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It says the link is dead.
You need to copy/paste it.
OP, I have been using a very similar build for the last few days, except where you went into the power line, I instead went into the trickery line. Here’s mine: http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mckMzc9cMMnFMMMnFM9MxGGmVqMscV
Poison for the -33% healing, caltrops for more bleeds, and Shadow Refuge because it is just amazing. You can use it offensively for another stealth + opener, you can use it defensively to drop target and run away, and you can use it for support, by dropping it on a downed teammate and rezzing them completely within the span of the stealth (assuming they don’t attack).
Excellent condition removal with stealth (1 removed on entering stealth, another removed if you wait 3 seconds before opening). Excellent survivability with toughness and vitality, and of course being in stealth a lot of the time. Little to no burst at all, that’s not what my build is about.
I have been thinking about replacing Shadow Refuge with Shadowstep for the stun break though. I may give this a try tonight and see how it pans out. One big downside to using SR supportively is that downed teammates tend to spam 1 (in the hot join), and break the stealth that I give them. Kinda ruins the entire point of it.
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Are you really falling off of cliffs/ledges/walls/towers more than once every 8 seconds?
There’s my current build. Sword/Pistol for Black Powder lets you tank groups of mobs in melee range.
I much prefer S/P to S/D because Flanking Strike has to be timed perfectly to even be useful, whereas Black Powder is more of a keep-it-up ground-based debuff.
That website is horribly out of date. It used to be my favorite but I’d recommend using a different builder.
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/thief
I think this one is up-to-date but I could be wrong.
Today I learned that I am Korean because I play on Stormbluff Isle.