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thief openworld and solo, engi for groups

I main both mesmer and engineer. Mesmer feels good when the team is great. But I pug a lot so the extra power in most of its build out shines mesmer for me. Both are tied as my top 1 but daily, I choose to play engi when I pug. Bench in the video can be better too. Look up the proper builds on either snowcrows or Masel's CZcams or similar reliable content creators.

@@Adam_Gw2 I main Thief and can essentially perform any task I need (except providing quickness) - solo (any aspect of the open world, any enemy difficulty, fractals, and even raids), aHeal in fractals and strikes (one of my favorite PvE branches), and much more. But I’m afraid of burning out from this class and want to switch to something else, something that is also versatile and has a good set of utility skills.

Indeed has very hard trades survivability for dmg comparing to revenant/warrior/necro/engi that the surviving is free

Being total honest all the builds i showed are so much of powerhouses that sword is more likely a support weapon. I use sword as offhand for the rifle build, you can use sword/pistol if you fancy it that much with this build.

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@@Kaozelle Thank You very much, I'm glad You shared this video.

Every build has plus and minus, and i personally use them all when i feel one is more suitable for a situation. Best build but hardest to play and master is specter. If you get good to specter you lose form nothing in pve. Side of it comes the dagger x dagger dodge build that has a big skill cap but if you play it right is impossible to lose. Then you have the deadeye pxp that is litterally immortal and loses only from reflect. When you know that your enemy will take time to kill then the axe (either condi either power) is amazing cause of the aoe big burst. I use axe almost everyday doing events/rifts for daily or weekly cause is best analogy of time spend for a task. Rifle is the best far for killing small mobs ex. the weekly 100 awakened, oneshot everything from 1200 range and chill. But my most played are shortbow for lazy autoattack aoe in groups and run&gun daredevil for pressing 33333333 without any rotation and dodging madly. So as u see there isn't build that i think is weaker than any other, is just what mood you have to do and what skillcap you think you can reach.

@@Kaozelle thank you I've been primarily using your deadeye pistol pistol lifesteal and looking to take that next step

@@Kaozelle why the run and gun DD not DE?

@@Kaozelle what build for most dps in group content?

@@Dizzerlusion i like the dodge that runs really fast. DE is turtle comparing to DD. DE is more damage, is more lifesteal but same time has rotation you need to steal and check the malice. Other hand DD is dodge 3333333 dodge 333333333 dodge 3333333 so the simplicity and mobility are lowest effort for a decent result.

The difference of those runes and any other is day and night... yes you can use any with condition and condition duration if you really want to try, but the result is way far from this. Thief has specific traits that improve the poison so is waste to go thorns, and trapper are more expensive than torment so i would stick to torment no matter what. Is really worth the investment.

@@Kaozelle roger roger :) thanks!

I would go: 1) daredevil staff/shortbow cause you can go easier metas while being inside group and stats are easier to make. As well is the best for simple instance content (low tier fractals+T4/dungeons/IBS5 etc). 2) specter cause specter is the class that cant lose from anything solo openworld. Has a huge personal skill curve and is used for serious content strikes/fractals CM/raids either with a celestial (or ritualist) build for alacrity either for DPS as full viper. 3) Deadeye Either pistols, Either rifle, Either axe To have fun to play having all boons and be immortal.

@@Kaozelle thank you for your detailed response

Very underwhelming dps for groups

Axe pistol is now deadeye strongest build for instanced pve. It existed at the time this Video Got released as well. People just hadnt figured out the rota Cause condi was so oppressiv. All this to say axe pistol bench is at 49.5k so really strong if u know what ur doing.

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@@Kaozelle Thanks my friend, I appreciate you

Yes they are dope❤

Fractal sure works for all, specially lower tiers, but strikes i didnt try yet to solo to tell you. I only know for normal Dagda i used the rifle, so i counter the green, but I quited at 70% cause i got tired was taking forever.

@@Kaozelle Ah I see, cool, then I can start my fractal journey without a party :D Thx for the fast answer :)

HOPE (2nd gen legendary)

@@Kaozelle Thank you!! :3

use always the specter form 3 after the smokescreen to stack huge barrier and outheal, stay in specter form as long as u have quickness and stay normal mode as long as u have alacrity. this way u have always quick and alac and get it as a "sign" you need to swap in between.

If you see the solo fractals i do with specter you ll understand when is the point when i fall to 10 hp and then i full up instantly.

im just returning to the game and i was using your original build a few years ago and im glad to see the update

Definately u can, scholars are more dmg, infiltration are more lifesteal. I bet u dont plan to solo CMs and just play around so go for it

@@KaozelleThank you! I just tried it out and IT’S SUPER DUPER FUN. Definitely one of the best builds I’ve used. I used to play Deadeye and it was so tiring to mark every single target. Your build is just perfect. PERFECTION🫶💅✨

@@rom2865feel you bro, prefer the daredevil variant really far as well run and gun ftw. deadeye is better for big bosses tho.

Is huge loss but you can. cause this build works even for groups as alacdps (change relic to akeem just) i would suggest you to invest in tormenting tho.

@@Kaozelle sounds good trapper for now when i have gold for tormenting swap ty

tried it, is lot less, by lot less :D we had this discussion before!

build at the end, infiltration runes berserker gear

ur my favorite gw2 youtuber

Better an AI voice than yet another video on this platform with no narration at all