Guild Wars 2

So I started a Mesmer recently and am IN LOVE with this stupendous class. By far the most enjoyable, interesting profession in the game. I’ve been rocking it in PVE, using sword / pistol — staff. Unbelievably effective and a total blast. Full disclosure, my main is an Engineer and I WvW a lot with that character, so I’m used to WvW from an eng perspective.

How effective is a mesmer in WvW at full level? I dabbled a little, but found the learning curve steep. In PVE mesmer seems perfect, but how effective are they on the battlefield? Are you pleased with your damage output? Can you run with a group or must you relegate yourself to a roamer role? How ’bout defending or attacking keeps and the like? What builds do you use for WvW? Any tips for a bright-eyed and bushy tailed mesmer?

I can help in the ways of mesmer! Its really the only class i play and i feel my perspective can really shed some light on what you can do as a mesmer. If you wanna you can send me mail. Tomorrow when i log on we can have a long chat about mesmer! Tek Pulse is my characters name.

there are things a mesmer can do, and a thing a mesmer is expected to do. A mesmer can be a great great asset in a low man enviroment, allowing you to set up and stay stealthed, giving control like pulls from temporal curtain or reflect from feedback. All of this while your Phantasms are tearin up the enemy. Mesmer at its core is a multitasking mage. You have to think about the well-being of your phantasms and clones not only to ensure the illusion of many of you, but as well as ensure you can do damage. You have an auto-attack and 1 other main damaging attack, besides greatsword. So you really gotta keep your buddies up!

So this is where the multitasking comes in. What are you doing for your team/zerg? well lets say you ran staff or something. You might have a build with regen on phantasms, so you summon near your friends and pop a storm on them, to give them aegis and also your friends, as well as regen, and other buffs from the storm. You say you run s/s gs. That is an awesome combo, the berserker alone allows your to manipulate the speed of a ball of enemies, allowing you, as a slow mesmer, have the advantage of speed.

Mesmer is about control in every aspect. Its a matter of what you want to control.
sorry for the long reply, i just love mes ^^

Thanks Tek! Much obliged! Great to know. I’ll send you some mail. I’ll try out s/s gs. I have real faith in this class. Gonna stick with it.

Confusion against (small) WvW groups is so kitten powerful. It must be the zerg mentality, they see a lone Mesmer and all they can think of is to spam offensive skills so they can get a slice. The next thing they know they’re all downed and I’m stomping them one after the other.

Sorry, no fun for you. You step through that portal, and you’ll see.
There awaits, buried deep beneath ashes of solo gank, only portalbot duty, 24/7 mesmer taxi for any lazy hurr-hurr-me-worrier-me-melee-train out there with no med insurance and I’m not even talking about money.
Time will pass and those guys will forget about walking at all, so you’ll have to carry their overgrown kittens on your little clothie back.
Join mist wars today!

Winds.3087:

Sorry, no fun for you. You step through that portal, and you’ll see.
There awaits, buried deep beneath ashes of solo gank, only portalbot duty, 24/7 mesmer taxi for any lazy hurr-hurr-me-worrier-me-melee-train out there with no med insurance and I’m not even talking about money.
Time will pass and those guys will forget about walking at all, so you’ll have to carry their overgrown kittens on your little clothie back.
Join mist wars today!

Sounds like me in dungeon runs… I like soloing bosses just as much as the next guy… which is why I just run Valk gear instead of Bers. Grabbing a Rabid set as well so I can just staff 24/7.

Winds.3087:

Sorry, no fun for you. You step through that portal, and you’ll see.
There awaits, buried deep beneath ashes of solo gank, only portalbot duty, 24/7 mesmer taxi for any lazy hurr-hurr-me-worrier-me-melee-train out there with no med insurance and I’m not even talking about money.

