Might Stacking
So basic might stacking rotation is Dragon Tooth into Ring of fire into Earthquake into Earth dodge. This will put you around 13 might (15 with sigil of battle).
Kitten Air Attunement
You can also use air attunement as a defensive, offensive and counter attack. Air 4 gives you invuln and is great if you are immobed. Air 5 gives you a AOE knock back which is insane and a way to create distance between you and your enemy. Air 2 and 3 are kitten when you have 15 stacks of might and are stunned as they allow you to cast them while you are stunned O.o ALSO you gain super speed to kite all your troubles… but as mentioned aa sucks terribly. Fresh air op for that perma super speed
As I said I’m still testing this build and how it works. I feel that the amulet can change if you want to be more tanky and so can the heal. I would consider knights, cele or maurader. As for the heal you can take Ether Renewal or Signet of Resto but Signet works way better for cele as the on demand heal and condi cleanse of ether renewal is great.
Edit: Just tried cele with signet can confirm this is op.
As the title says can someone help me against mesmers they seem to have better stealth and damage and utility than us thiefs.
Also instead of whining about the patch that clearly nerfed us find a way to get around it for now . We might have to change the way we play and that’s fine.
Trickery last trait should be the new one that causes 5 stacks of confusion on steal.
This build has a very high amount of condi burst while sustaining a large amount of health and has a very strong disengage and engage. If you catch a character with this build before they are aware of your presence you will win a large majority of the time. This build may require a very good sense of positioning and creating distance between you and your opponent. Also, you must be able to know whether you should use steal or not. This is a key to most of your damage as confusion dmg adds up to 1000 per tick with 5 stacks. As many of you are wondering why i take poison duration for weapon sigil and trait is because of the 100% up time on poison if you can. This will lose alot of sustain to the overpowered warrior signet and the buffed ele heal on skill use signet.
USUAL ONE SHOT COMBO:
Basilisk Venom
STEALTH IN ANYWAY POSSIBLE
APPLY Skale Venom
USE STEALTHED P/D #1 FOR CONDI PRESSURE
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AT THIS POINT YOU SHOULD HAVE A STUN 3 STACKS OF TORMENT AND 5 STACKS OF BLEEDING
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USE D/P 3 TO CREATE DISTANCE
USE STEAL TO CLOSE DISTANCE AND APPLY CONFUSION
USE CND TO STEALTH UP APPLY BLEED AT VERY SHORT RANGE
USE D/P 3 TO CREATE DISTANCE AGAIN
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at this point the target will have 10 bleed stacks 7 torment stacks 5 stacks of confusion blind and situationaly immobilize
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This build also has alot of survival aspects to it! With 24500 effective health this build can take a massive amount of damage! Also it has 2.7k armor which is very good compared to a full zerker set which has 1.9k armor and 11k effective health!!!!!! This is a massive boost. I have experimented with this build ever since the feature pack and it wrecks most classes. Warriors and Guards are the hardest due to hard condition clear they have. This can be completely avoidable by making them pressured into using those abilities. I feel thieves are in a very good place in this patch you just need to use your head a bit more !! Good Luck out there hope to see you guys in WVW!
-WODO
Thank you very much. Makes sense though as I do only die within melee range