Thief - Runner Roamer

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Focused on: Direct damage, Mobility.

Designed for:

Roaming

Overview

A solo roaming thief build excelling in mobility and single target spike damage, sacrificing very few combat stats for permanent swiftness.

Skills

 

 

Dagger/PistolHealingUtilityElite

Short bow

Slot Changes

• Blinding Powder

  40

  Blinding Powder

  Deception. Blind foes in the target area and grant stealth to nearby allies.

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Smoke Bomb Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Blast
  instead of
  Roll for Initiative

  60

  Roll for Initiative

  Trick. Evade backward to regenerate initiative and recover from crippled, chilled, and immobilize.

  Initiative Gain: 6

  Evade: 0.75 seconds

  Breaks stun
  for more stealth and blind but less mobility, invulnerability, and stun break. Generally not recommended.
• Dagger Storm

  7½

  90

  Dagger Storm

  Trick. Spin around, reflecting projectiles and throwing daggers that cripple and bleed nearby foes. You can move while spinning.

  Damage: 266

  ₃Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.

  Bleeding (5s): 110 Damage

  Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Dagger Storm Duration: 8 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

  Range: 900
  instead of
  Basilisk Venom

  1

  40

  Basilisk Venom

  Venom. Your attacks turn foes to stone.

  ₂Basilisk Venom (30s): Your attacks turn foes to stone.

  Stone Duration: 1 second

  Venom Duration: 30 seconds
  against projectile/crowd control spam.
• Scorpion Wire

  ½

  20

  Scorpion Wire

  Trick. Throw a scorpion wire and pull your foe to you.

  Damage: 122

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200
  and
  Smoke Screen

  ½

  30

  Smoke Screen

  Deception. Create a smoke screen that blocks projectiles and blinds foes.

  Blindness (1s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Smoke Screen Duration: 7 seconds

  Combo Field: Smoke

  Unblockable
  for solo camp taking (pulling and projectile absorb). Generally you want to swap out
  Shadowstep

  50

  Shadowstep

  Deception. Shadowstep to target area. Becomes Shadow Return which returns you to your starting area and cures three conditions.

  Breaks stun

  Range: 1,200
  and
  Shadow Refuge

  ¼

  60

  Shadow Refuge

  Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.

  Healing: 1,775

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Pulses: 5

  Duration: 4 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 600
  for this.

Specializations

Alternatives

• ⇒
  for more damage.
• ⇒
  for more utility.

Situational

• to jump off cliffs.

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Dagger Stats: Berserker Superior Sigil of Air 3 Superior Sigil of Air 50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s) Mighty WvW Infusion Off Hand Pistol Stats: Berserker Major Sigil of Air 5 Major Sigil of Air 50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 5s) Mighty WvW Infusion	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Shortbow Stats: Berserker Superior Sigil of Fire 5 Superior Sigil of Fire 50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 5s) Superior Sigil of Energy 9 Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) Mighty WvW Infusion

Equipment

Armor Head Stats: Berserker (Power/Precision/Ferocity) Superior Rune of the Air Superior Rune of the Air (1): +25 Ferocity (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Ferocity (4): When you use a heal skill you gain swiftness for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Ferocity (6): +20% Swiftness Duration; 50% chance when struck to hit the foe with a lightning strike. (Cooldown: 20s) Versatile Mighty Infusion Shoulders Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Air Superior Rune of the Air (1): +25 Ferocity (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Ferocity (4): When you use a heal skill you gain swiftness for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Ferocity (6): +20% Swiftness Duration; 50% chance when struck to hit the foe with a lightning strike. (Cooldown: 20s) Versatile Mighty Infusion Chest Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Air Superior Rune of the Air (1): +25 Ferocity (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Ferocity (4): When you use a heal skill you gain swiftness for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Ferocity (6): +20% Swiftness Duration; 50% chance when struck to hit the foe with a lightning strike. (Cooldown: 20s) Versatile Mighty Infusion Hands Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Air Superior Rune of the Air (1): +25 Ferocity (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Ferocity (4): When you use a heal skill you gain swiftness for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Ferocity (6): +20% Swiftness Duration; 50% chance when struck to hit the foe with a lightning strike. (Cooldown: 20s) Versatile Mighty Infusion Legs Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Air Superior Rune of the Air (1): +25 Ferocity (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Ferocity (4): When you use a heal skill you gain swiftness for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Ferocity (6): +20% Swiftness Duration; 50% chance when struck to hit the foe with a lightning strike. (Cooldown: 20s) Versatile Mighty Infusion Feet Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Air Superior Rune of the Air (1): +25 Ferocity (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Ferocity (4): When you use a heal skill you gain swiftness for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Ferocity (6): +20% Swiftness Duration; 50% chance when struck to hit the foe with a lightning strike. (Cooldown: 20s) Versatile Mighty Infusion

Accessories Amulet Stats: Berserker Mighty WvW Infusion Ring 1 Stats: Berserker Mighty WvW Infusion Ring 2 Stats: Berserker Mighty WvW Infusion Earring 1 Stats: Berserker Mighty WvW Infusion Earring 2 Stats: Berserker Versatile Mighty Infusion Back Stats: Berserker Mighty WvW Infusion

Swap Versatile Mighty Infusion for Vital WvW Infusion for cheaper costs and a bit more health.

