Guild Wars 2

I know that the choice has almost no effect on gameplay whatsoever but which god do you think is best suited for a thief/daredevil – Grenth or Lyssa?

Lyssa. Stealing, stealth, deception, wealth / lavishness and chaos fall neatly under her umbrella. She is also a patron of society’s underclass and the ugly, if you read her lore. Grenth seems like a better fit for assassins, but thief has expanded on that since the gw1 profession

So would Grenth be a better choice for a Thief favoring high dps (so killing basically) instead of stealth etc

I’d argue Lyssa generally for a thief. As above, deception and the like.

Grenth feels a bit like he’d be appropriate for a thief gone crazy or some amoral hit-man.

The question is where does your character get it’s legacy.

If his roots are from the cantha assassins then both gods where patrons of that class (wiki). But if you go back to the Guild wars faction manuscripts, then you can learn that they were worshipped for two different reasons.

Assassins were asking for a blessing from a Grenth priest before each assassination contrats because he is the god of death.

But in a more general way, assassins worshipped Lyssa for her duality. She represent deception and illusion but also both sides of luck, which was a big part of the class.

I would say Lyssa is the main god for assassins since only the Lyssa’s muse coul give a +1 to all characteristic for assassins( equivalent of heros point back in the days ).

As for a Daredevil thief, we don’t have lore attached to the specialisation. So if you are a WvW player, ypu can also tell that years of war in the Mist made you closer to the way of Balthazar. Without denying your main deity, you also learned the art of war of the battlefield where deception was not as effective as physicals skills.

Worshipping Grenth is not always about killing, but also that Grenth should preserve the Thief and not bring them death. Thief can also pray to Dwayna to keep them from death, but Dwayna’s blessing is somewhat unnatural where when someone’s time to die, she keeps them alive or resurrect them. This is why Dwayna and Grenth are polar opposite in this issue.

The major difference is, those who worship Grenth stares at death in the face, while those who worship Dwayna are afraid of death. So worshipping Grenth takes away the fear, thus the Thief is more effective in doing their job.

Lyssa is the patron god of deception, thus in order for the Thief to use Shadow Arts, she is worshipped.