I don’t have that problem, how about no? What’s your zerg supposed to do in WvW, kick you for not lying down a portal? I sometimes do that because I think it’s a good idea, but I don’t have the portal equipped by default, and if I’m in combat, ask somebody else. Just like people can’t tell me to sit back and scout or whatever. It’s your choice.

Portal! I love portaling people. Think about it. You are the main reason your zerg just wiped the other zerg! Maybe not main reason, but you directly contributed to a successful strategy.

I also love pulling people back who thought they were escaping, pulling people off cliffs, or pulling people off keeps so they can die by the hands of my zerg with temporal curtain.

In short, mesmers bring a ridiculous amount of utility to a small or large group in WvW. You might not get as many badges as say a defensive warrior breaking through the front lines, a deathshroud necro spamming aoe conditions, or a Dstorm thief in the middle of the zerg, but it’s about the big picture isn’t it?

Honestly, with how many Mesmers tend to float around in any server’s WvW, it’s quite possible to almost never be Teh Portal/TW-bot. Hell, I’m usually the guy rolling with Mass Invisibility and Manipulations. Or Mantras. Now – OOTH – if someone Zergwise
asks for a specific skill, I’m going to be polite.

Otherwise, yes: Mesmers are downright hardcore in WvW. Just make sure you’re packing some stunbreak and condi-removal. You are going to be one of the first
classes to get focused on, as soon as the other guy sees the purple of your casting.

I think it depends how you play wvw. There are differant builds. If you are more of a roamer then the shatter build with the set up you have is really strong.
If you go with the group I recommend a confusion glamour build. It gives you the most aoe capability I use a staff GS with a glamour build and find it fun. I just like the glamour build the best though and even when I am roaming I use it and am pretty strong.

The bottom line is; a mesmer can be and is one of the strongest classes in WvW.

KnattyDreads.1856:

The bottom line is; a mesmer can be and is one of the strongest classes in WvW.

In one part of WvW at least, which makes it one of the best balanced classes in that game mode since you can go roaming solo, defend a position, support your team or melt faces in zergs depening on your spec, but not all at the same time. Still you’re not at a complete loss in any other situation. And I love that.

/e: lol, can’t write in_a_zerg…

We can bunker
We can solo some towers
We can go glass canon
We can go condition
We can go Support
We can go super boon massive spreader guy
We can go a balanced set up
We can go Glamour set up

We have loads of other odd / fun setups.

soooo you have options to say the least and yes were good in WvWvW ESPECIALLY when played right do NOT allow yourself to be a portal master, will it help the team? then go for it, wil veil help? go for it, will they be pointless CD’s? dont use it.

do not be bullied into using stuff, learn the battlefield keep your eyes peeled and my favourte thing to do? in a guild group say ‘’lets flank them’’ or anyone who wont blurt it out in /map or /say and cast viel have a portal exit down, flank them burst them (most fun with around 5-10 rngineers as bomb/grenaders :P lay portal entry portal back and enemy is like ‘’WTF WAS THAT’’

- mesmers, where only your imagination is the limit.

Well wvw isn’t my bag, but I tried it the other day and ended up with 23 kills and 3-4 deaths in a half hour or so. iZerker mows down small groups awesomely.
So yeah, if a completely inexperienced wvw player can do that well, I’d say they’re pretty good for wvw.

@Entropy, for al organized group gameplay mesmers play a central role in tactical gameplay. Portal, invis, utilitys etc make the mesmer invaluable.

For solo and smal team roaming mesmer again have a extremly strong postion due to heavy burst, mobility and survival.

Il add 2 vids, first group play example.

Group play

And a solo roamin vid:

For more wvwvw and pve info, feel free to see my guide, the 2 tutorials is a good start.

/Osicat

@osicat

I’ve always loved your videos. Two days ago I found your group play one and posted it on my guilds website. Yesterday we practiced some portal bombs and it was glorious… so… so glorious. Thanks and much love

Thank you all so much for your invaluable insight and suggestions! Much appreciated.