Does anyone here want a Healer/ Support Thief?

[Fueki.4753]

> @"BunjiKugashira.9754" said:

> I don't think a support thief would work without some major trait reworks of the core lines. All professions that currently have a successful support spec also have two core trait lines that go well with it. The only healer traits I could find on Thief are [shadow Savior](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_Savior) and the rez trait. While thief does have plenty traits providing healing, all of them are selfish.

 

Arenanet could rework Shadow Arts into a trait line about defense and support, rather than over-loading Stealth.

[Lithril Ashwalker.6230]

> @"Fueki.4753" said:

> > @"BunjiKugashira.9754" said:

> > I don't think a support thief would work without some major trait reworks of the core lines. All professions that currently have a successful support spec also have two core trait lines that go well with it. The only healer traits I could find on Thief are [shadow Savior](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_Savior) and the rez trait. While thief does have plenty traits providing healing, all of them are selfish.

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> Arenanet could rework Shadow Arts into a trait line about defense and support, rather than over-loading Stealth.

 

bruh...http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/monk:shadow oh yeah...stealth, shadow casting monk of darkness

[Hannelore.8153]

Support Thief is literally the last spec I'm waiting for.

 

The big problem right now is while they can heal, cleanse, buff, and stealth allies, for some reason all those builds are exclusive to each other and can't be used together as a pocket healer like on other classes. For example, to heal allies effectively you need a whole bar of Venom skills, which then don't even use your own Healing Power unlike the leeching skills of Necro and Renegade which use the caster's heal scaling.

 

And that leaves very little room for stealth abilities for quick & safe revives, or Cantrips for Might stacking, etc. Or utilities that need to be taken for cleansing due to the lack of access to Light fields for generic cleanses.

 

You also can't readily take projectile hate at the same time either, despite Thief having some of the best skills for it.

 

I tried very hard to make an effective support build, but there just wasn't any way to bring everything together like I could on Chrono, Druid, Firebrand, Scrapper, or Tempest. So while Thief has excellent support capabilities, until the various aspects of it can be used together simultaneously they'll never be an effective support class, just provide the occasional stealth ress or such, and that's unfortunate.

 

But Thief has always been this way, I think. The master of one or two aspects of their builds, and lacking versatility everywhere.