Guild Wars 2

Ok so today I have dueled 2 theifs both with the same build ( using dual pistol and hard to catch) as main aspects of the build it seemed like. I have never died from a thief until today 1v1. And I have fought to many to many 1v1 to even guess. Did they do something in the Dec 10th patch to make theifs really good ?

Hard to catch is usually only bad for Melee thieves. As for P/P thieves, if they’re really good (I.e like Taquito), they can be pretty hard to pin down and Pistol 3 can hurt a lot. As far as I know, thieves didn’t get any damage buffs this patch. nor did any weapons get buffed.

Hard to catch might be randomly good or randomly bad for the thief. Tomorrow it might drop a dazed thief right under your mace.

Thief initiative has changed so more varied skills can be sustained longer but some of the peak initiative builds will have lost their edge. You’ll might see a bit more stealth/backstab and a little less of shadowstep, ‘permastealth’, and dual pistols.