GUILD WARS 2: The Thief - Leveling Build Guide [Weapons / Armor / Skills / Traits]

Thanks helped a lot

I know I am late to the game (no pun intended) but I cannot tell you how much this guide helped me.

Pistol- Pistol and I'm melting mobs

Bro... with dye is that? Black Orange.... SOOOO SICK

Can we talk about the epic FASHION of your thief! great guide thank you

This is awesome, do you have written guide?

Hey buddy, just watching your thief guide (obviously) and I noticed you haven’t posted a video in quite a while. Are you going to be making any new videos with the expansion coming out in August? Hope all is well and I look forward to any future videos you put out.

this was really useful, im trying it tomorrow.
i just got both HoT and PoF, will this build work with either daredevil/deadeye? ofc it will need some tweaks to be done here and there, but im intrigued if this is actually a recomended build to do with any of those elite specs.
great video, keep it up

Just found your channel and love your videos. But I noticed you have not posted anything in a year. Just curious as to why.

love the build where is that transmog from looks nice the suit

888th like :) I love the fact you saved the fight demonstration for the last part! I really enjoyed this game style. def gonna go with this build on my thief. currently reaching lvl 30

Not sure if this was changed since the video but the explanation for basilisk venom is very incorrect now. It lasts for 30 seconds but only affects your next attack.
It does not turn enemies to stone for the entire 30 second duration, just the first enemy you hit during that timer.

I like the thief because it’s way more engaging. I mean that what it feels like. I’m about to start one.

yeah i really don't enjoy being 'that guy', but dual pistols is several orders of magnitude better than sword/pistol in literally every single aspect for leveling
it's safer, faster, does far better sustained damage, incomparable signet burst, better sustain and more
sword/pistol is a meme in comparison

This helped me a lot. I’m using it now and it works well at 64. I’m not almost dead all the time now. First class in GW2 so I was intimidated by the skill tree.

super helpful guide for a new player, appreciate it

You're videos are great! Very thorough, thank you for looking out for the non end game people!

Thanks! I boosted to 80 and was getting wrecked trying to learn the class. This video series is so helpful! I'm excited to start adventuring with this thief build.

I need to share. Thief for me was hard to get into. Didnt knew what weapon combo are good. Thanks to the guide I cheesed the hell out of a veteran cave troll . XD sword pistol -5 and auto attacks.
Pus im starting to enjoy thief. Love the bouncing auto atk on short bow. :)

oh i also thought of soloing a champion with sword-pistol 5 and auto (might take 16hrs tho). Somebody told me its a group event and cant be soloed XD . NICE GUIDE bro !

Who thinks this game is better than every mmo except wow

Thank you ! been looking for days to find a video like this. Returning to the game after a couple years away.. great video!

What's your armor? It's looking good.

How you described Baisilisk Venom sounded wrong to me. The venom buff lasts indeed for 30 secs but is gone if it is applied to an enemy, meaning it procs only one time. It's very useful in group content if you want to get rid of a defiance bar, otherwise I prefer the other elites for leveling/openworld content.

The tooltip of Pistol Whip doesn't include the evasion time after the first strike that stuns (you can see your character is blurred out) during the cleave animation, wich is about 1,25 sec. This helps to evade incoming damage/interupting the skill by enemies via crowd control. Also the first strike that stuns is only applied to your main target.

Thank You for this video. So what's the best advice for new beginner coming to guild wars , I come from the WoW world. Should I just level up and enjoy the game than worry about the spec, skills, etc... ?

I am beyond thankful for you. Instant subscribe- you understand some players (actually most) who are new and returning may not want an immediate straight shot to the meta build until they get a hold of the basics first. This is goes way past helpful to specifically targeted content and I will be watching a lot more of your videos.

One mention. From what i remember, the pistol whip actually hits 3 targets (the dmg hits 3 targets, the stun is still on the single target). Good in aoe

what about the revealed training specialization?

Its really nice build, but if you want to play with "Autotarget" disabled then replace sword with dagger...works in awesome way!! Heart stab runs through the enemy and gets behind them then one can either escape or again get in the battle

I liked the dual wield ability with dual daggers

why does my steal ability only cause poison while yours is doing so much more?

great video!

Just in time, switched to playing my thief that I boosted a few years back - Keep alt switching but loving the thief at the moment

COOL!!!

Yoooo its here! Awesome man,thank you!

I leveled Thief using pistol pistol power build which generated 25 might stack :D that was fun build to level with ... also you set your weapons one for each weapon sets and when you swapped they would prok instead of having four pistols you need only two

I've been waiting for this one! Cheers 🍻

Appreciate the attention you give to all parts of the game, very important for new players to see videos besides “THIS is what YOU need to do EVERY DAY! How to make a trillion gold!” and just rattle off things a new player has no concept of

Will you do engineer next after this? I'm loving engineer right now and I want to learn more about the class. Great timing as well, since I want my second character to be a sylvari thief. Great video as always!

I’m getting back into the game after a few years away. Your videos are very helpful!!