Thief always owned the spvp, stealth, mobility, high burst, CCs we are used to it. Yes condi axe thief is overpower atm, we know, but why nobody talking about power axe thief?
Build a 2 second 13-15k combo while in stealth plenty of time in a short duration, while the defensive cooldown of most profession are over 30 + sec.
https://imgur.com/a/KlCiho2
https://imgur.com/a/VhIV4hl
Against builds that are glass cannon, like Chrono/mirage power, Willbender, if you make a mistake with evades/def CD you still have chance to overcome that, against an axe combo you don't, good thief will easily evade your cc combo, coz it's a thief...
Maybe some professions have advantage against this build, before putting your opnion, play 1500+ rating on ranked with atleast 3 differents professions.