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I'm using Short Bow, Sword/Pistol.  Traits are 10/30/30/0/0.  Superior Runes of the Pack.  Armor is half Knights, half Valkyrie (rare 80, not exotic).  Jewerly is Beserker with Rubys.  Weapons are Beserker with Sigil of Accuracy (OH Sigil or Air).

Here's a link to the Traits and Skills: http://gw2skills.net...SymkLJZSLCGEspA

My current Power is 1981, Precision 1794, Toughness 1306, Vitality 1140

Which equates to 45% crit chance, and 13045 health.

What I'm looking for is something I can use in both PvE and WvW.  I'm not really that open to changing my armor, jewelry, or runes simply because I spent so much getting it.  I'm open to new skills, weapons, or completely changing my traits.

Much thanks in advance!

[Defora]

I have been using venom build with very similar armor as yours for both PVP and PVE. Here is quote from PVP thread:

Lowell, on 31 July 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

No share + Boon removal and team Boons: Click Here!
This is one of the two duel-focused builds. If you know you will not be close to your team-mates often enough to make venom sharing worth it, you should go for one of these. You give up Venomous Aura to get Bountiful Theft and Preparedness that make you a 1v1 nightmare, especially when facing a profession that relies on a specific boon to do well. You still have some decent team support with Thrill of the Crime and Bountiful Theft.

My current build is a bit modified version of that: http://gw2skills.net...CVPFkdsaPupNjJA

- In PVE I use sword&pistol for AOE and pistol&dagger for ranged single target dps. Normally champion situation is only where I even need to consider going ranged.
- In PVP I use pistol&dagger and shortbow, sometimes sword&pistol instead of shortbow, but it is easier to counter by dodging.

I can leach enough HP to keep my health up even in group situations. I also didn't see need for 3 venoms so replaced one with Signet of Shadows for run speed and AoE blind. The pvp thread also advises to use Carrion gear for condition damage, but since I already had power+crit+ precision gear I just vent with that and had been doing well.

PVP thread can be found here: http://www.guildwars...hief-guide-wip/

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Thanks, anyone else have any advice?  Can you critique what I'm currently running?

[Sagramor]

I'm not sure I'd be putting 30 points (or any for that matter) into Shadow Arts without a dagger OH, since you're relying on your heal and secondary skills for Stealth. I don't have a whole lot of experience with S/P but it just seems like a waste of points. I'd say just pick a weapon set you enjoy and are good at (taking the fact that you're not geared for condition dmg) and build around that. But staying with S/P, maybe split the 30 points from Shadow Arts between Acrobatics and Trickery to pick up Power of Inertia and Thrill of the Crime. And if you're looking for more burst over a % to apply vulnerability you can swap Sundering Strikes for Mug.