Guild Wars 2

This is my first Mesmer build/video, and will hopefully make more! These clips are taken pre patch as well as post patch, but the build did NOT change.
Build Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsfWnsISZa2oG2qB3aGR1YM9L90CpCo0dUy2A-TlCBABGpETw9H67QAglyDJUCij6PAcCASRfQCm4C4JAQKgIWGB-w
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aXWVFgmenw&list=UURJgHN3zF7W-uGZIuIJucYA

Some Things To Talk About

Weapons – I use sword for damage, but i take torch instead of pistol for more survivability. I take staff instead of GS because staff provides more survival/an interrupt/Crowd control, i also prefer Phastasmal warlock > Phanstasmal Berkerser. Why is this? Any decent player knows how to dodge a phantasmal bersker’s burst, on the other hand, Phantasmal warlock is harder to dodge because it has the same animation as your staff auto attack, and your staff-illusions’ attack, making it harder to tell which one will hit you for a lot. (also the animation is less noticeable). The only con to this is it does a LITTLE less damage than Phantasmal warlock, the difference is only a few hundred dmg, not even that if you time it with your conditions.

Sigils – I do NOT recommend you buy a Superior Sigil of Generosity, its stupidly overpriced, i just bought you major sigil for 5g, and i recommend you do the same. There is very little change between superior and major sigil of generosity. Also. yes, I do take damage sigils > fire sigil. Why? it has a better overall damage output.

Runes – Take these if you want to be able to run from/keep up with anyone else, i HIGHLY recommend these runes, or at least 25% movement speed runes.

Traits – Yes, i know, this trait setup might look weird, but it combos well with everything else, i get more damage as well as more survivability. Keep in mind this build is full zerker power/phantasms, so i wont need the Illusion traits. Also yes, i do take PU, this is because after putting 10 in Domination, 20 in Dueling, and 20 in Chaos, the best option was to just take PU, its useful for chaining stealth, escaping, and the boons help as well. I did not take it to be “Cheese”, i took it to be efficient.

Skills – I take Signet of ether because when you can manage to keep all 3 illusions up (which you should easily be able to) you regen like a monster. PS : you won’t be shattering your clones, this is not a shatter build, making Signet of ether very useful. I take blink because it’s useful is a variety of different situations. I take decoy because its useful for escaping (chain it with other invis skill and get away for free!) also, i needed a stunbreaker. I take portal entre so i’m able to escape from fights that i can’t handle. Although, post patch i’ve swapped out portal entre for phantasmal disenchanter for more condition removal, since everyone has seem to have turned to condi builds. I take Mass invis to chain invis skills to escape. (TIP: Never use it in fights, use it to escape them if needed!)

Food : I often swap my food out for mango pie, it’s very useful.

Other – This build is an all around good build. Its mobile, Has stunbreakers, lock downs, condition clears, and it has multiple ways to damage your opponent. Also, Don’t be fooled, just because this is a full zerker build doesn’t mean you’ll almost die to every burst you take. Although you will nearly die from burst damage (its zerker after all) its very easy to keep up aegis/protection/ect and staff helps a TON with kiting damage that you can’t afford to be hit by. As you can see in my video, i often stay at 90% HP because i am able to dodge damage with ease. This is a build i will be running on my mesmer for a very very long time. Also im open to feedback, so feel free to tell me what you think about this build!

P.S. I stream often and play this build often when i stream my mesmer, if you want any tips just go to my stream @ http://www.twitch.tv/tad44

Video link is now up.

Just a slight bit of something to note. Saying your build has ‘condition clears’ is a bit disingenuous. You have 1 uncontrollable condition removal on a 10s icd.

i normally take 2, (phantasmal disenchanter) and yeah, i know its not too much. i should have clarified that. i’m also thinking about running sigil of purity + sigil of generosity on my staff, giving me 3 ways to clear conditions.

aLovedhater.4096:

i normally take 2, (phantasmal disenchanter) and yeah, i know its not too much. i should have clarified that.

Also, you seem to have forgotten to actually post the video link.

Pyroathiest.4168:

aLovedhater.4096:

i normally take 2, (phantasmal disenchanter) and yeah, i know its not too much. i should have clarified that.

Also, you seem to have forgotten to actually post the video link.

weird, the edit on my post didn’t update, the link is up now.

This is not even close to being full glass. And with these rune/trait/wep choices it cant even be called zerk.

