Questions to roaming Mesmers about shatter

Questions to roaming Mesmers about shatter

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Posted by: XacTactX.6709

XacTactX.6709

Hi guys, i really want to make a shatter mesmer but theres a few things i need help with. i’m worried about fighting enemy condi roamers, my main concern is how much condi clear do i need. For example would -36% condi food be enough, or do i need rune of Hoelbrak/Lyssa to go with it. Is it better to have no condi clear and go ham on damage runes like Strength?

Thank guys.

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Questions to roaming Mesmers about shatter

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Posted by: sephiroth.4217

sephiroth.4217

Just be a condition PU staff Mesmer like the rest of them or you’ll bash your head against a wall dying to them…

My shatter mes doesn’t leave PvP because the moment I step into WvW to roam its: Condi warriors, condi guardians, perplex engies, perplex thieves, perplex PU mesmers, perplex/terror/dumfire/spite/corrupt boon necros and cele eles focusing on condi with surprise surprise, perplex runes + doom sigils….

I mostly play for the new Free-For-All arena in PvP lobby.
….. And Elementalist.

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Posted by: Vikkela.7261

Vikkela.7261

My shatter mes doesn’t leave PvP because the moment I step into WvW to roam its: Condi warriors, condi guardians, perplex engies, perplex thieves, perplex PU mesmers, perplex/terror/dumfire/spite/corrupt boon necros and cele eles focusing on condi with surprise surprise, perplex runes + doom sigils….

There exists roaming condiguardians? :O

9 Guardians later…

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Posted by: SpellOfIniquity.1780

SpellOfIniquity.1780

Hard to lose as a Mesmer.

Necromancer, Ranger, Warrior, Engineer
Champion: Phantom, Hunter, Legionnaire, Genius
WvW rank: Diamond Colonel | Maguuma

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Posted by: schulzki.1862

schulzki.1862

There exists roaming condiguardians? :O

Hybrid, yes.

On Topic:
i am done leveling my mesmer today. going to run shatter in wvw, because i will not use a condition setup. i was running conditions on my thief and engie for some time (without perplexity because thats cheap!) and it was boring as kitten. going full risk is fun and since there are no rep-costs on armor…

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Posted by: Sinbold.8723

Sinbold.8723

Shatter builds work much better, imho, with condi. Maim the Disillusioned is pretty awesome, and with perplexity runes can be even better.

Does anyone have a zerker shatter build?

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Posted by: msalakka.4653

msalakka.4653

I wish you luck on your endeavor.

The problem is that in order to do enough damage to condibunker meta builds to bring them down, you have to survive the thick sea of conditions you’ll be swimming in, while sporting practically zerker gear. People think roaming Mesmers run condi because they’re unskilled, but what they seem to ignore is the fact that unlike Warriors, Mesmer physical damage is only decent in zerker. Knight’s = crap damage. This on top of our light armor. Condi builds don’t suffer from this as they can go full dire without losing effectiveness.

You can get away with it in a group, but as a solo roamer you’ll be spending a lot of time running from waypoints.

That said, I wouldn’t use duration decreasing food nor runes. I run Mantra of Resolve and sometimes trait for cleanse on heals (Mender’s Purity). That’s it.

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Posted by: jenzie.4083

jenzie.4083

I run staff/gs zerker gear with some knights pieces and null field, power food and travelers runes. I’ve played a lot of condition builds before but got really bored with them and I’ve played shatter the last months. If I’m not solo I use sword/torch instead of staff.

On topic, when I fight condition builds I try to move around and stealth as much as possible and be really aggressive, you have to force them into defensive play.

Necros are really sensitive to stuns so when I see one I switch my stealth for mantra of distraction and load up the moa too. Thieves can be really sensitive to interrupts too but its quite hard to land them.

But my main tip for fighting condition builds is to be aggressive and evasive.

I fought a condition warrior the other night, we had fun duels and he used some hybrid build with bow that produced a lot of conditions. My tactic then was to pew pew with GS at first, then when he moved in I took of his boons with Arcane Thievery, interrupt with GS#5 move in on top and shatter, then I moved out and kited until ready for next burst.

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Posted by: Hamster.4861

Hamster.4861

Here’s the build that I use roaming in WvW -

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsfRlknpTtlpxRNcrNCrxg6xS7MSOQAlMjrB-TlDEAB2t/ge6AcSJEXKBvUtACOEAJqqiBHBAmU+ooKEtpJoDtAA8AAc+EAQKgIWGB-w

with full stacks and the might that i get from Mirror blade – my burst hits you while i have 2800 power. Tormenting sigil is there to make people panic a little bit and force a condition cleanse . It doesn’t do much unless you have full might stacks, but if you can force their cleanse before your shatter lands, you’re in good shape.

with all 3 clones +IP I’ve landed 15k mindwracks(very lucky for all 4 shatters to critical), followed by dodge and F2 F3, can insta kill a surprisingly large number of things.