Tbh I really don't care about thief spear skills at all but I've binged this whole little series by you (found it when looking up what the engi spear skills are, I just jumped into the xpac yesterday lol) - your presentation style and cadence/delivery is so calming, such a good vibe lol. Great vids.
I'm super loving spear thief right now. Really brought life back into playing thief for me. Deadeye power build is super fun in open world and the sustain is fantastic.
I just started playing thief again for the first time in almost a decade, and I'm *really* enjoying the spear. rn I run it on p/p daredevil and it works great as a melee back up weapon for when I'm getting overwhelmed by a lot of adds. it's funny, coming from other classes I always have my auto attack bound to my 1 key, but on this class I have it bound to 3 for p/p and disabled completely on my spear 😂
I tried using Deadeye builds, but this one is just straight up more comfortable. It just feels better and is way more controllable. Quickness builds are so fast, missing an input and ruining rotation is almost a guarantee. Absolute 10/10, I really hope we would see rise of hybrid setups in GW2
This one and Mesmer's are easily my favourite spear of the bunch for sure. They're so fun but stil engaging to play, require you to use your brain a bit instead of mindlessly spamming the "good" skills then swapping out
In PvE spear works nice on core as well, it's as simple as they get too which helps when you're farming fractals and watching something particularly engaging on another screen lmao
I’m pretty sure the skill chain in ‘2’ is also your best bet as far as power damage is concerned. You get a 25% strike damage bonus against movement impaired foes. The skill chain on 3 really is just kind of a utility chain of attacks for stealth and lifesteal (outside of mobs being over 90% health, since you get extra bleeds)
Here's hoping they fix the stealth-breaking mess sometime in the next year or so... 😑 disabling auto-attack hasn't been fun for someone who only really plays PvE.
if i picked specter specialization can i pick spear to 2nd slot? It acts like its own 'specialization" or if i'd pick deadeye i'd give other spear skills?
I'm personally not feeling the Spear nor the Axe on Condi Specter. I REALLY LOVE Specter but with spear, it's just really...not like weak but definitely not made for Specter. Axe is weak too in my opinion, when it comes to Specter. The sad thing is, i don't really love Daredevil nor Deadeye...so i had to go back to my Willbender. Spear with Willbender is just FANTASTIC ! :)
@@tilter24 don't mind my previous reply xD I'm using S/S and Spear and Staff/Spear in my other slot. I need sometime a ranged, but longbow is not my favourite
The thief spear is definitely not a hybrid weapon. While the 2 and the ambush have condis, it’s not a condi weapon at all. The best power combo is 2,3,2 but casting 2,2,2 for power is good too. Just a little bit of misleading information here, otherwise the thief spear is a ton of fun and I love it!
you’re wrong. it is absolutely a hybrid weapon. condition daredevil is hitting 43.2k dps, condition deadeye is hitting 41.5k dps, condi specter is hitting 43.4k dps, condi core thief is getting 38.1k dps (solo) and condi quickness deadeye is hitting 39k dps.
It has condition damage on every single skill except 5. Of course it's a condi/hybrid weapon. The rotation I've been using, just for the spear itself, is 3-2-2-4-2-3-1.
It's actually spear thief that made me WANT to play thief in the first place! So I'm super excited for this!
So far all thief and engi have been the best spear skills, animation and the dmg/effects they do
it all works fluidly
Tbh I really don't care about thief spear skills at all but I've binged this whole little series by you (found it when looking up what the engi spear skills are, I just jumped into the xpac yesterday lol) - your presentation style and cadence/delivery is so calming, such a good vibe lol. Great vids.
I *love* the spear. It's such a nice change of pace from playing staff DD and spamming 2 all the time. It's reinvigorated my love of the class
I'm super loving spear thief right now. Really brought life back into playing thief for me.
Deadeye power build is super fun in open world and the sustain is fantastic.
