Guild Wars 2

Currently, I run a D/P build. I’ve tried S/P and S/D. I haven’t tried D/D but so far I prefer D/P over the rest of the sPvP builds.

I was wondering if a venom build would be viable in the sPvP scene. I haven’t seen anyone use the build but I’m wondering if it’s because no one has really cared to try.

Discuss.

Is it viable? Ehhhh…viable is a vague term.

Is it best? Far from it. You either take advantage of your venom traits to bring 3 utility skills as venoms and die to stuns/conditions or you bring something to handle those and kitten your venom traits.

Dahkeus.8243:

Is it viable? Ehhhh…viable is a vague term.

Is it best? Far from it. You either take advantage of your venom traits to bring 3 utility skills as venoms and die to stuns/conditions or you bring something to handle those and kitten your venom traits.

Good point. I wonder if you could make a sort of hybrid. You can go in to the stealth trait line and be able to heal and remove conditions while in stealth.

I just wonder if you can make a DPS type thief that is also able to apply a decent amount of conditions to further the DPS.

Something like this, perhaps?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoaVnkE1aaoJungfaig7RSdaT9P8VdG30mA-TsAgyCuIaS1krJTTymsNNKYdwUBA

I’m pretty new to thief, but:

Wouldn’t Leeching Venoms be better than Cloaked in Shadows?
You have Spider Venom, Serpent’s Touch and your AA applies 5s poison. Isn’t that a bit overkill? Maybe Skale Venom instead.
Maybe Residual Venom over Preparedness, especially with Leeching Venoms.

Also I’d definitely take Venomous Aura to help my buddies.

Noss.4105:

I’m pretty new to thief, but:

Wouldn’t Leeching Venoms be better than Cloaked in Shadows?
You have Spider Venom, Serpent’s Touch and your AA applies 5s poison. Isn’t that a bit overkill? Maybe Skale Venom instead.
Maybe Residual Venom over Preparedness, especially with Leeching Venoms.

Also I’d definitely take Venomous Aura to help my buddies.

Interesting. I think you’re probably right.

When I want to troll nubs in hotjoin, I run this