Guild Wars 2

mompen.7952:

Veyld.2407:

Geiir.7603:

I run travelers, not altruism.

I figured that had to be an accident lol. I ran runes of Speed for awhile for the extra Vitality, but Travelers aren’t a bad choice either. I know plenty of good thieves that run those.

Geiir.7603:

Ah, pack runes should work great too!

I ran these for awhile too. While they are a solid choice, I figured since I’m already getting 100% crit chance on my Backstabs, and I’ve got Fury when they’re below 50%, that the extra prec bonus was kind of a waste. Entirely up to you though.

What are your experience with assassin armor? I see you gain a few more points here and there:

Assassins: critical chance 50
vs 46 on ’serker

Assassins: 1893 precision
vs 1802 on ’serker.

’Serker gives you 2461 power tho,
vs 2370 on assassins (ferocity stays the same).

This was my old build. – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVlsMp8pdPx0J8PNRLRtdHEdfAXDh2PQAEiA-T1SBwAFVaw5QAkwETkHEoE8m6PYVGgSfDCTTH3fUip5IAA4EEQKgIGDA-w

I actually just changed up from that last week lol. As you noted, there were minor stat increases/decreases (-86 Power, +4% crit chance, +13% crit damage, and a negligible + to Vit). I’m honestly not sure on the damage numbers, or how much it’s changed, but so far I’m liking it better. I’ll run both sets later to check that, and report back.

Cam Ron.4170:

also, I highly, highly recommend the quickness on crit trait over furious retaliation if you’re really looking to burst em.

Haven’t thought about trying that. I’ll have to give it a spin.

Cam Ron.4170:

also, with your crit at 50% (i.e. half the time this trait does absolutely nothing), and the revealed training trait (which doesn’t apply to back-stabs) I think executioner’s would be a better trait than hidden killer. Executioner’s and revealed training work together giving you effectively 240 power when revealed and target under 50% hp

I originally ran that, and while the extra damage when low was nice (and I by no means dislike that trait), I found I much prefered the guaranteed burst from my Backstabs when opening and throughout a fight, since it keeps my damage fairly consistent. Also with as much as I have invested in crit damage too, it’s just felt like the better choice.

Cam Ron.4170:

the revealed training trait (which doesn’t apply to back-stabs)

While it really only works with opening burst, there’s a little trick with Mug/Revealed Training where if you warm up your backstab JUST before stealing, Mug triggers revealed just before your backstab connects, applying the 200 Power boost to your BS. ^.^

Geiir.7603:

I run travelers, not altruism.

I figured that had to be an accident lol. I ran runes of Speed for awhile for the extra Vitality, but Travelers aren’t a bad choice either. I know plenty of good thieves that run those.

Geiir.7603:

Ah, pack runes should work great too!

I ran these for awhile too. While they are a solid choice, I figured since I’m already getting 100% crit chance on my Backstabs, and I’ve got Fury when they’re below 50%, that the extra prec bonus was kind of a waste. Entirely up to you though.

Odd set of runes to be running. Dunno if you meant for those or not lol. Anyway, other than that, you run pretty much exactly what I do. I’ve loved the Revealed Training with Mug combo. Been using it ever since the trait was released. So much fun making people explode. XD

Build – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fZAQNAoaVlsMpzpdPx0J8PNRLRtdIEdvAXDh2PQAEiA-TVTBwAFVaw5IA84BAoc/hEmYicgAlgYVGMU9HU6bQYa6oSMNHCAAnggAAIAczApAiYMA-w

My Gladium Charr Gaurdian – Aura The Aegis

I don’t actually login to this much, but I did just to say how I much I love this build. When I moved from D/P to S/P, this was my build of choice, and it’s helped me a lot in shaping a S/P build for my Thief.

I have moved on to my own variation since then, which is largely the same, but I moved around some traits to suit a my more dodgy gameplay – http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAsaVlYmaPHdS4E/5Ey+hK07BZBWmVPDuS+A-T0Ag0CvIKSVkrITRyisFNoY9xhiJBPLA

I’ll occasionally change out Sig of Agility for Infiltrators Sig, if I’m feeling a bit more aggressive, otherwise (as I said) it’s pretty much the same.

Anyway, thanks again for that awesome build of yours! If any Thieves are just starting on a S/P, definitely give his build a spin!

I’m only lvl 40 with my Engi currently, but so far I’ve been running Pistol/Shield, while running Tool Kit (good for kiting and some extra blocking, plus the melee hits fairly hard), Elixir U (not a big fan of it, but it’s a decent early stun breaker and it helps getting some key skills off quicker, and the small change to it’s tool belt skill have made that more useful), and Elixir Gun (lots of good utility and extra healing). So far, all that has made my lvling pretty smooth.

Gadgets have too high of a CD to be useful in PvE (even though I really like them). Elixirs and Kits are good solid choices for PvE IMO.
Rifle’s have some nice CC and mobility, Pistol/Shield gives some good damage output while being able to play defensively, and Pistol/Pistol is a really nice choice if you’re running Condition Damage.
All up to playstyle though.

Hopefully that’ll help you a bit.

My lvl 46 Sylvari Ele. =)