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I. Weapons and Skills

Hook Strike¾

Attack your foes with stealth, knocking enemies down.
Damage: 163Knockdown: 2sRange: 130

Slice

Slice your foe.
Damage: 269Range: 130
- Slash½
  
  Slash your foe again.
  Damage: 269Range: 130
- Crippling Strike½
  
  Cripple your foe with a final strike.
  Damage: 437Crippled: 2 sWeakness: 2 sRange: 130
Infiltrator's Strike3

Shadowstep to a foe and strike them. Use Shadow Return to shadowstep back and cure one condition.
Damage: 252Immobilized: 1 sRange: 600
- Shadow Return2
  
  Return to your original location. Cure one condition.
  Range: 1,200
- 0
Flanking Strike½ 3

Dual wield. Evade and stab your foe in the back.
Damage: 252Range: 130
- Larcenous Strike2
  
  Dual wield. Deliver a quick strike that steals up to two boons from an enemy.
  Damage: 504Range: 130
- 0
Dancing Dagger¼ 3

Throw a dagger that cripples nearby foes and returns to you.
Damage: 168Maximum targets: 4Crippled: 5 sCombo Finisher: ProjectileRange: 900
- 0
- 0
Cloak and Dagger½ 6

Stab your foe and vanish in stealth, leaving them vulnerable.
Damage: 504Stealth: 3 s_x3Vulnerability: 5 sRange: 130
- 0
- 0

Withdraw15

Trick. Roll backward while healing and evade attacks. Cures immobilized, chilled, and crippled.
Healing: 3,960
- 0

Signet of Agility30

Signet Passive: Grants increased precision.
Signet Active: Refill endurance and cure a condition for each nearby ally.
Passive: Precision increased by ten plus one per levelActive radius: 600
- 0
Shadowstep50

Deception. Shadowstep to the target location. Becomes Shadow Return, which returns you to your starting area and cures three conditions.
Breaks stunRange: 1,200
- Shadow Return
  
  Return to your starting location and cure three conditions.
  Break stunRange: 1,200
Shadow Refuge ¼ 60

Deception. Create a pulsing refuge at the target area that heals allies and cloaks them in stealth.
Stealth: 3 sHealing: 1,420Combo Field: DarkRange: 600
- 0
Basilisk Venom1 45

Venom. Your next attack turns your foe to stone.
Stone duration: 1½ sVenom duration: 30
- 0

Weapon and Skill Details

Your position in the Team should be the (as i call it) "hunter" or "chaser".

You can move infight as first to set the target for your team.
After that you gonna focus and hunt your opponent down (with your team).
If it happens that you won't be able to get the target down retreat with infiltrator's strike back and choose another target.

Your main skills gonna be auto attack and infiltrator's strike to stay alive.
Flanking strike is useful to dodge attacks when you see them coming. Also could be useful against several enemies. Also I personally use it to steal boons like stability or might/protection.

Dancing Dagger is just a troll attack you can use to cripple or to fake attacks so the enemies dodge (waste endurance).

Cloak and Dagger is also important you can hide and retreat or you can attack enemies from behind which stuns or in front which blinds them (both useful)

Withdraw our heal should be used as much as possible. Removes imob, chill and cripple + gave us heal and from rune leech (like 1k heal more).

Signet of Agility really useful cuz you have at beginning more crit chance and it removes 1 condition (for allies too) + refills endurance 100% so you can dodge like 4 times in a row.

Shadowstep my favorite useful to reach fast points (to provent decaps / lord kills etc) or to get out of difficult situations. I use it on 3-3 5-5 fights where you get stuck and get shit ton of conditions. Use it far away from the battle so even if you get chased you can port back and be safe. Also use it on bad situation like if you get attacked from conditioneers and you have no condi removers nearby.

Shadow Refuge can be good at the beginning of the game to troll your enemies.
But i recommend to use it only when you have no other option to save your ass.
I use it 90% for downed allies to hide and get a save + quick revive.

Venom always at the start of the game cuz it has long cd.

