Guild Wars 2

i got some questions in my mind when i play thief in spvp.

i watched a lot of videos like Yishis(he is just cool .all that backstab timing~ ) and EU player like sizer.

and play around 150 matchs in a week try to find the best play style and build, , ,
there is some of my Qs that maybe someone can help me

for now , all the question are about spvp ,or i should say , 1 vs 1 Situation ,

1. why the EU thieves prefer to play S/D, and NAs are more likely D/D or D/P???????????????

2. what is the Advantages and disadvantages of main hand digger and main hand sword????????

3. if a Mind hand sword thief goes against a mind hand digger thief, which one would you say will win ???????????(only opinion and,, some reasons will be good)

i have tried " main hand digger thief" around 100 matchs, find it very good at kill people who dont have heavy armors ?ty to the backstab and HS? but kinda hard to deal with Wars and Guars or heavy AOE builds like engi.

4.why people play “mind hand sword thief” like digger at off hand so much,,,,, but not off and pistol (at least , almost all the videoA from EU tpvps, thieves likely run with S/D not S/P)????????????????

this is the Sword thieves questions now,

because in my 50 matchs of play “main hand sword thief”,, i find myself very strong when ues the off hand pistol with the high DPS of #3 Pistol Whip AND high Survivability from the Pistol Whip’s evade and,,, of course the #5 black power
and i can indeed go after anyone into a 1v1 and have my chance to win even against wars,, necros,, and guras….. so on

but with S/D,, well, cant fright with them that much 1v1 or i will died. i know it is my bad cant timing #3 that will, but man, i just think S/P is better? at least in a 1v1 Situation? what is your opinions~~ or should i know something more~

5.why people hate P/D thieves so much? all they say is that P/D is bad at both 1v1 and team fight???????????????

but i actually find that P/D thieves is very very strong, at least 1v1 Situation against any build but some necros,,,, some rangers,,,,and thieves who play conter codi build.

6. finally questions now, which is best at 1v1, d/p? s/p? p/d?

and which is better in team fight?

(assume
builds are most popular ones for each set, for example, s/p may be will go x/30/x/10/30,, d/p may be the same or x/30/30/10/x,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, some thing like this)
and which is better in team fight?)

for now, these three are my favorite. in my mind , they got the follow merits
D/P is good at killing half health people fast,
S/P is good at being a DPS and roaming and able to 1v1 anyone at a point,
P/D is good at kiting wars, Guars, and some thieves while they cant even touch you

and they all have good Survivability,,

as for D/D and S/D , cant survive when i am doing DPS, maybe it’s just because i am a kinda weak theif

thank you all for read and reply~. really like the game and thief

1 & 2) Just different styles. S/D provides point contention and very good pressure, while D/P provides gank/daze utility ability. One is for sustained dps (S/D) and the other is for burst.

3) Any thief vs thief matchup between really good players, the d/p should always win.

4) People actually have been playing S/P after the nerf to S/D. So it’s still in use.

1. S/D and D/P are the mainly used setups in spvp and tpvp in both EU and NA.
2. Mainhand dagger has higher single target dps, and good burst with backstab, poison, and an ability for executing and mobility. Also a teleporting gapcloser with a blind and good amount of dmg if using pistol offhand. Sword has powerful but slow AA, condition removal and the ability to teleport in and out of fights, flanking strike a decent dodge that is chained into a boonsteal of 1 boon or with pistol offhand Pistolwhip for a steady evade and burst. Where they both perform better is really situational, I’d say Sword has a slight advantage overall in spvp if used to it’s full potential which is not easy to perform.
3. Depends on the skill of the thieves, I’d say the D/D thief has a slight advantage under the right conditions. And it’s surely easier for a bad Dagger mainhand thief to kill a bad Sword mainhand thief.
4. The amount of of S/P thieves has increased in both EU and NA lately, many of them are highly experienced thieves who has played every weaponsets at some point. Or simply thieves who want something special apart from the casual gameplay, A well-played S/P can perform on same levels as other setups.
5. P/D has nearly nothing to contribute with in pvp, slow damage and to survive and deal damage you are forced to enter stealth to perform a sneak attack to stack a decent amount of bleeds, and when entering stealth you are unable to contest points.
6. D/P and S/D perform best overall 1v1. But all weapon sets have their stronger sides 1v1.