Guild Wars 2

Hello my purple friends.

Coming back after about 5 months, back when eles were on top and necros “sucked.”

Current builds I am testing

1) legion
2) shatter 10/30/30
3) shantasm hybrid 20/20/30

*Currently running #3 with s/p and GS or staff depending on how I feel.

What have you guys been experiencing out there? I really want to go back to a phantasm build, but unsure of results…will test tonight.

Seems like conditions are ruling right now?

Heard people say we sucked, but I don’t believe that period.

I always end up falling back on my 10/20/10/0/0/30 Manipulation-Shatter build.

Blink/Arcane Thievary (I literally go hunting for lich-form necros and HGH engineers)/and Decoy or YOLO-stun Signet.

I used to stick to staff for my second set, but its too defensive and not enough DPs, so I swap to Scepter/Focus. Warden is great for projectile spam and dat pull to get people off points. Sword/Sword rocks though, I’m kind glad people don’t use it that often.

There is no particular Meta build for a Mesmer in game atm. Every aspect of our classes game play depends on group composition and what the player best plays. That being said, the term “Meta” doesn’t exist for us right now.
So to answer your question, the closest thing to meta considering the game damage meta, would be a way to deal with conditions. As far as a build, just use what works best for you and your group.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

I always end up falling back on my 10/20/10/0/0/30 Manipulation-Shatter build.

Blink/Arcane Thievary (I literally go hunting for lich-form necros and HGH engineers)/and Decoy or YOLO-stun Signet.

I used to stick to staff for my second set, but its too defensive and not enough DPs, so I swap to Scepter/Focus. Warden is great for projectile spam and dat pull to get people off points. Sword/Sword rocks though, I’m kind glad people don’t use it that often.

Could you post a build link? I’m new to mesmers, and very curious

http://tinyurl.com/mrskv26

Couple things of note:

• Greatsword is also a really good secondary weapon, but I like to have one set for offense (sword/sword) and one set for defense (Scepter/Focus).

• Depending on the setup of my team, I’ll swap Signet for Portal, Decoy, or Illusion of Life. Portal and iLife take a lot of practice to get down, but can be really satisfying/game changing.

• Decoy adds a whole world of survivability and escape and is practically a crucial skill to have in sPvP. It’s much more important than Blink.. but I have a soft spot for teleports.

• Sometimes I don’t bother with Manipulations at all. I’ll run 10/10/0/20/30 in order to beef up defense with Warden’s Feedback (shuts down Engineers, some Rangers, and forces most classes to fight you melee) and team utility with either Glamour cooldowns or Medic’s feedback.