Traits

Acrobatics

Expeditious Dodger
Gain 4 seconds of swiftness upon dodging.
- Fleet Shadow
  Move 50% faster while in stealth
- Vigorous Recovery
  Gain vigor for 7 seconds when using a healing skill.
- Pain Response
  Gain regeneration for 10 seconds and remove damaging conditions when struck while below 75% health.
Feline Grace
Gain 4 seconds of vigor upon successfully evading an attack. This effect has a 1 second internal cooldown.
- Guarded Initiation
  Remove vulnerability, weakness and slow from yourself when striking an enemy while above the 90% health threshold.
- Swindler’s Equilibrium
  Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword recharges steal by 1 second. This effect has a 1 second internal cooldown.
- Hard to Catch
  Break stun and refill endurance when you are disabled (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, or launch)
Endless Stamina
The effects of vigor on you are enhanced by 50%.
- Assassin’s Reward
  Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
- Upper Hand
  Gain one initiative when you evade an attack. This effect has a 3 second internal cooldown.
- Don’t Stop
  The effects of cripple and chill on you are reduced by 50%, meaning your movement is decreased by 25% and 33% respectively, rather than 50% and 66%. If you would become immobilized, you are instead crippled for 4 seconds. This effect can only occur once ev

Trickery

Kleptomaniac
Stealing gives you 2 initiative.
- Uncatchable
  Leave behind Caltrops when you dodge.
- Flanking Strikes
  Gain haste when attacking a foe from behind or the side.
- Thrill of the Crime
  When you Steal, you and all nearby allies gain fury, might, and swiftness for 10 seconds.
Preparedness
Increase maximum initiative by 3
- Bountiful Theft
  Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies.
- Trickster
  Reduce recharge on tricks. Tricks remove 1 condition when used.
- Pressure Striking
  Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with 3 stacks of torment for 5 seconds.
Lead Attacks
Increases 1% damage per initiative. Steal recharges 15% faster.
- Quick Pockets
  Gain 3 initiative when swapping weapons while in combat.
- Sleight of Hand
  Daze enemies for 1 second when stealing. Steal’s recharge is reduced by 20%.
- Bewildering Ambush
  Stealing also applies 5 stacks of confusion for 5 seconds.

Deadly Arts

Serpent’s Touch
Stealing inflicts 2 stacks of poison for 10 seconds. Your attacks while in the downed state apply 2 seconds of poison.
- Dagger Training
  Dagger attacks have a 33% chance to poison enemies for 2 seconds.
- Mug
  Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.
- Trappers Respite
  Drop a needle trap when you use a healing skill. 30 second icd
Lotus Poison
Weaken targets for 4 seconds when you poison them.
- Deadly Trapper
  Traps apply vulnerability to enemies and grant you might. Trap recharges are reduced.
- Panic Strike
  Striking a foe that is below the health threshold immobilizes them for 2.5 seconds. This trait has a 20 second internal cooldown.
- Revealed Training
  Gain up to 200 extra power while you are revealed, based on current level.
Exposed Weakness
Deal 10% more damage if your target has a condition.
- Potent Poison
  Poison you apply has a 33% increased duration and deals 33% more damage.
- Improvisation
  One random skill category is immediate recharged when you steal. You can use stolen items twice.
- Executioner
  Deal 20% extra damage when your target is below the health threshold.

Trait Details

Acrobatics

Expenditious Dodger gain on every dodge 4 sec swiftness for movement really good.

Pain Response (can be changed with vigorous recovery but only for experts)

Feline Grace everytime you evade (dodge) an attack (that means only if it says evaded) you gain vigor for 4 seconds. In effect with other traitline it is 50% more effectiv.

Hard to Catch really nice trait at the beginning of the game you can go infight dodge twice and wait for stun knockback etc. and get full endurance back and a safe spot back port.

Endless stamina vigor is 50% more effectiv only on you.

Upper Hand every 3 sec 1 initiative back can be life saver.

Trickery

Kleptomaniac (really cool name) everytime you steal you also get 2 initiative back.

Thrill of the crime you arn nearby allies gain fury, might and swiftness for 10 sec (allies need to be near you cuz of the radius 360 really close)

Preparedness you have instead of 12 maximum of 15 initiative really helpful.

Bountiful Theft you steal 2 boons (best are stability and protection) the 2 stolen boons are given to you and allies + 10 sec vigor.

Lead Attack increases dmg per initiative (is not so useful but you will deal at least 5% more dmg than normal) and steal recharge reduced by 15%

Sleight of Hand best trait here. You gonna daze targets when you steal on them + reduces recharge by 20%. (Use steal to interrupt knockbacks, fears etc. or as i use it most for interrupting heals. (Necro low on hp goes to ds and back to normal form with 3k hp want to heal but thief interrupt RAGE MODE ON) :D

Deadly Arts

Serpent's Touch this is a combo trait which poison foes when you steal and when downed. In combo with trait 3 Lotus Poison you also apply weakness (deadly combo).

Mug a little extra heal + dmg dealing steal. (Remember if you use it while in stealth you gonna be visibile again.

