The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Hybrid damage
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Secrets of the Obscure builds
Difficulty: Easy
Beginner friendly This build is beginner friendly.
This build was last updated on March 28, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
盗贼 (Thief)
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A Celestial WvW Daredevil build designed for roaming using the most recent addition to Thief's arsenal, the Axe. Uses 
火药喷射 and 
弹跳闪避 along with Shadow Arts synergy to boost its sustain and initiative regen while bursting targets down with Axe attacks.
Stats
Relics
- you won't proc it often, but the healing reduction could still be useful against high sustain specs.
- bursty option.
Food
Utility
Optimal:
Budget: either from Canned Food Crates found in WvW s or purchased from the Permanent Portable Provisioner.
General
Axe/Pistol is your main set, most of the time you'll be camping this.
Sword/Dagger is more of a defensive/backup set. It has decent damage and even survival tools of its own, plus it provides an alternative when facing builds with projectile-denial against which Axe simply doesn't work.
Steal
is the most powerful tool in a thief's kit and should not be wasted! Do not start fights with steal, keep it for the right moment (mainly to interupt important skills such as heals or elites).
Stealing grants initiative, boons, dazes enemies and refills a portion of your endurance (among other things). Its most important function however is the instant boonstrip that prioritizes which goes off before the does, resulting in an instant interrupt.
Axe/Pistol
Main set
Axe has its own weapon-specific mechanic. Autoattacks and leave behind spinning axes on the ground. You can stack these up to 6 and check your active axe count above your utility bar.
Spamming the auto is going to leave behind axes even if they hit nothing. This allows you to stack axes for free while your target is in stealth or out of range.
is a cone-shaped attack and therefore needs to be used in melee range for maximum effectiveness. ing at the end of the animation can help with that.
is your finishing move, pulling all of your axes into your target. Try to use it with 5-6 axes whenever possible.
is a quick interrupt. It's a very situational skill with no real pressure of its own.
plays a very important role as a tool when combined with a dodge.
Rotation
Note: if you can get this rotation going, it's going to take care of everything from damage to survival. Not only is this a burst rotation, it's also made to minimize contact with the enemy via and while restoring initiative at multiple points. It even cleanses conditions.
Utilities
instantly cleanses conditions, this could even be used to break CC like .
is easily the most versatile and one of the strongest skills in the build. It has 2 parts:
is fairly simple. This is your second stun breaker, and another source of stealth. As a Blast finisher you can combo it with for AoE stealth. Just like Signet of Agility, this is a skill you can use to your allies' benefit by sharing its effect with them.
is both a defensive and offensive elite. The rather lengthy evade frame with increased movement speed makes it an excellent panic button when you're being focused by the enemy team. On the other hand the skill deals heavy AoE damage whilst evading, which makes it great for pressuring melee targets in general with next to no risk.
