Mastering Thief takes a considerable amount of time and now-a-days is even more difficult with the considerable amount of nerfs they have received over the years. I have 2000+ hours clocked in at thief and while I am confident fighting any class on any build I wouldn’t consider myself a master at the class.
First things first, having a 50% win rate is not bad by any means. The higher the amount of games you play the closer to 50% you are going to get, and the game is a team game despite some people treating it otherwise so naturally you can’t win every game because there are variables outside of your control.
Second, knowing how to fight each class comes with experience but knowing not when to fight is also really important. Take for example the bunker classes you mentioned. If you have fought them once and you have been handily dealt with its probably not in your best interest to go back. And while you are correct in your assessment that your role is to de-cap points there are many ways of going about it. If that bunker is simply going to sit on home and you can’t fight him you have free reign to provide support anywhere else on the map. And since you are playing one of the most mobile classes in the game if you force him to leave by putting pressure elsewhere you are free to cap that point. It may not be for very long but its enough to make the opposing team lose points and help your team pick up a few extra.
As for Specs and Builds, I don’t run a very normal thief build and I haven’t in a long time so I’m not really familiar with what is meta anymore and even less so how to fight with that particular spec. However, for D/P the best advice I can give is to abuse the hell out of your Blinding Powder. This ability easily puts most melee fighters at a huge disadvantage because of the way blind and the ability work. It also provides a nifty kiting mechanic if something goes wrong in a fight since Blinding Powder + Heartseeker = Stealth. As for ranged classes, you can always use the same combo to gain a little ground on your target while also remaining semi-untargeted and giving you a brief moment of pressure that may even make your opponent waste an evade. It also a good rule of thumb that ranged classes tend to be a little bit more glassy than their melee counterparts and if you get a good jump on them it can instill a little bit of panic resulting in a kill or a retreat.
Personally my own useful tip would be that there is no shame in running. SPvP specifically isn’t about killing people. Killing players is only the means to an end. The end being capturing points. However, it isn’t the only means to that end.
And of course most importantly, anything that I say here is just an opinion and isn’t necessarily right or wrong.
Best of luck to you on your continued endeavors as a Thief. Feel free to add me in game if you have any questions.
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