Guild Wars 2

Since I like to be in stealth a lot more than most Thieves I tend to spam Cloak and dagger very often, and so using that ability together with Steal, its the best way to make sure I get that hit to get into stealth. Basically you Que up cloak and dagger so that when your off hand dagger is in mid swing you, hit steal and get the item + the stealth.

So for me steal is a very handy.

Honestly when another Thief attempts to spam heartseeker on me while I am at full hp I tend to just start laughing hit cloak and dagger and stab them for 5-9k(depending on who it is) and then watch them run around like a nub… first off if you fighting any decent thief you will not be able to outrun them anyways we are just that mobile. They will eventually catch up to you as well being able to run away just as easy. I find that being a shadow arts build I am in stealth assassinating people more than spamming heartseeker but that is the thing with this game there are many different ways of playing.

Then again I tend to do WvW more than I do Spvp so it is mostly likely different in a smaller environment.