Lotus Poison combo with 1 poison and weakness 2 conditions everytime you poison someone

Panic Strike mhmhm sounds good If you attack an enemy who's under 50% hp you gonna imob him. (every 20 sec and is really annoying)

Exposed Weakness you deal extra 10% dmg on enemies with conditions so clearly everytime 10% more dmg

Improvisation (the lifesaver) when you steal you have the chance to get signet or deceptions (x2) to get full recharged. Also you can use the stolen item twice (i prefer mes, thief, necro, guardian etc.)

III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

Health 17245 (+5600)
Vitality 1560 (+560)

Armor 2064 (+0)
Toughness 1000 (+0)

Attack 3216 (+1225)
Power 2225 (+1225)

Critical Hit 63% (+63%)
Precision 2230 (+1230)

Secondary Stats

Critical Damage 37% (+37%)
Damage 991 (+0%)

Defense 1064 (+0)
Ferocity 560 (+560)

Boons

Aegis
Block the next attack.
Distortion
Allows mesmers to evade attacks for some time.
Frenzy
Increases damage taken by 25%. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
Frosty Armor
Chills foes that hit you.
Fury
20% critical chance increase. Stacks in duration.
Haste
Regenerate endurance at 50% effectiveness when under the effects of this skill. It's typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
Invulnerability
Prevents the target from taking damage or receiving conditions. It is also placed on rallied players for one second.
Might
X damage per attack increase. Stacks intensity.
Protection
33% damage reduction. Stacks in duration.
Quickening Zephyr
Prevents healing. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
Quickness
Makes all skills and actions 50% faster.
Regeneration
Regenerates X health per second. Stacks in duration.
Rejuvenation
Regenerates health. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession through the Virtue of Resolve.
Resistance
Resistance temporarily negates the affected target of all effects caused by conditions.
Retaliation
Does X damage to an opponent each time they hit you. Stacks in duration.
Smiting
Causes every fifth attack to apply burning. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession.
Stability
Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, or feared.
Stealth
Allows the user to be invisible to enemy players and avoid being spotted by enemy NPCs.
Swiftness
33% movement speed increase. Stacks in duration.
Vigor
Faster endurance regeneration. Stacks in duration.

Conditions

Agony
Agony is an effect unique to Fractals of the Mists that removes a percentage of the player's health every second and reduces received healing by ~50%.
Bleeding
Bleeding is a stackable condition that deals damage over time.
Blind
Causes the target's next hit to miss instead.
Burning
Inflicts X damage per second. Stacks in duration.
Chilled
Reduces movement speed and skill recharge by 66%. Stacks in duration.
Confusion
Inflicts X damage each time a foe uses skill. Stacks in intensity.
Crippled
Crippled is a condition which decreases movement speed by 50%. Stacks in duration.
Fear
Causes the target to run directly away from the caster.
Immobilized
Immobilized is a condition which prevents movement and dodging. Victims also can't turn. Stacks in duration.
Poison
Inflicts X damage per second. Reduces outgoing heals by 33%. Stacks in duration.
Slow
Slow is a condition that reduces the activation time of skills and abilities.
Taunt
Taunt is a control effect that forces the affected target to run towards the source of taunt with all skills except stun breakers disabled while using their auto-attack skill.
Torment
Deals damage every second; deals additional damage if moving; stacks intensity.
Vulnerability
Increases damage the target takes by 1%. Stacks in intensity.
Weakness
Causes 50% of attacks to be glancing and reduces endurance regeneration by 50%. Stacks in duration.

Control

Break Stun
Stun break is an effect which can break control effects on a character.
Daze
Interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time.
Float
Forces the affected target(s) to move towards the surface.
Knockdown
Interrupts and causes the foe to be unable to move or use skills for a short duration. Knocked down foes fall to the ground.
Launch
Interrupts and tosses a character into the air.
Pull
Shortens the distance between the user and the foe by drawing one of them to another. If a foe is pulled, this can result in an interrupt.
Push
Physically pushes foes away from the player and interrupts them.
Sink
Forces the affected target(s) to move away from the surface.
Stun
Interrupts, immobilizes, and incapacitates foes for a short duration.
Teleport
Teleport to target location.
Teleport
Teleport (alternatively, flash) is a mechanic that causes the user or target(s) to instantly move from one location to another.

