Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

I’ve noticed the recent concern of how to play a mesmer in a speedclear setting. After the patch, mesmer is in a bad spot DPS wise and loses out to guardian whenever reflection is needed. Yesterday our guild Snow Crows had some fun in Caudecus’s Manor Path 2. We managed to snatch a record of 3:13 using 3 elementalists, 1 thief and a MESMER for that run. Curious about how to make your mesmer work wonders in CM? Check out the Mesmer PoV: http://youtu.be/rgGbPx_HPV0

I think it’s awesome and it was very fun to do. Be sure to check out the other pov!
Thief PoV: http://youtu.be/-4_iKKWdydo
Elementalist 1 PoV: (http://youtu.be/TVTp3rvcZLM)
Elementalist 2 PoV: (http://youtu.be/iTBczQZblWQ)

Thanks! Very nice

Mesmer’s never been “in a bad spot” at least not for DPS, it’s just that maintaining phantasms is problematic against certain bosses. For most dungeons, including CM, they do just fine.

While Mesmers might not be ‘top DPS’, I think they’ve always in a decent spot. They’ve just a useful class. And I don’t think that will change unless they really decide to throw balance out the window.

Nice as always Jerem!

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

Mesmer’s never been "in a bad spot" at least not for DPS, it’s just that maintaining phantasms is problematic against certain bosses. For most dungeons, including CM, they do just fine.

I find that the problem with Mesmers in record runs does not lay on Phantasms dying, but rather the long cast time and their lack of burst. Few boss fights elapse longer than 10-15 seconds which does not really allow you to do much.

Runes of the Centaur… welp, now I can say I’ve seen everything.

frifox.5283:

Runes of the Centaur… welp, now I can say I’ve seen everything.

Aka lazy eles.

Very nicely done!

Here and in the recent SE p3 record, the mesmer is used to run and portal while the 4 other members stay back and fight. In that situation, the mesmer isn’t being used for dps, and that’s all that got nerfed in the feature patch. If you have 4 fgs, boss fights are trivialized and skipping sections are where you can buy time. You will only win records by a few seconds if you are focused on boss kill times – creative use of utility is where innovations come from and that’s where mesmer shines.

dboylolz.3916:

Guanglai Kangyi.4318:

Mesmer’s never been “in a bad spot” at least not for DPS, it’s just that maintaining phantasms is problematic against certain bosses. For most dungeons, including CM, they do just fine.

I find that the problem with Mesmers in record runs does not lay on Phantasms dying, but rather the long cast time and their lack of burst. Few boss fights elapse longer than 10-15 seconds which does not really allow you to do much.

That makes it perfect for Time Warp, although the long cooldown sorta limits the effectiveness of that elite.

Jeremlloyd.6837:

I’ve noticed the recent concern of how to play a mesmer in a speedclear setting. After the patch, mesmer is in a bad spot DPS wise and loses out to guardian whenever reflection is needed.

and nothing has changed. if you cant do cool portal tricks a guardian is better.
it even was like that before the patch.

Everytime A-net “fixes” mesmers, they end up worse than before, this is the scary part and makes me question if I really want them to touch the mesmers any more.

wow, a creative topic/way to give a link in dungeon forum and avoid landing in linksville xD

Awesome portal at the start, good job SC

dboylolz.3916:

frifox.5283:

Runes of the Centaur… welp, now I can say I’ve seen everything.

Aka lazy eles.

Runes of the Pack > all for Mesmers