It’s just another troll PU build

Zepidel.5349:

This is not even close to being full glass. And with these rune/trait/wep choices it cant even be called zerk.

It’s just another troll PU build

Lets see… full zerker = no defense stats whatsoever, so i’d call it glass, also it is zerker, as you can see, the armor is full zerk, traits/wep/runes don’t change armor names. Now why is this build troll? because of that one trait? that doesn’t make it troll, now please quit acting like one. ^^

aLovedhater.4096:

Zepidel.5349:

This is not even close to being full glass. And with these rune/trait/wep choices it cant even be called zerk.

It’s just another troll PU build

Lets see… full zerker = no defense stats whatsoever, so i’d call it glass, also it is zerker, as you can see, the armor is full zerk, traits/wep/runes don’t change armor names. Now why is this build troll? because of that one trait? that doesn’t make it troll, now please quit acting like one. ^^

You are using condition weapons except mh sword, you have 6 points invested into a defensive tree to grab PU, utility runes, mango pies, no boon stripping, no vuln stacking…

You say “full glass” its not. At least call it what it is, Power – PU build. Title is false advertising.

Maybe it’s just me but when I think of glass, I think of damage spike illusions like iZerker , iDuelist and iSwordsman or just a shatter build. When I think of a more tanky and survivability orientated build I think PU. But that’s just me.

I’ve been running a pretty similar build. But I agree with the above poster that you shouldn’t be using a Staff, or really a Torch even, with a full Power/Crit based build. The only thing Torch gives you is an extra invis, on a 30 second timer. Not great when you compare it against say, a Pistol phantasm with a 3s Stun, or a Sword Phantasm alone.

Greatsword/Sword is the way to go for full Glass. Staff offers you nothing but defensive spells in this case, and if you’re full zerker glass, you don’t care about defense, you care about killing them before they kill you. Use Decoy and Blink as your defense getaways, and runspeed runes imo.

I’ve been toying with this build lately you might want to check out:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsaRnsISjaWmGmqB3aIR1YM9Ln0Cq6iUBUyO2G-T1SDwA9Uilf/BYqUkQJ4TlGvUXpyZAAqyAQ6DAYibwDAAA-w

It’s basically a clone spam Zerker build, with a few nice touches to help you stay alive a bit longer while you pound them. I also opt to use Soldier Chest/Legs, for the extra Toughness/Vit, as I WvW a lot, and hate running back to my roaming party. You lose a small amount of damage but, I think the 9% damage increase/reduction, if you’re smart about clone management, along with the perma regen, again if you’re smart, makes you a very formidable foe with good survivability still. Null field is the kicker though. Gotta have Condi removal.

Edit: You can even drop the 5/6 points for PU, and put into Domination to get Greatsword Training and some more Power. I honestly don’t really like PU that much with GS. I try to stay at range so my boons wear off before they can even find where I popped up after invis.

Glass or not (in terms of gear), I think it is a good thing to tailor your defense like you prefer it. All builds have some form of defense after all.

Maybe it is just me – could well be – but i think the weapon choice being optimal really depends on the enemy or the situation. There is enough cases where staff is better than GS and vice versa that I just carry both around. I’m no super expert but it’s what i have found, in terms of WvW.

Dem PU skillz! This isint glass, its like saying you’re playing glass thief with 30 SA. 30 SA= tank even in full zerk gear. So prismatic much understanding.

Zepidel.5349:

aLovedhater.4096:

Zepidel.5349:

This is not even close to being full glass. And with these rune/trait/wep choices it cant even be called zerk.

It’s just another troll PU build

Lets see… full zerker = no defense stats whatsoever, so i’d call it glass, also it is zerker, as you can see, the armor is full zerk, traits/wep/runes don’t change armor names. Now why is this build troll? because of that one trait? that doesn’t make it troll, now please quit acting like one. ^^

You are using condition weapons except mh sword, you have 6 points invested into a defensive tree to grab PU, utility runes, mango pies, no boon stripping, no vuln stacking…

You say “full glass” its not. At least call it what it is, Power – PU build. Title is false advertising.

i didnt take 6 points in defensive tree for PU, you would know that if you took the time to read me post. staff isnt full condi, same with torch, i know plenty of shatter mesmer who use torch > pistol as well, it helps more then you think.

DoomKnightMax.6592:

Maybe it’s just me but when I think of glass, I think of damage spike illusions like iZerker , iDuelist and iSwordsman or just a shatter build. When I think of a more tanky and survivability orientated build I think PU. But that’s just me.

having a trait that gives you boons DOESN’T make you a tank.