Fields & Finishers

Dark Field
Dark Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Blindness
Leap Finisher: Blindness
Projectile Finisher: Life stealing
Whirl Finsher: Leeching Bolts
Ethereal Field
Ethereal Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Chaos Armor
Leap Finisher: Chaos Armor
Projectile Finisher: Confusion
Whirl Finsher: Confounding Bolts
Fire Field
Fire Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Might
Leap Finisher: Fire Shield
Projectile Finisher: Burning
Whirl Finsher: Burning Bolts
Ice Field
Ice Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Frost Aura
Leap Finisher: Frost Aura
Projectile Finisher: Chilled
Whirl Finsher: Chilling Bolts
Light Field
Light Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Retaliation
Leap Finisher: Retaliation
Projectile Finisher: Remove Condition
Whirl Finsher: Cleansing Bolts
Lightning Field
Lightning Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Swiftness
Leap Finisher: Dazing Strike
Projectile Finisher: Vulnerability
Whirl Finsher: Brutal Bolts
Poison Field
Poison Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Weakness
Leap Finisher: Weakness
Projectile Finisher: Poison
Whirl Finsher: Poison Bolts
Revealed
Revealed is an effect applied when stealth is broken, for example by entering combat or exiting a Shadow Refuge circle prematurely.
Smoke Field
Smoke Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Stealth
Leap Finisher: Stealth
Projectile Finisher: Blindness
Whirl Finsher: Blinding Bolts
Super Speed
Activate your slick shoes, enabling you to move at superior speeds.
Water Field
Water Combo Effects

Blast Finisher: Area Healing
Leap Finisher: Healing
Projectile Finisher: Regeneration
Whirl Finsher: Healing Bolts

Combo

Blast Finisher
Blast Combo Effects

Dark: Area Blindness
Ethereal: Area Chaos Armor
Fire: Area Might
Ice: Area Frost Aura
Light: Area Retaliation
Lightning: Area Swiftness
Poison: Area Weakness
Smoke: Area Stealth
Water: Area Healing
Leap Finisher
Leap Combo Effects

Dark: Blindness
Ethereal: Chaos Armor
Fire: Fire Shield
Ice: Frost Aura
Light: Retaliation
Lightning: Dazing Strike
Poison: Weakness
Smoke: Stealth
Water: Healing
Projectile Finisher
Projectile Combo Effects

Dark: Life stealing
Ethereal: Confusion
Fire: Burning
Ice: Chilled
Light: Remove Condition
Lightning: Vulnerability
Poison: Poison
Smoke: Blindness
Water: Regeneration
Whirl Finisher
Whirl Combo Effects

Dark: Leeching Bolts
Ethereal: Confounding Bolts
Fire: Burning Bolts
Ice: Chilling Bolts
Light: Cleansing Bolts
Lightning: Brutal Bolts
Poison: Poison Bolts
Smoke: Blinding Bolts
Water: Healing Bolts

Stat and Effect Details

Our main Conditions are poison, weakness and imob. Give stealth to downed allies for save revive.

IV. Runes, Sigils, Accessories & Jewels

Armor & Runes

Rune Stat Totals

Power 175

Rune Bonuses

PvP Rune of Vampirism

Power: 25
15% chance when struck to cause your next attack to steal life. (Cooldown: 25 seconds)
Power: 50
After using a healing skill, your next attack steals health.
Power: 100
When struck below 20% health, you become mist. (Cooldown: 60 seconds)

Accessories & Jewels

Accessory Totals

Power:1050
Precision:1050
Vitality:560
Ferocity:560

Weapon Set Sigils

Weapon Set I

Sigil of Superior Fire

50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)

Sigil of Rage

10% chance on critical hit to apply quickness for 3 seconds. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 30s)

Weapon Set II

Superior Sigil of Purity

60% chance to remove a condition on hit. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 10s)

Water Weapon I

Water Weapon II

Upgrade Item Details

I use fire and rage for a quick burst which can shoot down dps enemies like thiefs, mesmers really quick or bring them at least to down 10-20% hp.

Your enemies won't expect such a heavy and fast burst on the first 5 sec of the fight.

On shortbow i use purity and energy cuz it's sometimes hard to stay alive while you retreat and the extra dodge and 1 condition remove can be life saving

V. Basic Gameplay

I always start the fight being the first on point.
Than i immediately choose my target so my allies know whom to focus at.
I try to get the focus of my enemies on me and than retreat from the battle and hide til i can attack my target without problems.

As on the title explained I play the "chaser" & "hunter" role.

I chase the enemies that try to retreat with low hp cuz i'm fast and i can imob and get quick kills.

I also try to support as fast as I can on every point.

Main Skill Rotation

And the same again and again

Always have Shadow Return rdy to get a quick retreat.

Thief sPvP | Tournament Sword/Dagger, Shortbow | Bunker 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS S/D

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