerk build. Both were even worse. At least with condition builds I did damage to the target, if only for a second or two.

Thoughts on the state of Thief PvP? Because IMO it is at the bottom of almost every list now. Stealth is all we have left I guess. :/

i’ve been using a condi build in spvp last day or 2, been on getting on really well this is the build i’m using atm http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAqY6YlUmKNHaS3E95EB3Dni0n6p4rjVTBNtJA-TwAgyCuIiSFlLKTUyos+MEZJyOgZAA

I had a bit of a rough time in my first day or two back after the patch, but that was partly because I spoiled myself playing a bunker guard for so long. However, now that I got back in the swing of things, I seem to be doing well.

I’m running the standard 2/6/0/0/6 trickery D/P build and the only change I made was switching Lyssa runes for Traveler.

Thief is definitely not at the bottom of the list. I think the OP needs to play more and get used to the new builds people are running.

I feel like it’s odd that you haven’t seen another thief when you play. I am usually one of at least two or three thieves almost every time I spvp. Honestly I feel like thieves are in a pretty good spot. I’ve been playing a rather unconventional s/d SB build and I consistently finish top three if not number one in the matches.

SPvP has been rough for me too. I’ve stuck to the good old Pistol Whip build but the nerf to Lyssa Runes has really hurt.

Berserker Mesmers are pretty insane too. Not sure what’s wrong but their damage is through the roof.

I might go back to S/D evade-spam but I’d really miss some of the burst the other builds provided.

I’ve seen nothing but thieves lately. and yes zerk mesmers wreck now. what gives