Guild Wars 2

@Ejiofor Would advise you to change Thrill of the Crime to Ricochet specially for leveling or fighting multi targets.
But give my build a go, you will love it in PvE.

@Karolis of course it is, but with the rotation I keep, its much better to have d/d – p/d combo against champions.
Plus Death Blossom is much more superior to Sneak Attack.

Few of the thieves in the community asked some questions about the “Madnek Syndrom” condition build, its rotations, preparations etc.

So here is in-depth look into my build, with mid-fight explanations against Champion Dredge Commissar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bZTv4h_Nuk

The Madnek Syndrom Build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYUQRAoY6YlYmCOXey2E95EB3Dm60m6p4rjtTxV5KA-jgCB4iRE1BgkGkEJQZqDjNTKRVTFRjVJjIqWdDzKWRTKAYWDA-e

With this build, I’ve downed +50 champions solo.

Here you go, latest updated video about my D/D – P/D build with P/D – P/D, for all situations, with this builds I’ve downed +50 champions solo, and trolled uncountable number of players:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hevr7MY2u0

Happy to share

bs"d

Many good changes happened to the condition thieves at the patch.
For the ones that know me already and for the ones that dont, I mainly focus on condition builds and playstyles in PvE/PvP.
Made a video about what has changed and how did I’ve adapt to it in PvE and PvP.
Did miss out on few things that dont really relate to condition like Shadow Trap, but everything else has been explained.

For full explanations: http://full.sc/11Qx8wd

As always, hope you’ll enjoy it!
Have an amazing week!

Go for Rabid for armor balanced with Tought/Vit/Cnd on your ascend gear like rings, neck, acces, etc.

Some time ago, I’ve wrote & recorded this song, sadly I’m not the best when it comes to mixing, so had to find someone that can.
I’ve also fixed a video clip of PvP montage using my MITY Build.
So without further ado: Madnek ft. LDUK – PvP Song.
Hope you’ll enjoy it, took me quite some time to work on this project.
Have a good one!

The only buff I would ask is buffing the condition thieves, either by dmg, duration, or add more bleed stacks on abilities like Death Blossom & Sneak Attack.

Using it in PvE, to put 5 bleeds from sneak attack.
To avoid the auto attack breaking stealth, turn your back to the target and steal, it works perfectly 99.9% of the time.

Just wanted to share my “MITY” build I’ve cooked up for S/TPvP (“MITY” stands for May I Troll You)
Build (20/0/30/20/0) is based on bleeds, bleed duration and might stacking (14-20 stacks as solo).
I explain everything in this video (even though the fights arent the best):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygpshGLukgA

For “proper” montage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBMwxEe5ruo

Hope you’ll enjoy it and have a good one

Cant wait to get my hands on black/white dyes :P

Barock.7183:

i get alot of comments (in Spvp) that thieves should only play 1 build and that is backstab.

Backstab/HS builds can be countered quite well with condition d/d or p/d.
in my honest opinion, ppl should play the way they want to, because in the end of the day, everything can be dodged and everything can be countered.

Arganthium.5638:

Madnek.7921:

I have made a d/d condition build, the build offers alot dmg evasion, quite high armor, but most of all stacking up for high bleed ticks.

http://full.sc/Y2jqEK

Also, about the build, and this is just a small thing I’d like to throw in here:

I’d take out at least 10 in Shadow Arts and put it into Acrobatics instead. That way, you’re getting the buff for having <100% endurance (which seems to be the case most of the time with your build), and you can also get the Trait Quick Recovery for the extra init regeneration. The problem that I see with having 20 in SA is that you really only use it for the utility that you get from stealing. That’s not entirely a bad thing, but even with 30% less Steal cool down, you’re waiting 31.5 seconds to be able to steal again. Then, when you do steal, sure, you get 5 initiative and Stealth, but with your build, it seems like you come out of stealth almost instantly after you Steal. That 5 initiative, also, is only 2 more than you’re already getting when you steal.

If you took out 20 in SA, then you would be getting more than 3 times more initiative per second than you’re getting right now with IX in Acrobatics. You could then also put 10 into Critical Strikes to get either increased health or increased pistol damage. This is what your build would look like then:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAqa4YlYmCO3dy8E+5ExWBg694rkNsdPuqV1KA

Or, you could just take out 10 in SA and still have 10 more in SA, in which case you would have something like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQRAqa4YlYmCO3dy8E+5ECXBL07xXRWhV3jryq0KA

Just my two cents for you.

Does increase dmg by +X% also effect conditions dmg? If not then its quite pointless to go for.

I went for 20 in SA not only for stealing but also for toughness and the extra +heal I get, since I mostly use Withdraw. I do use steal mainly for the ini refill, but its useful when I get the stealth I can hit with a backstab, which is also extra to the dmg done.

But those are my 2 cents.

I have made a d/d condition build, the build offers alot dmg evasion, quite high armor, but most of all stacking up for high bleed ticks.

http://full.sc/Y2jqEK

After a few of my “Condition Thief vs Champion X” videos, I was asked for my build/spec etc.
Here’s my build, gear, etc and explanations.

http://full.sc/Y2jqEK

Hope it will help you out!

Make sure to like the video if it was beneficial to you, or simply because of my awesome beard.
Dislike if you didnt and make sure to leave a comment what you didnt like.

Have an awesome weekend

Rehab,

Thank you for the kind words! There were few very dodgy moments indeed.
I agree the build isnt all that amazing, but it serves its goal, that goal is to keep me alive and put out enough dps while doing so.
As I usually say “I’m Madnek. I Fail. BEARD!!!”

Other then that I’ll be on the look out for more of them champs to try and solo them

My build is based on condition balanced with toughness.
In the video you see: my, build, LoS mechanics, a lot of dodging and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCEEDzYLk1c