Guild Wars 2

Pimpslapper.2047:

Try something like this:

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Wow, lots of information, thanks! Question, though. When do you, personally, switch to P/P?

ZLE.8293:

What exactly you mean with “suck in PvP”.Whera are your problems.Are you feeling too squishy,or you think your damage isn’t enough.Or maybe you have problems with cripple and such moving impair effects?Do you think that your enemy is hiting you much more constantly than you hit him in a such intensive fight.Do you have problems to keep up while are you melee and do you have problems kiting while you are ranged? Do you think your enemy is dodging away too much?Please share.
If you pick Short Bow for your main,for me it goes a little bit better with power/crit than condition.P/D goes much better for condition thou.Are you good with C&D usage.It’s a quite sensitive skill and some people are having problems with it.

Damage. I like to think I’m really good at utilizing the Thief’s mobility, but I’ve been having issues mastering their damage capabilities, so I’ve basically been the self-appointed ninja-capper in sPvP. I have some issues fully utilizing the Thief’s stealth mechanic as well, but I’m working on it.

Long post ahead.

So, I really enjoy my thief…but boy do I suck in PvP. I can do well on my warrior, but my thief just escapes me right now(get it? <.<). I’ve looked through the forums and still pretty confused, so, I was hoping I could ask a few questions that would help me out. And to give a point of reference for where I’m currently at, I’ll give a sample build at the bottom.

1. I like to concentrate on ranged. I like softening up targets and then closing in for the kill in melee if necessary. Is this a good way to use a thief or should I find this in another class(ie my warrior or another class)?

2. If it is, which ranged weapon set would be better? I’ve been using Shortbow, though with Pistol/Pistol it feels like I can put out more single target burst damage, though obviously sacrificing the AoE and some mobility. There is Pistol/Dagger that I’ve been having a blast with in PvE, but I’m not sure if it puts out enough damage in PvP to pressure enemies enough. Anyone have knowledge of these setups?

3. Same question for melee. I’ve been using Dagger/Pistol for its closing capabilities and interrupt. Sword/Pistol seems like a possibility, particularly against melee that are chasing me down.

4. When ranged, should I try to go toe-to-toe with other ranged-focused classes or switch to melee on them as soon as I can?

5. I’m having problems with Condition vs Power. As has been pointed out in other threads, Condition is better against more heavily armored opponents(I hate Guardians), but has the possible issue of being removed. With Power, it seems a lot of it relies on being able to restealth and reopen up on someone. I haven’t seen or been able to come up with a good primarily ranged build that can or really utilizes restealthing and reopening up on enemies besides Pistol/Dagger, but I may have missed it. Is there another way to acheive a high Power build for a ranged spec? Or is going Conditions my better option as ranged?

6. If I’m picking a venom, should I pick one and stick with it or use more than one?

Here is the build I came up with that is probably deeply flawed(secondary weapon set would be dagger/pistol): http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/thief#19|0|2642|2788|2786|3997|11435|30|2355|1714|1708|10|1190|0|0|10|2198|0|0|20|1165|1700|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

Besides finding ways to correct it, is there any way to reasonably fit Executioner into a ranged build? I get the feeling I’ll be picking between getting that and Fleet of Foot.