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F2P Power Thief

Guild Wars 2 F2P Power Thief - Sword & Dagger / Shortbow Meta build for pvp: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

盗贼 (Thief)thiefpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ● ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Good mobility
  • Provides party boons
  • Provides self boons
  • Strong bursts
  • High mastery curve
  • Relies on resource management
  • Forced movement
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Equipment

Item
Stat
MarauderAmulet
Primary Weapon Set
Main HandSword
Off HandDagger
Other Items
Superior Rune of Infiltration (PvP)Rune

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Thief is amazing at creating 2v1s to help your duelists but it is also able to heavily pressure single targets in bigger fights, especially supports.

It has access to 顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊 very frequently aslong as it stays in fights thanks to 欺诈平衡 图标欺诈平衡.

Damage

Hitting 顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊 is extremely important, especially if you take a duel. Precasting 隐秘突袭 图标隐秘突袭 right before 顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊 lets you follow up with 战术打击 图标战术打击. If 顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊 is on cooldown you can use 渗透纹章 图标渗透纹章 or even 渗透暗袭 图标渗透暗袭.

侧翼打击 图标侧翼打击 and its followup 侧翼突袭 图标侧翼突袭 are very strong damaging abilities, being unblockable and even a dodge for the first one. Beware of not spamming it, it's really easy for opponents to dodge the first part, meaning you won't get access to 侧翼突袭 图标侧翼突袭.

If you feel pressured you can swap to shortbow for ranged damage and aoe. Detonating 集束炸弹 图标集束炸弹 is your best way to do that. 窒息瓦斯 图标窒息瓦斯 is also really good, it doesnt have high damage but is an unblockable Daze and pulses Poison which makes it really good to use on enemy downstates.

Experienced players will tend to dodge after your 隐秘突袭 图标隐秘突袭/顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊 combo so delaying 战术打击 图标战术打击 will become mandatory.

Defense

暗影疾步 图标暗影疾步 is one of the very best defensive utility in the game. It will allow you to teleport over large distances while being a stunbreak. It even gives you a second activation which will port you back the same distance, stunbreak and cleanse 3 conditions.

Your heal 紧急撤离 图标紧急撤离 will cleanse conditions and offer a dodge backward. It can be used for mobility by doing a quick turn with about face. Same goes for 先攻翻滚 图标先攻翻滚 except instead of heal and cleanses it will give you back some Initiative.

Class Specific

As Thief you can be expected to roam a lot and decap enemy nodes. Use 渗透暗箭 图标渗透暗箭 to move around out of combat and re-engage with 渗透暗袭 图标渗透暗袭, 渗透纹章 图标渗透纹章 and 顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
渗透暗袭 图标渗透暗袭1 secondSword
战术打击 图标战术打击 only available in Stealth1 second or 2 second if behindSword
窒息瓦斯 图标窒息瓦斯1 secondShort Bow
顺手牵羊 图标顺手牵羊1 second Profession Mechanic