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Perfect answer as always Sam
(TL;DR: split Leagues between SoloQ and TeamQ)
I have seen Heros of the Storm and I like it but it does not have the dynamic of the character control, they are just cards, or seems like that to me.
As an additional note I want to say that I am very happy that I didn’t buy HoT. I did not do it cause I consider they do not deserve it for the work they have done in the last 2 years in PvP and I continue thinking they don’t deserve it yet.
Let me share my knowledge with you guys.
These are sPvP builds, that’s why all contain a Shortbow (thief is nothing without mobility) and the Shadow Step utility (a stunbreaker is always needed in PvP and this one clears also conditions).
All the builds contain Signet of Agility (because we are making builds around d/d and lots of evades and an extra condition clear why not)
All the builds contain Runes of the Krait with Basilisk Venom elite skill (shortest elite to be able to proc the #6 rune effect more often)
All the builds contain Sigil of Frailty on daggers (50% chance on normal hit to inflict vulnerability for 10 secs in a 2 sec cooldown). Vulnerability increases now also condition damage made and is a good cover condition to cover our poison and bleeds.
The gameplay is not only about spam dodges and #3 spam, it is very recommended to mix some #1 auto-attacks chain in between to stack poison and recover some endurance.
That’s why I choose Deadly Arts trait line over Acrobatics. DA gives a great immobilization at 50% enemy health, gives more poison damage, more poison stacks and each time poison is applied enemy gets also weakness which is also a very good cover condition and we will receive less damage thanks to daredevil trait Weakening Strikes.
On Trickery I prefer to choose Sleight of Hand over Bewildering Ambush because I consider more important the cooldown reduction on Steal to be able to steal more often which allows me to apply Poison more often and recover 50 endurance more often (Endurance Thief daredevil trait).
I prefer to choose Withdraw heal, because with Trickster the cooldown is very reduced (14 secs only) and it clears a condition before the heal activates (maybe poison!)
The last utility skill is Caltrops because it is also a trick, and has its cooldown reduced and removes also a condition, and it is as big as a capture point which is perfect to fight on point. Sometimes I change this utility for Impairing Daggers which I also find very useful, but has not condi clear.
You can choose one of the followings builds:
- For those of you not afraid of having low health and who think condition duration is important because the longer the condition stays on enemy, more damage it will make:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVl0MhmnYpTwwJw/ELtEmXZ4OMHmLhrwXoWA4AsAA-TpRGABA8AAQ4IAMeZgAOBAGcIAKZ/BA
Good toughness and high precision, that’s why Sigil of Strength is used. You can stack good amount of Might (increase condi damage) because you crit a lot and the cooldown of the Sigil is 1 sec.
- For those of you not afraid of having low health and who think condition duration is NOT so important because the enemy will always clean the conditions before the full condition time has passed:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVl0MhmnYpTwwJw/ELtEmXZ4OMHmLhrwXoWA4AsAA-TpRGwAAeAAIOCANLDE4EAY4QAUa/BA
Even better toughness than previous build, still good precision to crit a lot but shorter condition duration.
- For those of you who prefer to have more health:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn0MBdmilOBGOB8PhlWCzrMcHmDzlwV4LULAcAWAA-TphGABHcEAw9BAsUZAAOBAFcIAIZ/BA
We lose the precision from previous builds, that’s why we don’t use anymore on-crit Sigil and change it for Sigil of Bursting (increase all condi damage).
We have less toughness so we have to watch out and take care what skills hit us, although we have more health to compensate and more condition damage.
Overall, all builds have very good condition clear (Trickster, condi clear on successful dodge…) and damage mitigation (Enemy Weakness with daredevil traits)
These are builds made to fight on capture point and not to chase around targets where enemies can avoid your caltrops.
I personally like the first build more than the other two, although 11,6k Health is sometimes too few.
And I think that an amulet offering Precision, Vitality and Condition Damage (primary stat) would be OP for these builds.
On the other side an amulet offering Toughness, Vitality and Condition Damage (primary) would also be very good.
And an amulet giving Toughness, Vitality (primary), Healing Power would make us thieves completely TANKS
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So here I leave 2 builds for sPVP which I think will work pretty good and use s/d which is my favorite weapon set.
Feedback on the first build.
