Thief - Solo Camp Flipper

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Focused on: Direct damage, Mobility, Control.

Designed for:

Roaming

Overview

An easy to play thief build. Can even take upgraded camps as shown in the video below.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

Sword/Pistol

Utility

Elite

Slice

Chain. Slice your foe.

Damage: 195

Range: 130

3

Infiltrator's Strike

Shadowstep to a foe and strike them. Use Shadow Return to shadowstep back and cure one condition.

Damage: 183

Immobilize (1s): Unable to move.

Range: 600

6

¾

Pistol Whip

Dual Wield. Pistol whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

₉Damage: 765

Stun (½s): Unable to use skills or move.

Range: 130

4

Headshot

Daze your foe with a head shot.

Damage: 61

Daze (¼s): Unable to use skills.

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

6

½

Black Powder

Fire a black powder shot, blinding nearby foes with the smoke cloud.

Damage: 62

Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 3

Duration: 4 seconds

Interval: 2 seconds

Radius: 120

Combo Field: Smoke

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

1¼

15

Signet of Malice

Signet Passive: Heals when your attack.
Signet Active: Gain health.

Signet of Malice: 132

Healing: 3,275

1

30

Caltrops

Trick. Scatter caltrops that bleed and cripple foes.

₂Bleeding (3s): 255 Damage

Cripple (10s): -50% Movement Speed

Caltrops Duration: 10 seconds

Radius: 240

Unblockable

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

½

35

Ambush

Trap. Set at trap that, when triggered, calls in a thief who attacks nearby foes for twenty seconds.

Triggered Thief Duration: 20 seconds

Unblockable

1½

180

Thieves Guild

Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat.

Number of Thieves: 2

Duration: 30 seconds

Second Weapon Set

Shortbow

¼

Trick Shot

Bounce an arrow between multiple nearby foes.

Damage: 134

Number of Bounces: 2

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

3

½

Cluster Bomb

Fire a cluster bomb at the target area. Detonate in midair for multiple explosions.

Large Explosion: 353

Bleeding (4s): 170 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

Range: 900

4

¼

Disabling Shot

Do an evasive leap away from your foe while firing a crippling shot.

Damage: 122

Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

Evade: 0.5 seconds

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 900

4

½

Choking Gas

Fire an arrow that fills the target area with a poisonous cloud.

Damage: 71

Poison (2s): 67 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 4

Field Duration: 4 seconds

Radius: 240

Combo Field: Poison

Range: 900

Unblockable

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

Specializations

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Trait Variants

• Executioner

  Executioner

  Deal extra damage when your target is below the health threshold.

  Damage Increase: 20%

  Health Threshold: 50%
  can be changed to
  Invigorating Precision

  Invigorating Precision

  You are healed for a percentage of outgoing critical hit damage.

  Percent: 15%
  for more sustain. Though one may argue that killing the foes faster is the best defense.

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Sword 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) Off Hand Pistol Stats: Berserker Major Sigil of Fire 7 Major Sigil of Fire 50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 7s)	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 Bloodlust Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Gain a charge of +10 power each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player.

Equipment

Armor Head Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%. Shoulders Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%. Chest Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%. Hands Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%. Legs Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%. Feet Stats: Berserker Superior Rune of the Scholar Superior Rune of the Scholar (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +10% damage while your health is above 90%.

Accessories Amulet Stats: Berserker Ring 1 Stats: Berserker Ring 2 Stats: Berserker Earring 1 Stats: Berserker Earring 2 Stats: Berserker Back Stats: Berserker

Equipment Variants

• Superior Rune of the Ogre

  Superior Rune of the Ogre

  (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to summon a rock dog. (Cooldown: 90s) (5): +100 Power (6): +4% Damage
• Superior Rune of Strength

  Superior Rune of Strength

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): +15% Might Duration; 25% chance when struck to gain might for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.

Usage

This build abuses quick hits, blinds, evades, and strong NPC allies to get the job done. Might be easier to just watch the video below.

• Find a place to pull everyone around to.
• Lay down the
  Ambush

  ½

  35

  Ambush

  Trap. Set at trap that, when triggered, calls in a thief who attacks nearby foes for twenty seconds.

  Triggered Thief Duration: 20 seconds

  Unblockable
  trap so that someone will trigger it on the way there.
• Use shortbow to hit the nearest enemy to your spot (Use "closest enemy" hotkey in options, if needed).
• Run back to your corner.
• Lay down
  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
  and
  Caltrops

  1

  30

  Caltrops

  Trick. Scatter caltrops that bleed and cripple foes.

  ₂Bleeding (3s): 255 Damage

  Cripple (10s): -50% Movement Speed

  Caltrops Duration: 10 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Unblockable
  .
• Activate
  Thieves Guild

  1½

  180

  Thieves Guild

  Deception. Call more thieves to support you in combat.

  Number of Thieves: 2

  Duration: 30 seconds
  .
• By now the enemies should be balled up.
• Use
  Steal

  30

  Steal

  Shadowstep to your foe and steal from them.

  Range: 1,200
  on any enemy close to you (the main guard if possible)

• This is important at this step, as it will grant Fury to your allies and possibly, with a 60% chance, recharge one of your utilities.
• It may be beneficial to cast steal while channeling
  Pistol Whip

  6

  ¾

  Pistol Whip

  Dual Wield. Pistol whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

  ₉Damage: 765

  Stun (½s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Range: 130
  to reduce the chance of being blinded while stealing.

• For damage only use
  Pistol Whip

  6

  ¾

  Pistol Whip

  Dual Wield. Pistol whip your foe, stunning them, then slash repeatedly with your sword.

  ₉Damage: 765

  Stun (½s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Range: 130
  .

• You already have good blinds with the smoke screen as well as one or two thief allies dropping blinding powder.
• You have an extremely good health regen with caltrops (possibly two if it recharged) and with the quick hits of Pistol Whip.

It may be required to do this twice if the camp is upgraded. Usually the second "pull" is difficult when you have an ally, but there are usually so few that you can go ahead and run into the camp to finish them off. If an upgraded dolyak arrives, target the dolyak and don't worry about its guards. They will despawn when the dolyak dies.

Counters

• Time -- Though you are quite safe with this build it is possible that while you are flipping the camp another group comes by and kills you. Sadly this whole process will take at least a half minute and at least a minute for an upgraded camp. After which a single player takes 30 seconds to "flip" the camp when the circle comes up.

Video Guides

• An example of a "worst case scenario" against an upgraded camp, no improvisation procs, no food, no utility potion, no stat sigil increase, no guard increase, but it's still a walk in the park: YouTube:
  Solo Camp Flip

See Also

• WvW Intel - A website that helps track objectives and when they were last flipped. (Takes 5 minutes to update RI timers).