Guild Wars 2

Hi, I just recently started playing Guild Wars 2 and I’m a bit inexperienced. I have always enjoyed playing Thief/Rogue/Assassin classes more than any other, and I know this game’s Thief class will provide me with everything I have come to expect from such a kitten archetype. However, I have NO idea where to begin with my skills, what weapons I should have equipped, etc.

I know there is never a clear and defined “best build” cough WoW cough /endsarcasm but certainly there are builds more geared towards PvP, and other builds geared more towards PvE.

My question is: what builds are your favorite Thief for these different types of gameplay?

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Currently I run D/P however I am looking to change my weapon and trait build soon.

I find D/P very superior with mobs in the PvE world (when they are focusing me), So I can use blackpowder to defend and shadowshot to shadowstep to mobs, making my killing spree fast and effective. however I have found dungeons harder with this build as mobs dont focus me and boss fights use gtAoE, making blackpowder useless, and shadowshot a waste of ini. I find D/P hard to use in PvP because blackpowder is only usefull if the enemy is in it and shadowshot to an enemy with no escape other than thief abilities is a waste.

I want to stay in combat (sustained) with a build. So I am looking at a Pistol/Pistol (Condition Spec) or Pistol/Dagger (Condition Spec) combo for dungeons. and possibly the same or Sword/Dagger for PvP for the Infiltrators Strike (pop-in, pop-out) curing 1 condition or Dagger/Dagger for DB and C&D.

I havn’t been using these specs yet, but hopefully this is informative for you.