Eucalyptus.9784:

I’ve been running a pretty similar build. But I agree with the above poster that you shouldn’t be using a Staff, or really a Torch even, with a full Power/Crit based build. The only thing Torch gives you is an extra invis, on a 30 second timer. Not great when you compare it against say, a Pistol phantasm with a 3s Stun, or a Sword Phantasm alone.

Greatsword/Sword is the way to go for full Glass. Staff offers you nothing but defensive spells in this case, and if you’re full zerker glass, you don’t care about defense, you care about killing them before they kill you. Use Decoy and Blink as your defense getaways, and runspeed runes imo.

I’ve been toying with this build lately you might want to check out:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsaRnsISjaWmGmqB3aIR1YM9Ln0Cq6iUBUyO2G-T1SDwA9Uilf/BYqUkQJ4TlGvUXpyZAAqyAQ6DAYibwDAAA-w

It’s basically a clone spam Zerker build, with a few nice touches to help you stay alive a bit longer while you pound them. I also opt to use Soldier Chest/Legs, for the extra Toughness/Vit, as I WvW a lot, and hate running back to my roaming party. You lose a small amount of damage but, I think the 9% damage increase/reduction, if you’re smart about clone management, along with the perma regen, again if you’re smart, makes you a very formidable foe with good survivability still. Null field is the kicker though. Gotta have Condi removal.

Edit: You can even drop the 5/6 points for PU, and put into Domination to get Greatsword Training and some more Power. I honestly don’t really like PU that much with GS. I try to stay at range so my boons wear off before they can even find where I popped up after invis.

torch helps a lot more than you think, like i said, many shatter mesmers use torch > pistol, its doesnt just give you stealth and damage, it buffs you’re phantasmal warlocks damage. personally i dont like GS, staff has plenty of damage, the ability to kite, its nearly impossible to play an outnumbered fight vs good players when using gs s/p, youj can say you have, you could have, but not vs good players.

It’s a glass PU build people. Stop trying to turn it into something it’s not. Invis+boons don’t make you some unkillable creature. He wanted survivability with his glassy setup and picked PU. If he gets cc’d he dies just as fast as a zerker shatter mesmer or zerker anything for that matter.

Raunchy.6891:

It’s a glass PU build people. Stop trying to turn it into something it’s not. Invis+boons don’t make you some unkillable creature. He wanted survivability with his glassy setup and picked PU. If he gets cc’d he dies just as fast as a zerker shatter mesmer or zerker anything for that matter.

finally somebody who understands, thank you.

“Glass” usually specifies builds with very few defensive options, not just zerker gear or low armor. By taking PU, torch, staff, decoy, disenchanter, and mass invis, you actually have a ton of defensive options. Your gear might be glassy, but the build itself is actually on the defensive side.

That said, a couple of things: I noted you always cancel your blurred frenzy if you see it miss. Why not just go through with it? Even if it doesn’t hit anything, you get some nice evade frames. I also notice you very rarely use your shatters, but there were a number of times a distortion could have secured a stomp or a mind wrack could have finished your opponent earlier.

I don’t think this build really needs PU. Torch + staff is already offering you lots of survivability, so I’d probably opt for some more offensive traits to balance things out. Compounding Power would work nicely with this build, or putting 10 into Domination to pick up Dazzling for pre-Phantasmal Warlock vulnerability stacking and then using Crippling Dissipation to improve your control.

PU=non glass so your statement is false.
There is no such a thing “Glass PU” cause PU requires to invest in toughness tree.
Glass mesmers are supposely to use full shatter build.

Sandrox.9524:

PU=non glass so your statement is false.
There is no such a thing “Glass PU” cause PU requires to invest in toughness tree.
Glass mesmers are supposely to use full shatter build.

This, although doesn’t have to be shatter – can be phantasm, mantra etc… for example, 6/6/x/x/x.

aLovedhater.4096:

DoomKnightMax.6592:

Maybe it’s just me but when I think of glass, I think of damage spike illusions like iZerker , iDuelist and iSwordsman or just a shatter build. When I think of a more tanky and survivability orientated build I think PU. But that’s just me.

having a trait that gives you boons DOESN’T make you a tank.

But you still have points in the Chaos line which give you toughness, and takes away from more Glass’s potential.

I’ve seen a lot of QQ on these forums, but never tears quite as stupid as this. Mesmers at their finest.

