Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

I wanted to introduce a build I have been having much fun with in the past couple of weeks. I am not the kind of player who goes to the forum and make posts for every single build I try. But this time the numbers of /w insulting me made me realize the build achieves what the it aims at.

So, what is BBS? Simply a bunker/boonsharing build.

Let’s face it, you ain’t going to kill many, but you will hold points and your team will probably win the game. You can keep 2 players engaged easily, but even three people can be done with proper kiting, depending on profession and skills. All this while healing, removing conditions & sharings boons and/or distortion.

Someone even told me “they hate mesmers because of people like me, who destroys the class”. I do not really understand… if you are a Fotm you are a jerk because you run Fotm. I am trying something different and I get bad names for it… bah

Anyway, I started by following other threads about boonsharing. In that respect the build offer the same playstyle, with similar trait spread except for no DE but HM and mantra healing. The main different is the amulet, runes and the off hand focus instead of sword, which I believe better helps in capturing a point, since iWarden is stationary while spinning (utilities and sigils are different too, but they are more down to personal taste).

Here it is the link:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8dl0nhC0YZawDNQtGLrGk5M2RPPPSSie5GKeAA-T5AIABA8EAMZ/hqLDAA

For the amulet, the choice is wide. I preferred Crusader because it covers 4 stats instead of 3, so it is more well rounded.

For runes, the choice is even broader: if I have to stay middle I go for Mercy. Wanna go far? Resistance or Melandru

Utilities: SoInspiration is a must. I sometimes forget to use it, my bad, but it is a boost to the team performance if used at the right time. SoIllusions, I like it because it let you shatter 4 more times and thus blinding those in melee, helping survivability. Blink, is for positioning, catching people running away, poking ranged opponents but it can replaced… Null field is a solid option as much as SoMidnight for extra blind. Even mimic… It would be hilarious for 3 distortions in a row when hard focused

I hope to be able to share some videos soon.

Thoughts?

almost what i use when i feel like bunkering mid
i dont use mantras (i dont know why) and i use miror i love the reflect on engi/necro/ranger
i take medic feedback as it gives another field and help with the res if you take the right runes. also lots of chaos armor abilities as i use also null field or feedback (depend on the enemy comp)
i also like the offhand sword as for another block and low ucd on phantasm (so more chance to share boons)

1v2 is easy -medium depends on the enemy burst.
1v3 is doable for short time till help comes but most likely it will be hard to control the point if there are lots of conditions

the main problem guardian does it better so why not to take it

this why i testing the soldier amulet with 25k hp even conditions cant hurst me much and my dmg is ok with 2.2 base and 2.4k with might stacks
focus is also nice

Probably guardian does it better but I have no guardian to play with. So, I like the supporting role and I think that now it can be done pretty well.

Btw, guardian can also burst pretty well nowadays, but there are plenty of Fotm mesmers out there…
Also, a tanky memser isn’t expected so, it’s a bit of a surprise.

Trying to record some as soon as my pc is up

was very nice to fought with you

how did it go with two of use bunkering mesmer?

our group lack the dmg burst

it was hard for me to be on the point with 2 guards on me

while with soldier my chances went higher even in 1v3 till helps comes (but shouldnt it came i would have been dead)

Same for me
Your friends are pretty good so the following matches went very well.
I think that two BBS mesmers can go, but than the team will need dps, for sure.

There was one of the early matches where I was up versus a tank necro which prevented me to cap home. Neither of us could die so the point was contested for ever. That was boring.

Other than that, I can handle myself well, even with two thieves. I switched crusader for cavalier and I laugh at thieves HS.

In certain matches I feel invincible. I jus dive in the fray, contesting, ressing, stomping, putting pressure, peeling. But sometimes I find people out there with incredible sustained damage. Bursts can be handled, if predicted, but prolonged high damage is difficult to cope with. In that respect I think goods eles are a problem.

Conditions aren’t an issue with triple mantra heal, so I am happy with +/- 16k HP. I can always replace blink with null, eventually.

I will be on tonight for more games if you like