Guild Wars 2

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This build is meant for the purpose of sharing boons gained from Bountiful Interruption in mass dazes. This would include a traited Diversion, Chaos Storm, and possibly Counter Blade. Under the circumstance of team battles, this would allow you to likely generate multiple stacks of might which could then be shared with allies while the enemy is both unable to do anything, wasting a stun-break, and/or full of vulnerability[at least 5 stacks] as well.
In this build, I’m hoping to use Bountiful Interruption to gain the maximum of what it offers by aiming to interrupt clusters of foes then multiply what is gained through boon-share.

Traits
4/0/4/0/6
Domination:
-Signet Mastery: For boon sharing
-Shattered Concentration: For even further weakening of the opponent team as a whole.
-Halting Strike[Alternative]: This can also work due to the power on this build as well.
-Rending Shatter[Alternative]: Can also be used to weaken the opponents for you or your allies to tear through with the gained might

Chaos:
-Debilitating Dissipation: Sometimes clones don’t make it. This if for then.
-Bountiful Interruption: Might per interrupt. This is very useful for gaining boons and a lot of might.

Illusions:
-Confusing Cry: Some retaliation on the side during cooldowns. Better than nothing.
-Illusionary Invigoration: More shatter, more might, more boons. Very simple choice
-Imbued Diversion: Mass dazing, very useful for gaining might in a very AoE fashion.

Weapons
Staff-Sw/Sw

Staff: Simply has a very useful AoE daze. It’s random, so the opponent doesn’t see it coming within the conditions, and it can also sometimes trigger twice. The natural conditions from it are also very useful, along with other benefits like useful clones, defensive skills, and a powerful phantasm.

Sword[Main]: Has a good mix of offense, defense, and control. Mainly, because this is a build meant for team fights, the AoE immobilize helps in this semi-lockdown. Also, useful clones, stacking vulnerability if they hit.

Sword[Off]: While focus might be useful for normal interrupts with the pull and perhaps pistol with its bouncing stun-daze-blind, the sword also has the duel function of a normal block(with high attack power for the counter) and a very powerful phantasm during cooldowns.

Utility
-Ether Feast[Heal]: Nice and simple heal skill. You can also use Mirror or the signet, though I believe this will be better.
-Decoy: Stun-break clone and stealth escape. Sets up shatter and gets you out of tight situations.
-Mirror Images: Stun-break with two clones. Useful for later shatters, though doesn’t make the most out of Diversion due to the proximity of the clones to each other and the likely target.
-Signet of Inspiration: Boon-share. Some boon every ten seconds is nice, but mostly taken for the boon-share.
-Time Warp[Elite]: The tons of might your team will have after the initial wave of dazes will likely turn the tides, but if that’s not enough, add speed to your might.

Equipment
Soldier Amulet: Main power boost with both vitality and toughness. This adds to the overall survivability of the build while it focuses on interrupting. Also, dps.

Strength Runes: Longer duration of Might for sharing, a bit more might when hit, and more damage under the influence of might, which you will usually have on. As always, a solid rune set.

Staff=Energy/Hydromancy: I don’t feel like I need to explain every choice here. Hydromancy, chill. Energy, dodge/survivability.

Sw/Sw=Energy/Battle: You’ll likely start battles with the staff and switch to the swords, thus the battle rune. This will add more might to the already stacking might to be shared. Energy is just for survivability.

I haven’t tested this build yet in PvP, but I want to know your[the community’s] opinion on this hybrid of lockdown-support. Or if, somehow, this already exists elsewhere that I haven’t seen or isn’t viable, I’d also want to know.

It’s somewhat reminiscent of my chillruption build, using Imbued Diversion to AoE lock down opponents. I initially didn’t design the build to be used for boon share but after swapping chaotic dampening for bountiful interruption one match some months ago, I instantly realized there is probably no better way (or at least one of the best ways) for a mesmer to stack might than a GS/Staff ID interrupt mesmer.

Something that has plagued me personally though is the weak nature of ID itself. You have to wait for a fairly long CD to use the trait again. Mind you I don’t think it negates the usefulness of it completely and I’m personally in the process of updating chillruption for the recent patch changes.

But to use ID, I think the build needs to be designed to work around ID to complement it, so in my case CI, potentially BI, AND halting strike in a power build. In your build I question your traits a bit, but I admit with Imbued Diversion it’s an interesting exercise in determining what goes best with it. In soldier’s ammy halting strike is going to do nothing for you. Halting strike shines really only when it crits and you’re not going to be doing much of that. Shattered concentration is decent support but you’re not going to be shattering enough to warrant it.

You could play a shatter focused spec with DE, a more tanky support spec, or potentially even a condition spec. I don’t think a lot of those areas have been explored much. Understand ultimately the reason for that is that Imbued Diversion just doesn’t hold a candle to Illusionary Persona. But that’s not why we’re here, is it? xD.

So if you’re intent on going the more tanky route (as evidenced by soldier’s amulet), I personally would try to look into other ways to support your team – create more of a support focused build. You already have might taken care of, but what else can you provide? There are a few specs that could be explored.