Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a build that I’ve found for PvP that I haven’t really seen that is probably one of the more survival-based than I’ve seen before. PU is pretty survivable on it’s own, however this one gives even more options on living and taking advantage of PU and Blurred Inscriptions as well.

The build itself is 2/6/6/0/0, using Sword/Pistol & Staff.

Link to the build: Link

Video of the build and gameplay: Video

For Domination – I picked VI for Signet Mastery, to reduce the cooldown time on signets by 20%. I have 3 signets used in this build, so it really adds up.

For Dueling – I chose: V for Desperate Decoy. There are other options, phantasmal fury probably being the best other option with the phantasmal duelist in particular. However since I am going for survivability, I sacrificed that for the addition stealth, which gives Aegis/regen/protection.

Next, I chose VIII for Blurred Inscriptions, which gives 1 second of evade every time you use a signet. It’s great if you heal with the signet heal, than get an extra 1 second of invulnerability as well.

Last, I chose X for Deceptive Evasion, which creates a clone every time you dodge. This works great with trait V in Chaos (which is picked) in addition to the 5 point trait which stacks confusion on clone death as well.

Now in Chaos, as I said, I picked trait V for Debilitating Dissipation, which stacks either bleeding, weakness, or vulnerability on a player when they kill a clone.

Next, X for Chaotic Dampening, which reduces staff recharge time and a little extra toughness when using a staff, and finally, XII for Prismatic Understanding.

For my utility choices, I went with Decoy, Signet of Domination, and Signet of Midnight. Now I doubt most of you even know what Signet of Midnight really is, or have ever used it, but with this build it can be one of the best traits around. It has a 24 second recharge with mastery, is a stunbreak, a long AE blind, and gives you 1 second of invulnerability as well.

This is fantastic when a thief stuns you out of stealth, and you can pop this and become invulnerable and break the stun as well. Its short cooldown means it’s up quite a bit, and the blind can be underrated as well as it is instant cast. With this build, you will more than likely have perma regeneration, protection a lot of the time along with Aegis. I chose Mass Invis as my elite, for obviously the stealth, in addition I chose Rune of Lyssa for the condi removal into boons.

The signet heal makes perfect sense for this build, so on top of the regeneration, you are normally getting 1k health back every 3 seconds. It only has a 28 second cooldown if cast as well, so even that comes back up fairly quickly. For Sigils, I went with Energy and Doom on both weapons, and using a rabid amulet.

Now for damage, obviously it’s not going to be the absolute best, however it does hold its own and can whittle people down. The duelist will usually stack 4-5 bleeds on every time he shoots, and there will be plenty of conditions on the target for the warlock to hit for a decent amount as well, along with a high amount of crit. For surviving, Phase Retreat, chaos storm and armor, pistol stun, and blurred frenzy can make you very hard to catch.

If you like the build please let me know, also I have a lot of other interesting builds I have made for PvP that I haven’t really seen that can be fun, so feel free to take a look here: Mesmer Builds Playlist

Thanks!

A few signet build has been known. Unfortunately, due to game mechanics such as no cap while invulnerability. These build can only be played as a joke.

I am just wondering if you have any odd builds with mimic. I wanted to know if people have creative uses with that skill

Yeah I definitely understand that, I still think it has some uses, and just an option with PU I don’t think I’ve seen before. I like trying out all kinds of builds, but yeah I understand it has it’s limitations as to what it can really do though. Thanks for the feedback. And as for a mimic build, I have tried that as well.

Here’s a video: Video

and a link to the build I tried: Build Link

Thank you.

Lissair.4273:

Yeah I definitely understand that, I still think it has some uses, and just an option with PU I don’t think I’ve seen before. I like trying out all kinds of builds, but yeah I understand it has it’s limitations as to what it can really do though. Thanks for the feedback. And as for a mimic build, I have tried that as well.

