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Posted by: corruption.7425

corruption.7425

Heya guys, I know there’s a special post for that but I really couldn’t find and be sure of a build that will suite me, the tittle says I’d like to know whats the best build fore PURE damage, I don’t mind being squishy, as long as I will be able to output a big quantity of damage, also which weapon should I use with that build.

Thanks a lot in advance)

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Posted by: Archon.6481

Archon.6481

30/30/10 is the best sustained damage.

Weapons are D/D (or S/x) and shortbow.
Armor is full zerker with scholar runes.

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Posted by: ensoriki.5789

ensoriki.5789

For high damage?
Either S/P for cleave or take a Dagger mainhand for a single target.

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Posted by: Viking Jorun.5413

Viking Jorun.5413

30/30/10 is the best sustained damage.

Weapons are D/D (or S/x) and shortbow.
Armor is full zerker with scholar runes.

You’re better off taking offhand pistol for defensive blinds. CnD does a lot of damage but it doesn’t prevent you from getting hit.

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Posted by: infantrydiv.1620

infantrydiv.1620

It kind of depends on whether you are looking for area damage/ single target, and whether you want a pve or pvp build.

For pvp, full berserkers with 25/30/0/0/15, power/precision signets and d/p would get you a lot of single target dps

For pve, sword is faster for killing mobs

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Posted by: Archon.6481

Archon.6481

30/30/10 is the best sustained damage.

Weapons are D/D (or S/x) and shortbow.
Armor is full zerker with scholar runes.

You’re better off taking offhand pistol for defensive blinds. CnD does a lot of damage but it doesn’t prevent you from getting hit.

The title very clearly states: pure damage, and D/D does in fact out damage D/P.

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Posted by: corruption.7425

corruption.7425

Okay so from what I got, D/D and S/D are the weapons for outstanding damage? what are the specs for both exactly? i mean the difference? the play style with skills or…? aaaaand the traits I’ve seen 2 different here but i guess the resemble.
Ohhh also, what “special skills” will I be better of with? Mostly stealth skills?

Thanks alot guys

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Posted by: Viking Jorun.5413

Viking Jorun.5413

If you’re going to run D/D, remember to precast CnD and chain it into steal to assure you hit 100% of the time. At that point Backstab can usually finish off any glass cannon or lowbie straggler in WvW.

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Posted by: corruption.7425

corruption.7425

I din’t understood, to precast what :o ?

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Posted by: Archon.6481

Archon.6481

I din’t understood, to precast what :o ?

CnD has a half second cast time. So you begin casting CnD. During that half second, you use steal so it teleports you to your target, and guarantee CnD lands.

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Posted by: Zeke Azul Falcon.5176

Zeke Azul Falcon.5176

Thief DD : DP : PD : SB
Elementalist S : DD
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Posted by: naphack.9346

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does “pure damage” build mean huge spikes to instagib people in WvW or huge sustained damage to take down champions as fast as possible?

Right now, I run full valk(armor)cavalier(trinkets)Bers(weapons, jewels) D/D with 10/30/0/0/30.
It’s as much of a backstab build as it can get(the equip is not fully geared towards damage, all out valk would deal more damage than cavalier, but cavalier provide some much needed toughness). 1500 range steal to get to your target while dazing it, all of that on a 20 sec cd. Alternating between basilisk venom and devourer venom, you can pin down your target with each steal for a nice, huge backstab spike.

I actually slotted Mesmer runes, cause they were only 3 gold for a full set(and I still got a ranger and a guardian to equip at some point), while providing power, precision and increasing the duration on my daze to act like a 2 second stun in combination with devourer venom.
An even cheaper alternative would be runes of infiltration, or, if you got the money, scholars/eagle/ogre/…(cost about as much per rune as a full set of mes runes) If you are filthy rich and want everyone to know it, slot divinity runes.

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Posted by: Zeke Azul Falcon.5176

Zeke Azul Falcon.5176

yes thats pure damage, instagib people in wvw and dps champs.

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Elementalist S : DD
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Posted by: naphack.9346

naphack.9346

yes thats pure damage, instagib people in wvw and dps champs.

You can’t have the cake and eat it :P

building for a big opening(aka front-loading your damage into a big backstab) will drop your damage in some other areas and building around actually staying on target the whole time and dishing out an unending series of big hits require slightly different builds(especially, as you can no longer burst down your target in pvp and so need more defensive utility).
I wouldn’t recommend pvp with a dungeon dps build and I wouldn’t recommend going into a dungeon with a pure backstab burst build.

If you want one build for everything, 10/30/30/0/0 with bers and some soldiers pieces mixed in is probably your best bet tho.

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The mob has spoken and the turrets shall be burnt at the stake.

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Posted by: corruption.7425

corruption.7425

Sweet! I think this resumes pretty much the thief class haha, thanks so much to all who replied I know what I’m doing and I’m good to go!:))

Thanks again!