Whats a good Support WvW Thief build?

[Knighthonor.4061]

Looking for a good support build for Thief in WvW. I am a novice at playing thief so I take some tips as well.

[Sobx.1758]

good? None.

[Psycoprophet.8107]

U picked the wrong profession if u want a GOOD support build lol they're do able but not to great.

[Zacchary.6183]

You support your teammates by killing the enemy.(Or if you go mightbot deadeye)

[mrjediconsular.4396]

a mightbot shadowmedic deadeye is as close you can get and cant really be used well with a bigger group

[kash.9213]

Float around and be all over to cover and intercept for teammates with blinds, pulls, stealth, walls, and whatever. If you don't have trouble in Kneel on DE Snipers cover is a multi-tool and Deaths Retreat untargeted is good for working an area and on DrD or core Shortbow is as good as ever.

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

Evading Bunny build (Tr/Acro/DD) is a very good support. A.K.A. live bait.

[enkidu.5937]

@"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:Evading Bunny build (Tr/Acro/DD) is a very good support.That would be the way to go.

shortbow 2: spam blast finishers into combo fields for group stealth / heal / cleanse / might / swiftness(good vs. guild cores that are tightly stacked)

You can port into the enemy backline, jump some free casters, especially weavers that go for meteor shower, and thus keep away lots of damage from your squad. So you're more like a "pre-frontal" (lul) off tank than a pure damage dealer (some damage mods recieved significant nerfs lately).(good vs. dispersed pug zergs that cloud a lot)

steal + trickery: gives group vigor + fury + swiftness and partly stab + protThe boons are applied around your starting location, not were you land the steal.

You don't need a firebrand group slot, so more boons and heals for your team mates.

If needed dispatch from your zerg and scout the enemy zerg or check objectives that turned in-fight.

Nonetheless, you still won't replace FBs or Ingies and not recognized as a support class, but a selfish DPS ;) You might not even get a squad slot, but still can use their water fields with SB2, dodge, vault.

[Jugglemonkey.8741]

Yep, best you can do is support through blast finishers in water fields and with stealth, or by killing the other guy before he kills your friends. These things obviously are more impactful in small scale gifts than they are in squads.

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

@enkidu.5937 said:

@"Sir Vincent III.1286" said:Evading Bunny build (Tr/Acro/DD) is a very good support.That would be the way to go.

shortbow 2: spam blast finishers into combo fields for group stealth / heal / cleanse / might / swiftness(good vs. guild cores that are tightly stacked)

You can port into the enemy backline, jump some free casters, especially weavers that go for meteor shower, and thus keep away lots of damage from your squad. So you're more like a "pre-frontal" (lul) off tank than a pure damage dealer (some damage mods recieved significant nerfs lately).(good vs. dispersed pug zergs that cloud a lot)

steal + trickery: gives group vigor + fury + swiftness and partly stab + protThe boons are applied around your starting location, not were you land the steal.

You don't need a firebrand group slot, so more boons and heals for your team mates.

If needed dispatch from your zerg and scout the enemy zerg or check objectives that turned in-fight.

Nonetheless, you still won't replace FBs or Ingies and not recognized as a support class, but a selfish DPS ;) You might not even get a squad slot, but still can use their water fields with SB2, dodge, vault.

It's so easy to taunt players in WvW using Scorpion Wire and when they start chasing you, you can lead them to an ambush or better yet, pull them into one. Your job really is to draw attention and evade attacks. Your team should be doing all the damage. Pulling players into Pitfall and 1k Needles is so much fun.

[Sobx.1758]

I'd say that's more of a troll build than support build, but ok :D

[kash.9213]

WvW is on a larger scale than other modes but we're still largely trolls being all over the place to free up specialized builds that power part of a group composition. We're still working mostly off of mobility and the adaptive and responsive design of Initiative over cooldowns and heavy signature skills/traits/utilities that energize other builds in the group. So I guess we're all mostly saying the same thing, you don't have try to install thief skills and traits into a team comp since any inherent supportive aspects aren't going to be on the scale of your teammates, so think about using your skills to influence and manipulate those other players builds on both sides.

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

@Sobx.1758 said:I'd say that's more of a troll build than support build, but ok :D

When it comes to the Thief, is there really a difference?

[Sobx.1758]

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@Sobx.1758 said:I'd say that's more of a troll build than support build, but ok :D

When it comes to the Thief, is there really a difference?

So to answer OP's question: none :p

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

@Sobx.1758 said:

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@Sobx.1758 said:I'd say that's more of a troll build than support build, but ok :D

When it comes to the Thief, is there really a difference?

So to answer OP's question: none :p

Exactly. The moment a Thief think about support, that Thief is a troll.

[Sobx.1758]

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@Sobx.1758 said:

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@Sobx.1758 said:I'd say that's more of a troll build than support build, but ok :D

When it comes to the Thief, is there really a difference?

So to answer OP's question: none :p

Exactly. The moment a Thief think about support, that Thief is a troll.

Ah, ok. Got confused by

Evading Bunny build (Tr/Acro/DD) is a very good support.

:lol:

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

@Sobx.1758 said:

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@Sobx.1758 said:

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@Sobx.1758 said:I'd say that's more of a troll build than support build, but ok :D

When it comes to the Thief, is there really a difference?

So to answer OP's question: none :p

Exactly. The moment a Thief think about support, that Thief is a troll.

Ah, ok. Got confused by

Evading Bunny build (Tr/Acro/DD) is a very good support.

:lol:

You cut the last part that I assume was a given

@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:Evading Bunny build (Tr/Acro/DD) is a very good support. A.K.A. live bait.

[Knighthonor.4061]

Here is a Support Build I came up with for WvW zerg fights.http://gw2skills.net/editor/?Pa1AUhrlFwCZgsN2JeqWnPfA-zRpYCBh3FCCYQDqRBlGBcETGKkEDhUrgeTAdHA-e

whats your thoughts on this?

I tried using Seal, but I had difficulty using it without going down to enemy zergs and with how dynamic movement is. So I removed the Seal Prep ability.

[Engal.6359]

Heal thief lol. The only thing close is core boon theif on Matthias and Adina in raids.

[Knighthonor.4061]

as Living World 5 dies down and people go back to WvW, I will try this build out. I just gathered the gear for it.