[34] Guild Wars 2 Builds - Thief: Dolyak Supply Stopper |WvWvW

By: Soul Step (Updated 7/16/2012)

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An aspect of WvWvW is keeping your supplies up so your World can continue to build and repair almost anything that will help you attack or defend points in the map. However, supplies need to be shipped from supply depots. This is where this build comes in as to stopping/slowing down your enemy's supply chain.

Weapon Set:
Primary: Dual Dagger
Secondary: Pistol/Dagger

Healing, Utility, Elite Skills:
Healing:
(6) Hide in Shadows

Utility:
(7) Caltrops - cripple to slow down that dolyak!

(8) Needle Trap - immobilizes the dolyak and poisons it too!

(9) Scorpion Wire - used to pull the dolyak back to you.

Elite:
(0) Thieves Guild - extra help to take the dolyak down.

Traits: Build output is 20/30/0/0/20 as the chosen traits focuses on slowing down the dolyak and taking them down as fast as possible.
Deadly Arts:
(II) Poisonous Traps - provides an extra 10s of poison for your needle trap.

(IX) Dagger Training - extra damage when using your daggers

Critical Strikes:
(VI) Executioner - helps kill off the dolyak faster when you drop it to low health

(IX) Combo Crit Chance - extra critical hit chance for your dual dagger skill to land.

(XI) Ankle Shots - used with your pistol for continuing to slow down the dolyak while your skills are on recharge.

Trickery:
(III) Uncatchable - another way for you cripple the dolyak.

(VIII) Trickster - reduces the cooldown for Caltrops and Scorpion Wire.

This build provides plenty of way to apply Cripple to the dolyak to slow it down. You'll have plenty of burst damage with dual daggers, and when your skills are on cooldown switch to pistol/dagger to continue slowing down the supply dolyak.

[30] Guild Wars 2 Builds - Thief: Assassin Cross (Dungeon Edition) - Dual Dagger & Sword/Dagger |WvWvW, PVE and Dungeon

By: Soul Step (Updated 7/13/2012)

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After watching the twitch TV broadcast by ArenaNet’s Eric Flannum and Colin Johanson, and hearing about Colin's favorite Elite skill Basilisk Venom and how he used it in dungeons, I decided to take a look at my Assassin Cross build which specializes in Venom Skills. I restructured the build to fit team play style and dungeon environments.

Weapon Set:
Primary: Dual Daggers
Secondary: Sword/Dagger

Healing, Utility, and Elite Skills:
Healing: 
(6) Hide in Shadows - Good healing skill and allows you to go into stealth and set up your next rotation or escape if you're dying.

Utility:
(7) Spider Venom - Just like the Assassin Cross class from RO, this build specializes in Venom.

(8) Skale Venom - Another useful Venom build.

Three options for the last skill slot
(9) Roll for Initiative - Your survival skill
or
(9) Haste - If you want to be more on the offensive side, take this steroid boost.
or
(9) Ice Drake Venom - If you want all venom skills as your utility, then pick this one up as well.

Elite:
(0) Basilisk Venom - With the Venomous Aura, you and your team can coordinate a stone-lock (stun-lock) chain on Dungeon bosses.

Traits: Points distributed as 30/0/30/0/10 as you still retain your Power, but lose Crit for survivability and team support compared to the other Assassin Cross build.

Deadly Arts:
(IV) Venomous Strength - Gain might for using Venom? Why yes! You can get up from 4-6 stacks of Might!

(VIII) Quick Venoms - Another must have if specializing in Venom skills. Reduced cooldowns FTW!

(XII) Residual Venom - Again another must have as it makes your venom last longer.

Shadow Arts:
(II) Reviver's Deception - You and your team will be downed a number of times inside the dungeon. This is very helpful during a battle.

(IX) Leeching Venoms - Since you're specializing in Venoms, this is a great utility to have as it provides survivability.

