Guild Wars 2

Haven’t touched PvP since the dawn of my entrance to this game but recently I’ve been way too bored of WvW and PvE so I came around here.

My build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVl0Mp7plOx8J8PNBNBt9wnQE8OMfpMaFAA-TpBFwACeAAx2fgxhAYxRAoaZAAnAAA

Not really sure if I have the best sigil/rune for D/P, and too lazy to look for other builds.

I’m also wondering what is the most efficient role here for a D/P thief. I think roaming was one of our strong points and looking to imbalance a 1v1 and downing squishies.

Any class that is running glassy builds (which seem to be a given in low ranked sPvP matches) is prone to be downed in short order by the thief provided I sneaked up on them.

Right now though I’m having a dilemma of when to use shortbow or swap to shortbow. I know in any non-1v1 scenarios maintaining pressure with shortbow is the way to go but what about if you’re already in D/P, when would be the best scenario to switch back to shortbow?

Also, what to do if the opponent is a bunker? Say the typical hambow Warrior or scepter/hammer Guardian? I’ve read somewhere a bunker guard in sPvP could simply be the difference between winning or losing the points race. But I guess here I don’t really care about winning, but more of how to deal with these builds.

Swap to short bow whenever you’re not sure if you should swap to shortbow.

If you’re not sure if you’ll be effective on D/P, it’s probably due to valid concerns. Shortbow will still let you get a solid spike in with clusterbombs and teleport.

Good sigils to use on D/P or SB are Rage, Air, or Fire. Generosity and Energy can be good on SB, Intelligence is somewhat challenging to optimize on D/P yet can be good.

Don’t use lyssa. Use Hide in Shadows for condi’s. Use either Strength, Scholar’s, or Pack runes.

Dagger pistol is an extremely effective stealther.
User your #5 for a smoke field, then leap through it for instant stealth, you can even hit with the heart seeker without losing stealth.
This allows you to keep doing this every 3 second to maintain in combat ‘perma’ stealth, you can also chain it with backstab.
With initiative gain traits you can also pick and choose your fights by having access to perma stealth without needing a target ( you can easily leap backwards and forwards through a single smoke field 3 times in a row, more with haste).
The perma stealth lends itself nicely for a pistol/dagger spam but using the bow is also very effective for the stealth root, also note that you can apply poison with the short bow without breaking stealth.