Consumables

Food (apple)

• Bowl of Seaweed Salad

  Bowl of Seaweed Salad

  Nourishment (30m):

  60% chance to gain swiftness when you kill a foe+10% damage while moving+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  (optimal)
• Dragon's Breath Bun

  Dragon's Breath Bun

  Nourishment (20 m):

  +200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  (cheaper)

Utility Potions (wrench)

• Bountiful Sharpening Stone

  Bountiful Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Power equal to 6% of your Healing PowerGain Power equal to 8% of your Concentration+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  (optimal)
• Superior Sharpening Stone

  Superior Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  (cheaper)
• Hardened Sharpening Stone

  Hardened Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain power equal to 2% of your precisionGain power equal to 4% of your ferocity+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  (costively)

Usage

Roaming Mobility

Spamming

Steal

30

Steal

Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Range: 1,200

+

Withdraw

18

Withdraw

Trick. Roll backward while healing and evade attacks. Cures immobilization, chill, and crippling.

Healing: 4,344

Evade: 0.75 seconds

as soon as they are off cooldown gives permanent swiftness with chosen Runes and Traits. In order to not roll backwards while attempting to run around the map, bind "About Face" in your control options to a button like B, release the right mouse button, press the assigned button and immediately afterwards

Withdraw

18

Withdraw

Trick. Roll backward while healing and evade attacks. Cures immobilization, chill, and crippling.

Healing: 4,344

Evade: 0.75 seconds

. While you are rolling, return to your desired direction by turning around 180° holding your right mouse button. Alternatively, press the assigned button again at the end of the roll, but take into consideration that the timing must be perfect, otherwise you will waste time and maybe be forced to press the assigned button again while running in the wrong direction. In addition to that, there will be a longer period of time where you see nothing in your running direction if using the alternative method. However, the alternative method is more relaxing to use if you figured out the timing. Note that "About Face" takes into consideration the direction you are looking (the camera perspective), not your character.

Another way to not roll backwards is to press the left mouse button shorty, right after that "About Face", right after that

Withdraw

18

Withdraw

Trick. Roll backward while healing and evade attacks. Cures immobilization, chill, and crippling.

Healing: 4,344

Evade: 0.75 seconds

and then right after that the right mouse button. It's the best method unless you lag. Timing is key. Learning by doing makes it work.

Roll for Initiative

60

Roll for Initiative

Trick. Evade backward to regenerate initiative and recover from crippled, chilled, and immobilize.

Initiative Gain: 6

Evade: 0.75 seconds

Breaks stun

uses the same techniques, but since it doesn't give swiftness and has a high cooldown/needs initiative, it's only worth it to use if you dont have enough initiative for

Infiltrator's Arrow

6

Infiltrator's Arrow

Fire an arrow and shadowstep to the target area, blinding nearby foes.

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Targets: 3

Radius: 120

Range: 900

, the hated "There is no valid path." message pops up constantly and/or you want to go at maximum speed.

Steal

30

Steal

Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

Range: 1,200

and

Withdraw

18

Withdraw

Trick. Roll backward while healing and evade attacks. Cures immobilization, chill, and crippling.

Healing: 4,344

Evade: 0.75 seconds

have fairly low cooldowns (especially since they are traited), so you lose almost nothing if you spam them while running as they become quickly available when you want to kill somebody.

While playing your perma swiftness minigames, always use

Infiltrator's Arrow

6

Infiltrator's Arrow

Fire an arrow and shadowstep to the target area, blinding nearby foes.

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Targets: 3

Radius: 120

Range: 900

before your initiative caps in order to maintain maximum speed.

Shadowstep

50

Shadowstep

Deception. Shadowstep to target area. Becomes Shadow Return which returns you to your starting area and cures three conditions.

Breaks stun

Range: 1,200

is another way to increase speed, but since it has a relatively high cooldown and is mandatory for combat, it is only adviced to use if you are certain to not fight until a distinct period of time.

Combat

PvP D/P meta build

Counters

Mindless condition spam.