Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

TL;DR – I don’t like stereotypical or “cheaty” builds that require no skill. If you have a suggestion PLEASE post it! If you play a backstab thief, DP thief or flanking strikes thief (the three main thief build varieties) and you thoroughly enjoy it convince me why I should use said build. Thanks!

So I’ve been leveling my thief and from what I’ve researched, experienced and fought, I’m ready to pick a build. Problem is, I enjoy playing those “out there” builds as they provide more of a challenge and the thief tends to lack the build variety my other characters have.
For example, my warrior is a DPS/condition survivability build so that I can choose what play style is necessary for the fight. I hit hard and have a decent toughness which lets me stay alive long enough when facing tanky builds that rely on conditions to take them down.
My mesmer is a mantra build where I’m in full DPS gear but runes of the wurm and Valkyrie upgrades on the trinkets to give it good survivability as well as being traited to heal on mantra casting and cure a condition each time I heal, giving me a whopping 6 highly frequent condition removals. Most mesmers laugh and point at mantra mesmers, but I’ve found a nice sweet spot to settle into that provides the best of everything for me.
As for the thief, I don’t want to be the often hated D/D backstab thief, because to me it seems like the equivalent of the mindless greatsword zerker 100b warrior and requires little to no skill to use. The D/P black powder blind builds are just plain chesty since not even my mesmer can remove the blinds as quickly as they can be stacked. From what I’ve seen, flanking strike thieves are clunky and hard to maneuver, which pretty much sums up the thief’s build variety.
Please, if you have a good build you think would fit my unusual playstyle, let me know. If not, convince me as to why I should run one of the “cliche” builds.

Thanks guys!!

try something funky: Max out endurance gain with 2 sigils of energy, a full set of adventurer runes, vigor on heal and any 15 sec cd heal(both are good for this build actually)
Grab caltrops on dodge, skill caltrops and just keep dodging all over the place.
Weapons dagger/dagger and a shortbow… Might need giver’s weapons and rare veggie pizza to work properly tho, cause your condition duration will be rubbish

On a more serious note, any standard condition build is actually quite fun.

Hello,

I have 6k games on my thief and play an unorthodox build that is built around evasion for survival but is still mostly all glass for dmg.

Come check it out on twitch nightly for the playstyle.

twitch.tv/hotjoinhero

Here is the link :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYEQNAsaVlYmiP3eS6E/5Ex2jeqTeqVgm9MuKXB;TsAg0CnoixEjIGbMuYkxssYYxECA

@Viking

There’s no way in the world I can convince you to use my S/D build since it is based on one’s experience and playstyle. Even if I come up with a very convincing argument, you will not choose it because it is not your cup of tea. Also given the information you’ve provided, you pretty much wrote off every viable build out there.

So the question remains, what playstyle you want to play and where you want to play it (PvE, WvW, PvP, etc.)?

Aquin.3192:

Hello,

I have 6k games on my thief and play an unorthodox build that is built around evasion for survival but is still mostly all glass for dmg.

Come check it out on twitch nightly for the playstyle.

twitch.tv/hotjoinhero

Here is the link :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYEQNAsaVlYmiP3eS6E/5Ex2jeqTeqVgm9MuKXB;TsAg0CnoixEjIGbMuYkxssYYxECA

Hey, thanks! I’m actually really loving your S/P build. The 100% swiftness uptime comes in so much handy and I’m loving the ability to be everywhere with the 5 shadowsteps. It’s fantastic

Vik,

Thanks I’m glad you found it entertaining. The better you get at the more rewarding it is with kills and laughs = ).