Here’s a video: Video

and a link to the build I tried: Build Link

Thank you.

btw, i tried your signet/PU build. Nice touch with pistol. I play with a torch. I dont know why I like playing with the worse possible build just to create new playstyles

However, I wanted to play with mimic because it is one skill that will mess with your mind.

thanks for the build

Thanks, and no torch crossed my mind as well but figured pistol still is survivable with the stun, and the duelist…well million times better than the mage sadly. And yeah mimic and rune of the guardian were made to go together too, can stack tons of retaliation + burning with it and leave them wondering why they can’t hurt you for ages. Thanks for the imput!

Lissair.4273:

Thanks, and no torch crossed my mind as well but figured pistol still is survivable with the stun, and the duelist…well million times better than the mage sadly. And yeah mimic and rune of the guardian were made to go together too, can stack tons of retaliation + burning with it and leave them wondering why they can’t hurt you for ages. Thanks for the imput!

the torch sucks. Your build is much better than than mine. lol

I always been trying to get the phastasm to work but it just sucks lol

loseridoit.2756:

A few signet build has been known. Unfortunately, due to game mechanics such as no cap while invulnerability. These build can only be played as a joke.

I am just wondering if you have any odd builds with mimic. I wanted to know if people have creative uses with that skill

Yes. Mes commander/zerg build with full dire, mimic, guardian runes. With 100% condi/burning duration you can get 2s burn on block vs unlimited target. You just have to proc the mimic off a projectile which can be tricky, and then stay stable for the duration.

Pyro put his forward as The Zergmower
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-Build-The-Zergmower/first

Lissair.4273:

Thanks, and no torch crossed my mind as well but figured pistol still is survivable with the stun, and the duelist…well million times better than the mage sadly. And yeah mimic and rune of the guardian were made to go together too, can stack tons of retaliation + burning with it and leave them wondering why they can’t hurt you for ages. Thanks for the imput!

Your build does lack condi cleanse though. Taking a traited torch would both synergize with PU, AND provide cleanse on prestige, cleanse on iMage cast, and cleanse on iMage projectile bounce.

Not that I’m suggesting it’s better, but it does fill a hole in your build.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Lissair.4273:

Thanks, and no torch crossed my mind as well but figured pistol still is survivable with the stun, and the duelist…well million times better than the mage sadly. And yeah mimic and rune of the guardian were made to go together too, can stack tons of retaliation + burning with it and leave them wondering why they can’t hurt you for ages. Thanks for the imput!

Your build does lack condi cleanse though. Taking a traited torch would both synergize with PU, AND provide cleanse on prestige, cleanse on iMage cast, and cleanse on iMage projectile bounce.

Not that I’m suggesting it’s better, but it does fill a hole in your build.

the main problem with this build is really damage. Conditions are not much of a problem if you are invisible for most of the battle and you are practically invulnerable when you are seen.

loseridoit.2756:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Lissair.4273:

Thanks, and no torch crossed my mind as well but figured pistol still is survivable with the stun, and the duelist…well million times better than the mage sadly. And yeah mimic and rune of the guardian were made to go together too, can stack tons of retaliation + burning with it and leave them wondering why they can’t hurt you for ages. Thanks for the imput!

Your build does lack condi cleanse though. Taking a traited torch would both synergize with PU, AND provide cleanse on prestige, cleanse on iMage cast, and cleanse on iMage projectile bounce.

Not that I’m suggesting it’s better, but it does fill a hole in your build.

the main problem with this build is really damage. Conditions are not much of a problem if you are invisible for most of the battle and you are practically invulnerable when you are seen.

Yeah. I noticed in the vids it was always someone else coming along to seal the defeat.

Nice commentary but in this video u happened to roll against some baddies….thus, it doesn’t really showcase how this build would actually shine against competitive ranked PvP players. I can already think of several types of scenarios where some other classes can just over power such build. Any classes that has decent up time of Invul, block, stealth, heavy cond stacks against you could easily wipe Mes off the ground, and render this build’s core strength which is the interrupt almost useless. Speaking from my experience, such class like the Engineer as an example would be a hard counter to this build or the Mesmer class as a whole. In the current state of the game, many other classes played by equally skilled competitive PvP players can really just over power a Mesmer today. Mesmer is not in a good spot right now, in my honest opinion, which is a shame really.