Guild Wars 2

So my plan was to buy a full set of exotic gear on my Thief now that I’m level 80 but I’m stuck on which set to buy. I am leaning towards the Mist Walker set (Badges of Honor) because I read on Metabattle that it is ideal for WvW. However I think everything on Metabattle is from before the balance patch last week so I’m here to make sure I don’t waste 1300 Badges of Honor on the wrong gear.

I would really be interested in small scale WvW and ideally roaming around solo (if that’s even possible as a Thief).

I’d also like to try dungeons/fractals with this set if possible, but ideally for PvP. This is why I was leaning towards full Berserker since Metabattle says it’s the best for dungeons and WvW.

Finally, I was going to buy a dagger, pistol, shortbow first. Then a second dagger eventually for D/D in dungeons, does that sound right?

Thanks for any information.

Hello there,

I’m mainly a solo/duo roaming Thief (with a Thief partner). I’ve got a lot of hours under my belt for roaming and I’d like to say I’ve gotten pretty good at it.

First things first, Metabattle.
Yeah… I don’t use any of the builds on the website because they’re very specific and don’t really allow for freedom to pick and choose your own style of play. I suppose the phrase is “pigeon holed”. If you are going to build your thief, look around at other players, whether it be streams, Youtube or even asking other Thieves you see in WvW. Check out the one I’ve got in my signature below – It’s one I’ve come up with after the P/P Damage buffs and it’s something I’ve been enjoying tremendously. Shop around or make your own!

For gear, use your badges of honour to purchase what you can, but you might not be able to get it all from the badge vendors. Weaponry, certainly as you’ll be buying berserker. If you’re looking for other stuff, then you might need to look at vendors in the Orr Ruins or from the Trading Post.
Personally, you almost always have to run some Valkyrie gear until you get Applied Fortitude through WvW Ranking or you’ll get blown up by a couple of Warrior skills or other Thief backstabs. My personal gear set goes as follows: V/B/V/B/V/B (Valk/Berserker) with everything else as Berserker… Alternatively, my partner runs full Berserker, but all his trinkets/rings .ect are all Valkyrie. To each their own I suppose.
As for food/utilities, you’ll want to run the best you can get… Which is Furious Maintenance Oils and either the Steak foods or Mango Pie. Food and Utilities aren’t cheap but they’re very useful for roaming as it’s practically another 2 or 3 pieces of armour, stat wise.

Solo/Duo roaming is certainly possible as Thief, you just been to be selective of who you fight. If you can avoid certain “cancer” builds then you’ll be golden… You can tell these builds by what food/utilities they’re running (be careful of people who use fake foods and stuff – Kinda rare). Heavy Condition builds are usually the ones to keep an eye out for as Thieves have a few problems with condition spikes and bombs.

For WvW D/P & SB is more or less the king weaponsets for all your Damage, Utility and Defence means. Dungeons aren’t my thing, but from what I’ve read, D/D is best for consistent backstabs.

If you’ve got any more questions, I’d be happy to help.

meepeY.2867:

If you’ve got any more questions, I’d be happy to help.

Hey! I’ve actually watched a few of your videos, the one where you basically perma stealth around with your Thief partner was awesome. I was watching that one last night, heh.

Thanks for the tip about mixing Berserkers/Valkyrie. I’m going to have to find out where I can get exotic Valkyrie gear. I may have to craft it since I don’t see it available through any other means.

I’m curious how effective a Thief can be in Exotic gear? I don’t think I’ll have ascended for quite some time, it seems like a bit of a grind.

Ascended gear itself is very little overall stats. Focus on ascended trinkets and an ascended dagger before any armor pieces.

Showbiz.9725:

I’m curious how effective a Thief can be in Exotic gear? I don’t think I’ll have ascended for quite some time, it seems like a bit of a grind.

Ascended Gear isn’t really required for WvW unless you really want to min/max everything. I’ve got very few pieces of Ascended and I’ve never died and thought:
“Man, if only I had full ascended gear”

Individual skill vastly outshines having a few minor extra stats.

Mr MeepeY what type of gear do you reckon daredevils will use in roaming Small scale wvw guilds?

Inflames.8026:

Mr MeepeY what type of gear do you reckon daredevils will use in roaming Small scale wvw guilds?

Perhaps some experimentation with Soldiers Gear for Pulmonary Impact/Interrupt builds as they don’t need Precision or Ferocity. I see a lot of hybrid builds coming into play with the Lotus Dodge roll, so that would be Sinister – But Hybrid builds are already a thing for Thieves and they’re very powerful in the right hands.

Buuuut more or less the same for typical power builds. Full Zerker if you’ve got Applied Fortitude or Valk Mix without. You can get some pretty nasty bursts with Daredevil, so staff power builds would be pretty strong