Guild Wars 2

Anyone have a good great sword build for dungeons? Also what stats should I focus on for armor?

So just to let everyone know I tested out some builds. First of all this is mainly for dungeons and some WvW. I tried the build you guys suggested 30/20/0/0/20 :http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgQQJARGGRQpQ7yOSPaNYL1KpA3uQA and also a new build that I will list below. Mind you I use greatsword as main and only very rarely switch to staff.

So with this first build I ran 2 dungeons. AC all paths and SE path 3. AC I did fine for the most part with 2-3 deaths all together. But in SE I died multile multiple times over and over again. Given that most of the time you skip trash mobs and you have to run through them makes it worse. I had to get people to help me run back each time I died. I also died a few times in boss fights as a combination result of AOE + adds. So I tried the following build.

This one is 30/20/0/15/5. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgQQJARGIROfA6QLg0jWD2StSKwtLE

Now I know I’m losing illusinary elasticity. But this isn’t a issue for mirror blade as it’s somewhat compensated by rending shatter. Sure it would be nice to have elasticity, but it doesn’t matter when your a dead man.

So I ran AC path 3 again and SE path 1 with the exact same group of people I did SE earlier with. This time 0 deaths and was a lot easier. So I will continue to use this build. If anyone have any other suggestions please let me know. Hopefully this will help with anyone else looking for a similar build.

OK since no one came up with anything I came up with this build. I use mainly greatsword for dungeons and keep max range for heavy dps. I use illusions just to use mind wrack. When things get close range or start taking a lot of damage I switch to staff.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgQQJARGIJMVI4oKodSPaNsTdJF4e2A

you’d want deceptive evasion instead of desperate decoy in dueling, more clone generation.

and clone death is not the same kittentering, so random condition on clone death conflicts with a shatter oriented build.

Deceptive evasion is excellent and you should get it, and I would personally put the 10 in chaos into Illusions and get elasticity to buff your Mirror Blade and staff attacks.. Also 15 illusions is pretty nice.

OK this is the fixed spec I"m using now.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgQQJARGGRQpQ7yOSPaNYL1KpA3uQA

wads.5730:

kittentering

That’s the worst word censor I’ve seen on a forum.

Carighan.6758:

wads.5730:

kittentering

That’s the worst word censor I’ve seen on a forum.

Omigosh… is “shatter” actually being filtered or did that happen because of a typo?

Edit: Oh thank god… kitten is a little more understandable.

LOL i didnt even see this typo, i meant shatter, but said poop =[

If I remember correctly, elasticity buff is 20 points into illusions…

To answer the other half of your question: concerning armor. If you’re using a GS they scale best with Power. I tend to have 2-3 sets of armor on my mesmer at all times depending on build/traits etc. Vitality never hurts. I find toughness to be lacking unless you’re going for a full on tanky build as it’s really only useful in larger amounts. A lot of GS mesmers go for zerker gear and go full glass cannon with power/pre/cond.

As for running in SE (or any other dungeon) you need to swap out your utility skills more. And DODGE. Decoy, Null Field (or similar mantra), Mass Invis are all going to help you run a lot better than Portal, or Mirror Images.

We can trait/skill swap on the fly, and so many people don’t take advantage of it. Most groups don’t mind waiting 5 seconds for you to switch out a trait or two.