Ross Biddle.2367:

I’ve seen a lot of QQ on these forums, but never tears quite as stupid as this. Mesmers at their finest.

More like a simple statement of fact. Full glass = zero defensive stats added. Chaos tree provides defensive stats => build isn’t full glass.

mango.9267:

“Glass” usually specifies builds with very few defensive options, not just zerker gear or low armor. By taking PU, torch, staff, decoy, disenchanter, and mass invis, you actually have a ton of defensive options. Your gear might be glassy, but the build itself is actually on the defensive side.

That said, a couple of things: I noted you always cancel your blurred frenzy if you see it miss. Why not just go through with it? Even if it doesn’t hit anything, you get some nice evade frames. I also notice you very rarely use your shatters, but there were a number of times a distortion could have secured a stomp or a mind wrack could have finished your opponent earlier.

i would only cancel it if i had nothing to evade, and i could be doing using that time more wisely by say.. keeping pressure on the enemy. and this isn’t a shatter build, i clarified that many times in the OP. the only time i shatter is in duels, so my clones don’t kill my opponent.

for all of you guys who thing this is a shatter build, i’ve said many MANY times in the OP that it isn’t, make sure to read the topic before you comment :s

Simonoly.4352:

I don’t think this build really needs PU. Torch + staff is already offering you lots of survivability, so I’d probably opt for some more offensive traits to balance things out. Compounding Power would work nicely with this build, or putting 10 into Domination to pick up Dazzling for pre-Phantasmal Warlock vulnerability stacking and then using Crippling Dissipation to improve your control.

i’ll keep that in mind, but i doubt ill swap torch/staff out, they help too much when fighting in an outnumbered fight,t hey help where pistol and gs couldn’t.

Ross Biddle.2367:

I’ve seen a lot of QQ on these forums, but never tears quite as stupid as this. Mesmers at their finest.

I QQ alot from stupid,ignorant comments aswell.

I QQed now.

This build is like the worst pu build i’ve came across lol.

You keep saying it’s not a shatter build – which is fair enough.

But that’s not the issue – for example taking empowered illusions, but the only decent phantasm you have is the iwarlock. I also don’t see the point of debilitating dissipation in this build – blink cooldown would likely be of more use.

change bers to rabid and you will receive even more damage…

Also OP, even if it’s not a shatter build it’s still good to throw in shatters. Shatters give you more options defensively and offensively so dismissing them completely is a bad idea. Especially since you don’t really have enough phantasm traits to make this a good phantasm build and you have high enough power to make Mind Wrack hit for decent damage. Using all the tools given to you will just make your overall play style better too. Just my thoughts.

aLovedhater.4096:

for all of you guys who thing this is a shatter build, i’ve said many MANY times in the OP that it isn’t, make sure to read the topic before you comment :s

Raunchy.6891:

Also OP, even if it’s not a shatter build it’s still good to throw in shatters. Shatters give you more options defensively and offensively so dismissing them completely is a bad idea. Especially since you don’t really have enough phantasm traits to make this a good phantasm build and you have high enough power to make Mind Wrack hit for decent damage. Using all the tools given to you will just make your overall play style better too. Just my thoughts.

Well said. Just because you don’t build for shatters don’t mean you shouldn’t shatter at all. There were a number of situations in the video where a mind wrack or distortion would have made a huge difference.

Raunchy.6891:

It’s a glass PU build people. Stop trying to turn it into something it’s not. Invis+boons don’t make you some unkillable creature. He wanted survivability with his glassy setup and picked PU. If he gets cc’d he dies just as fast as a zerker shatter mesmer or zerker anything for that matter.

It’s zerker PU build. Having one of the best applications of Prot and Aegis in the game and solid regen equates to not dying as fast a a zerker shatter sorry. Not to even talk about the additional 300toughness. So yes he will die as fast as a shatter mesmer if he got boon stripped and vuln stacked.

BlackDevil.9268:

This build is like the worst pu build i’ve came across lol.

Lol yeh i run zerker PU sometimes staff really isnt needed.

aLovedhater.4096:

DoomKnightMax.6592:

Maybe it’s just me but when I think of glass, I think of damage spike illusions like iZerker , iDuelist and iSwordsman or just a shatter build. When I think of a more tanky and survivability orientated build I think PU. But that’s just me.

having a trait that gives you boons DOESN’T make you a tank.

It kinda does, took on 2 eles and a necro with my zerker PU build yesterday and didnt drop below half thanks to the invis, prot, regen, and terrain.