I just started playing thief again for the first time in almost a decade, and I'm *really* enjoying the spear. rn I run it on p/p daredevil and it works great as a melee back up weapon for when I'm getting overwhelmed by a lot of adds. it's funny, coming from other classes I always have my auto attack bound to my 1 key, but on this class I have it bound to 3 for p/p and disabled completely on my spear 😂
Great point that the devs wanted to change up the usual thief gameplay of spamming the same skills with the spear combos.
Now I spam 3 combo->stealth attack lmao
@@Sk0lzkyyou sometimes press 4 after finisher and even 3 first if you need mobility, it's still miles better than 3333333 lol.
I tried using Deadeye builds, but this one is just straight up more comfortable. It just feels better and is way more controllable. Quickness builds are so fast, missing an input and ruining rotation is almost a guarantee.
Absolute 10/10, I really hope we would see rise of hybrid setups in GW2
This one and Mesmer's are easily my favourite spear of the bunch for sure.
They're so fun but stil engaging to play, require you to use your brain a bit instead of mindlessly spamming the "good" skills then swapping out
In PvE spear works nice on core as well, it's as simple as they get too which helps when you're farming fractals and watching something particularly engaging on another screen lmao
I’m pretty sure the skill chain in ‘2’ is also your best bet as far as power damage is concerned. You get a 25% strike damage bonus against movement impaired foes.
The skill chain on 3 really is just kind of a utility chain of attacks for stealth and lifesteal (outside of mobs being over 90% health, since you get extra bleeds)
Here's hoping they fix the stealth-breaking mess sometime in the next year or so... 😑 disabling auto-attack hasn't been fun for someone who only really plays PvE.
This makes me want to actually play my Thief...
Moon question what armor set or outfit are you wearing in this?? Reminds me a lot of the Gw1 assassin armor.
Have you tried spear spectre more?
how to get such fluid camera movement?
if i picked specter specialization can i pick spear to 2nd slot? It acts like its own 'specialization" or if i'd pick deadeye i'd give other spear skills?
Nice Largos lookin sylvari =D
oh hell ya one class closer to Rev :P
As a thief main i like spear, but bit sad that it is underwhelming on WvW/PvP.
I'm personally not feeling the Spear nor the Axe on Condi Specter. I REALLY LOVE Specter but with spear, it's just really...not like weak but definitely not made for Specter. Axe is weak too in my opinion, when it comes to Specter. The sad thing is, i don't really love Daredevil nor Deadeye...so i had to go back to my Willbender. Spear with Willbender is just FANTASTIC ! :)
Would a spear/LB power build work for most content you think or do you need s/s?
@@tilter24 I'm sorry but i don't really play Power builds on Specter or Thief general :)
@@K-PopGamesWithSoulMirae pretty sure he was talking about willbender :D
@@Winri93 haha sorry you're right
@@tilter24 don't mind my previous reply xD I'm using S/S and Spear and Staff/Spear in my other slot. I need sometime a ranged, but longbow is not my favourite
the dps blows
cleave is laughable bad on jantir mobs
condi axe is miles better
maybe in radind where the boss just stands around and takes it
The thief spear is definitely not a hybrid weapon. While the 2 and the ambush have condis, it’s not a condi weapon at all. The best power combo is 2,3,2 but casting 2,2,2 for power is good too.
Just a little bit of misleading information here, otherwise the thief spear is a ton of fun and I love it!
you’re wrong. it is absolutely a hybrid weapon. condition daredevil is hitting 43.2k dps, condition deadeye is hitting 41.5k dps, condi specter is hitting 43.4k dps, condi core thief is getting 38.1k dps (solo) and condi quickness deadeye is hitting 39k dps.
It has condition damage on every single skill except 5. Of course it's a condi/hybrid weapon. The rotation I've been using, just for the spear itself, is 3-2-2-4-2-3-1.
@quaquaval, is this with full Viper? Do you know builds, I am new, and bought Janthir as soon as I heard about spears and it has been super fun.