Affinity.7253

> What build do you use? I have been running a mix of things in a vain attempt to survive thief fights. FA sc/f weaver, lightning rod staff tempest (with earth), celestial/trailblazers staff earth/fire tempest, celestial sword/d. The only thing I have not been using much in WvW is d/d. I have only seen limited success w/ FA sc/f. Even when going with celestial staff or sword on tempest or weaver respectively I cannot win against thieves, just make the fights go longer. Even if I get them down to 20-30%, which happens often, one dodge roll and they aren't going to come back out until they are at 80+% health. EDIT: The main reason I have only seen success with FA so far is that it can do some limited counter burst damage while defending, and it has amazing active mitigation with obsidian and swirling winds. Good thieves just get me to use my limited amount of mitigation with their infinite amount of burst (since all they need to burst is initiative and stealth), then reset and bursting after it is spent.