Guild Wars 2

Hey guys
Skip wall of text if you want, the question is in the end.

I’m still having a bit of an hard time in sPvP. Sometimes is more because of others than my self. Idk why ppl still expect for a Thief running sPvP metas to go solo a treb or a far point when the build is not made for 1 vs 1, and as far as I tried sometimes I will only kill someone in 1 vs 1 if, they are already a bit lower in HP, are as squishy as me or are really bad. The thief is not made for 1 vs 1 in sPvP and some ppl don’t get it. The other day I got a rank 67 complaining with me for not going treb when there were a condi tank necro there. How will I kill that treb with him there? If I do I have to go there like 2 3 times, dying problably in most of them since or condi clear is week and in the meanwhile of my respawn of dying the second or 3 time he goes a get it repaired, I do the same and in the end it took my 5 min to take that treb and I died 4 – 6 times and gave them 20 – 30 or more points. This from a rank 67 that apparently should unerstand a bit more about sPvP (btw he was also a necro, he should know that Thiefs vs Necro aren’t a great combo). Now this it’s not what happended, i’m not that stupid, but at the end we lost and apparently was my fault for not taking the treb.

But this is not what I’m here for. Aside of the 3 builds that are the meta, I want to know if there are any more viable builds. Also is there a build that focus 100% on Shortbow or close to 100%?

Most thief builds do focus on SB close to 100%, id say at least 75%. That could be your problem. Also who cares what people say in HJ or solo queue?

Thief vs Condi Necro is a 40/60 matchup, generally decided based on:

1. How much Deathshroud the opponent has
2. What utilities are they running

Its definitely not easy, but its not unbeatable either.

That said, if you find yourself vs a condi necro on Trebuchet, just attack and kill the treb and ignore the necro. Disengage and reset if you need to. Treb health won’t reset. And spend 90% of the time in Shortbow.

Also, depending on your team comp, if you’re the only power in your group, its your job to kill trebuchet as the thief because condi builds can’t do anything to it.

Truth is, anything is viable if you can make it work. I’m in the Team Queue top 500 with my turret engineer if that tells you anything, and two thieves in the top 500 run P/P successfully.

Viking Jorun.5413:

Truth is, anything is viable if you can make it work. I’m in the Team Queue top 500 with my turret engineer if that tells you anything, and two thieves in the top 500 run P/P successfully.

Do you know their builds?