Very low condi clear. You will rely on IR and SR for the condi clear since EA is on evade. Sword is a lot lower than dagger and the the build lack burst so fighting cele necro and ele will be challenging. Also, Unhinered Combatant will be a pain while in SR. My verdict – average for top tier, decent for trolling in soloq.
Feedback on the second build.
You have very low damage and slow attacks. This build hopes to kill noobs or troll people while hindering our own team. My verdict – trash for top tier, very good for trolling in soloq.
Well let me disagree with you.
First build: (you gave good feedback)
Condi clear is low, but that’s why I put Escapist’s Absolution. You get condi clear from Shadowstep, Infiltrator Return and Escapist’s Absolution which considering you are evading a lot, and entering in and out of the fight, it is more than enough condi clear for me.
I have the needed burst, s/d can produce burst if needed, to the point than even locking down targets with inmovs and stuns.
And about having Dash as dodge I think is the best option, because it travels a longer distance, removing important conditions and giving great ammount of swiftness. (all add up means crazy movility). Using it with Shadow Refuge is possible (dash is shorter than diameter, just have to get used to do it well) and better than the other 2 dodges (which make damage), and wont take Shadow Refuge away of my build because just counting the thousand times it saved my kitten or the kitten of my team mates, it is impossible to put it away.
That build it is very similar to the one I run right now, which is an amazing pain in the kitten if played correctly and has a very nice damage burst:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAsYVl0MhunYpTwyJw/EHwElPNOj2oXYJRiqTgAY3A-TpBFABCcEAEvMABPAga2fYhDBAAnAAA
It is true that has not that big burst like actual faceroll cheese d/p but I can assure you I can make easy 6k damage with my combo (which is more or less a backstab damage)
Second build: (your feedback here was horrible)
Condi clear is also very good, due to Pain Response, Don’t Stop, Shadowstep and Inf Return. (similar condi clear to my actual build, and I tell you for me it is more than enough). If condi clear is not good enough, can always change Impacting Disruption for Escapist’s Absolution.
You lose the 10% damage from Deadly Arts line, but gain Impacting Disruption and more frequent Impact Strikes. I cannot know if this is enough, but if not, I can just change Brawler’s Tenacity for Evasive Empowerment.
The attack speed of sword is lower than dagger, but the trick of using sword, is try to land always the third auto attack, which is not difficult if you time it correctly and don’t let your Auto Attack on Auto
After analyzing my own builds, I made some corrections. I would rader use one of the following 2 builds for sPvP.
Dead Arts / Trick / Dared
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAsYVn0MBdPhlOBGmCkmiFYCzLNcGaDzhwSYLULBEA2NA-TpBFABCcEAEvMABPAga2fYhDBAAnAAA
Acro / Trick / Dared (Master Trait on Daredevil to be chosen between Escapist’s Absolution or Impacting Disruption)
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAsYVn0MBdPhlOBWOBkmiFqiyLE+gSornCggcu6V+A-TpBFABCcEAEvMABPAga2fYhDBAAnAAA
As an end note, I don’t make d/p builds cause I don’t like the cheese and faceroll involved with those long time stealth condi clear life regen on them. I know that actually I don’t play meta, but I know I play a more difficult build which is very much more rewarding when played correctly as d/p.
You know: High Risk (or higher skill cap) means Higher reward
Right now with my actual s/d build you cant dodge mindlessly, but I think when Daredevil comes, dodge builds will be back to be super cheese and faceroll, It won’t be needed to think when to dodge.
Who knows maybe I end up so disgusted from the new dodge builds that I change to play d/p
Peace!!
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Cause knowing my MMR would tell me how good or bad I am.
It should be shown in the main Statistics view together with amount of games played and so on.
Right now I play against a team I do good my fights or rotate good and my team wins. Next game I don’t play so good, I am more slow in my rotation and my team loses.
Did I win cause first enemy team was worse than mine? cause I was more inspired? Or they just had a bad game or a bad composition and I was there to take profit of it?
Did I lose cause second enemy team was better than mine? cause I was thick in that game? Or I was just paired with bad players or the wrong composition?
So I could be wining against good players and losing against bad ones or other way round….
So basically knowing my MMR, would tell me much more information about my actual skill level and how far I am from the average (above or under).
Still no developer answer….