Thief - Core Power Thief
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core
Overview
A solid core thief build that can be used in most areas of open world. Weapon skills do not have cooldowns so they can be spammed as long as you have innitiative, providing good burst for open world.
The only downside is that thief is slightly squishy but it makes up for it with its mobility, evades and burst.
Template Code
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
Shortbow - provides good mobility and tagging, but very low damage overall. Replaces either weapon set.
Skill Variants
- - instant heal + evade
- - stealth
- - if condi cleanse is needed.
- - delayed AoE damage and CC.
- - alternative stun break + condi cleanse.
- - reliable stun break
- - cc
- - to escape from enemies or stealth past them.
- - high burst on a long cooldown
Specializations
- Variants
- - trades damage for sustain, requires Fury to truly work.
Acrobatics Variant
This variant provides additional defense in the form of extra dodges through
and sustain from . But all the other traits are very situational, so pick whatever you want.
Equipment
- Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
Standard Equipment
This set uses gear similar to Build:Daredevil_-_Power_DPS, making it an excellent option for general PVE.
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
x6
- and are interchangeable.
- You can use to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, to start combat with boons, or for a little extra defense.
- For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use
Knight trinkets.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
- /
- /
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
- /
- (and variants)
Usage
Dagger/Dagger
Open with Revealed wears off. When the enemy is below 50% hp, and more so below 25% hp, you can start using , but don't use all your initiative on that because is still better.
Pistol/Pistol
Spam
over and over. Try to land all projectiles to recover initiative. Use to break defiance bars.General tips
- Use to destroy projectiles and blind enemies.
- Use for CC, especially when near other players so they can also gain its benefits.
- Always have a shortbow in your inventory to equip whenever needed. Shortbow gives you excellent ranged tagging potential, mobility, and even some CC. Use to get around quickly. This skill can take some effort to use, but having your abilities set to Ground Target with Range Indicator (quickcast) can be a good help.
Combo Fields
Main article: Guide:What are Combo Fields
Thief is one of the very few professions with access to smoke fields, such as Stealth. A blast finisher like gives AoE Stealth, while a leap finisher like gives personal stealth only.
To stealth your party with these fields, place down a smoke field such as
or . Then, every player can contribute with their own finishers to gain stealth. This stealth has a maximum duration, so it's a good idea to stack it and then move, finding a spot to stack again before the existing stealth runs off. Five blast finishers are sufficient for max stealth. When using , click the skill icon on the UI to fire the bomb directly at your feet completely eliminating all travel time.Ratings


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