Guild Wars 2

uhh im kinda confused how to use this and couldnt find some1 who uses it well atm so yea i headed here hoping to learn) thanks

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Basically you enter stealth with Cloak & Dagger (then reposition ) and fire the #1 – Sneak Attack for damage and to apply bleeds on the target. You then move around, firing pistol #1 at your leisure, avoiding damage and using using #2 (immobilze), #3 (to avoid melee), #4 (cripple) as the situation requires it. You then enter Stealth again (make sure Revealed has ended) with Cloak & Dagger and Sneak Attack the target again. Repeat until the target is downed. Then C&D and stomp them. Naturally C&D/Steal when appropriate, and use stunbreakers, heal and/or other utilities as needed.

That’s it, in a nutshell. Devil is in the details though, after 20+ months people will expect your C&D and they just love to CC you, but it’s a very solid and forgiving weaponset (when build for it)

Build is primarily 6 in Shadow Arts with traits as desired, Shadow’s Embrace, Cloaked in Shadow and Shadow’s Rejuvenation are frequent choices, or Leeching Venoms and Venomos Aura when going venom share. Rest is kinda free, common choices are 2 in Deadly Arts for Mug or Poison duration (might want sigil of doom for poison), 3 in Acrobatics (for the endurance trait) and 2 in Trickery with the caltrops on dodge.

It is usually put on a Condition Damage setup, with Dire for maximum resilience, or any mix of Dire, Carrion and Rabid for more (faster) damage, also look to increase condition duration and additional conditions sources to cover the bleeds. Sometimes p/d is used with a power build, for various reasons, for example if you want to try the build without switching your power gear to condition. We also have very few choices for secondary weapon-set when building for condition.

This builds effectiveness is tied to your slot skills, and steal.

Try hide in shadows, shadow refuge, infiltrator’s signet, and shadow step, and basi venom in order to get the most out of the build.

Stealth and stealth attack while closing in, then dual attack and spam 1 until revealed wears off then rinse and repeat.

Combine ports with your dual attack and CnD to use your combo from range.

outnumbered solo keep cap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1L6IEnonIk

What build are you using Vince? Always wanted to try out p/d

personally, i go for 4/0/4/0/6. it allows me to CnD more easily, deal more condi and raw damage, steal often (and now stacking confusion on top of it), faster venom recharge (new krait runes makes basilisk venom a pretty good choice), and still keep the two things i want from shadow arts: blind on stealth and condi removal on stealth.

as for stunbreaks, instead of the community-favorite shadowstep, i take roll for initiative, which will cleanse me of any CC and snares as well as evade and refill my ini just enough to spam shortbow 5 out of the mess, or just roll me far away enough to kite away.

i prefer carrion over dire for the set though, because, from personal experience, power/condi hybrid works better for the build (sneak attack and CnD deal reasonable damage, even without crits).

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that’s what i run, and it works well on tPvP.