(XII) Venomous Aura - gives your team your venom effects. This is a great utility for dungeon/team environments. As said earlier, with Basilisk Venom, you and your team can coordinate a stone-lock (stun-lock) chain on Dungeon bosses.

Trickery:
(V) Thrill of the Crime - I chose this as it's a good utility trait for team play and the 10 points increases your condition damage.

With this Dungeon edition of the Assassin Cross, you'll still be able to be damage power house as the damage lost through crit is distributed in giving your team Venom effects. This is great in helping applying pressure to enemies and bosses condition-wise.

[25] Guild Wars 2 Builds - Thief: Dagger/Pistol & Sword/Pistol Signet Build |PVE

By: RenDevilRun (Updated 7/11/2012)

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Here's my take on the Thief profession and use of signets. The pistol is my personal favorite off-hand for the Thief and I'll be using it for both Primary and Secondary weapon sets. Additionally, to utilize signets in this build, you're going to have to max out Critical Strikes.


Weapon Set:
Primary: Dagger/Pistol
Secondary: Sword/Pistol

Healing, Utility, and Elite Skills:
Healing:
(6) Signet of Malice

Utility:
(7) Assassin Signet - passive increases power

(8) Signet of Agility - passive increases precision.

(9) Signet of Shadows - passive increases your movement speed.

Elite:
(0) Thieves Guild - When things get sticky, call your friends to come out to play.

Traits: 10/30/0/20/10

Deadly Arts:
(VI) Sundering Strike - works with a high critical build.

Critical Strikes:
(II) Signets of Power - 5 stacks of Might!
(VII) Fast Signets - your signet cooldown reducer
(XII) Signet Use - get some initiative back when you use your signet

Acrobatics:
(III) Vigorous Recovery  - good with your heal skill
(X) Martial Agility - move faster when you're using a sword.

Trickery:
(V) Thrill of the Crime - makes Steal more useful.

Your high critical hit and damage will make up for only having 100 in power. The thief are meant to be played as burst damage and you have enough vitality to stay in close combat longer.

[9] Guild Wars 2 Builds - Thief - Theme: Black Widow's Spy Tactics |PVE

By: Soul Step (Updated 7/7/2012)

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Do you like Black Widow from the Avengers? Here's your chance to be like her! This build uses dual daggers and pistols for melee and range damage.

Weapon Set:
Primary: Dual Daggers
Secondary: Dual Daggers

Healing, Utility, and Elite Skills:
Healing: 
(6) Hide in Shadows - Good healing skill and allows you to go into stealth and set up your next rotation or escape if you're dying.

Utility: Black Widow is a master spy. This build uses tricks to reflect that.
(7) Scorpion Wire - Good gap closer and fun to use.

(8) Caltrops - This is just a great skill to have on your bar in general.

(9) Haste - Overall a great steroid boost.

Elite:
(0) Dagger Storm - This provides great damage and can be used to escaped if you're cornered or surrounded

Traits: This is a 30/0/0/20/20 as the focus lines are in Deadly Arts, Acrobatics and Trickery providing lots of physical damage and boost in your condition effectiveness.

Deadly Arts:
(I) Back Fighting - when you're downed, this gives you a better chance to rally

(X) Combined Training - Must have since you're using dual weapons.

(XI) Panic Strike - Useful when finishing off an enemy and they don't run away.

Acrobatics:
Two options for the Adept trait:
Option 1:
(IV) Assassin's Retreat - Nice boon reward for killing off an enemy.
Option 2:
(V) Fleet of Foot - Great survival/condition remover skill trait that comes when using dodge.

(VIII) Pain Response - Another great survival/condition remover skill trait.


Trickery:
Two options for Adept Trait:
Option 1:
(III) Uncatchable - Choose this if you want to have a better chance in surviving and keeping your distance. This also fits with the theme.
Option 2:
(V) Thrill of the Crime - Steal away! The boons you get gives you a great advantage

(VIII) Trickster - Must have since all your utility skills are Tricks.