Guild Wars 2

Support and Mightstacking Build

Build Description:
This build is mainly for PvE but could be viable for PvP aspects due to the high stacks of might and the ability to maintain it high. It has a potential to reach 25 stacks without help from other players and combofields. Due to the build diversity, so can I recomend Celestial, Berserker and Rabid/Rampager. Personally, I think Berserker is the best.

Weapon of choice:
Greatsword (Sigil of Strength – Sigil of Battle)
Staff (Sigil of Strength – Sigil of Battle)

(Weaponchoice is optional, so pick whatever weapon that fits your playstyle. What is important is to be able to spawn 3 illusions whenever one shatterskill is off cooldown)

Utility Skills
Signet of Either (Healing), Mirror Images, Decoy, Phantasmal Disenchanter/Signet of Inspiration, Timewarp (PvE)/ Mass Invisibility (PvP)

Rune:
Superior Rune of Strength.

(It will help you to maintain your might as well give you boost to your damage.)

Build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQJAWRnsISna2oGGqB1aIp1YOVOoerzKjUBUyLqG-TJRGwAAuEAJeCAg2fAaZAA

2 – Domination
4 – Dueling
0 – Chaos
2 – Inspiration
6 – Illusions

Domintion
Minor – Illusion of Vulnerability
Major – Mental Torment

Dueling
Minor – Critical Infusion, Sharper Images
Major – Phantasmal Fury, Deceptive Evasion

Inspiration
Minor – Vengeful Images
Major – Vigorous Revelation

Illusions
Minor – Illusionary Retribution, Illusionis Celerity, Shattered Strength
Major – Precise Wrack, Illusionary Invigoration, Illusionary Persona

Optional traits for tweaking:
Illusionary Invigoration, Phantasmal Fury

Crucial Traits:
Deceptive Evasion, Vigorous Revelation, Shattered Strength, Illusionary Persona, Illusionis Celerity

How the build works:
This build heavily depends on shatters. To shatter your illusions, you will need illusions. That is why it is important to maintain 3 illusions at any cost. When your primary weapon have its cooldown off, then you swich for your secondary weapon. It will give you might (because of the Sigil) and ability to spawn new illusions.

Keep close to your enemy, that way you won’t miss out the Illusionary Persona Effects which is extremly important. If you are using staff, then stay in close combat as you will gain might at a higher rate.

Remeber to dodge. Because of Illusionary Revelation and Critical Infusion traits you will have 100% uptime on vigor which mean you will be able to dodge twice as often. It will spawn clones for upcoming shatters and make you able to avoid incoming damage more often. The trait also support your group which will make them able to survive longer.

Lastly, this might take some training but if you use Greatsword, then spawn phantasms when your shatters are on cooldown. They might have the chance to attack twice before you shatter which give you more damage.
If you use Staff when shatters are on cooldown, then spawn clones for AA which give might, fury, bleed and burning.

Please try it and tell me what you think!

/Evalysia

I don’t want to come across harsh, but this is just a weaker version of the classic 4-4-0-0-6 Shatter build. You take signet of the ether but you want to be shattering your illusions, and disenchanted would be better replaced by null field in most settings. In PvE you shouldn’t really need either and would be better off taking feedback or mimic.

Benjamin.8237:

I don’t want to come across harsh, but this is just a weaker version of the classic 4-4-0-0-6 Shatter build. You take signet of the ether but you want to be shattering your illusions, and disenchanted would be better replaced by null field in most settings. In PvE you shouldn’t really need either and would be better off taking feedback or mimic.

It is a remodified build based on the classic shatterbuild. The difference is that it has a higher rate to spawn clones due to the nerf of Critical Infusion which is now boosted with Vigorous Revelation.
I agree that Illusionary Disenchanter could be replaced by feedback or nullfiled depending on situation.

I chose Signet of Either mainly because of its active affect. Because shattering is your primary damage so would e.g. Either Feast hard to use for its full potential.

Well with you having permanent vigor, I don’t see why you even use SoE. You can always just create another clone to use ether feast for, which instantly makes it a better heal with a lower cd. Also your phantasms do far less damage than your shatters, so I don’t see why you would need to have any more phantasm uptime than the minimum amount.

Well with you having permanent vigor, I don’t see why you even use SoE. You can always just create another clone to use ether feast for, which instantly makes it a better heal with a lower cd. Also your phantasms do far less damage than your shatters, so I don’t see why you would need to have any more phantasm uptime than the minimum amount.

Edit: the Disenchanter thing has been mentioned, but if you really want condi removal why not the mantra?

Overall, this is a shatter build for PvE….which means it isn’t going to do all that well. There’s several reasons for this, the first being that you’ll be producing far lower damage than a standard phantasm build.

The other reason is more specific to this build. You’ve been forced into massive trait, rune, sigil, and utility expenditure just to provide might stacks now and then to your party. Warriors can maintain 25 stacks of might with 2 traits and then autoattacking with a greatsword. Elementalists can do 25 stacks of might for a party easily with blasts…and provide large amounts of fury at the same time. There’s no need for a mesmer that’s kitten most of their build just to be able to provide might to a party.

Thanks for the feedback!

Regarding SoE was mainly for the ability deal extra damage. It could easily be replaced with Either Feast if that would suit better. Also Phantasmal Disenchanter was primary used for the lowered CD due to Illusionist Celerity and Shatterfodder. Which Nullfied can’t provide. But I guess it is situational as well personal preference.

Pyro – It is true what you say. It might not be superior the regular phantasm build damage-wise but it is a decent shatter build for PvE. Even if the phantasms attacks are lowered, it will be compensated with the shatters (which also make aoe damage) as well providing support for the group.

Aniltiger.9186:

Thanks for the feedback!

Regarding SoE was mainly for the ability deal extra damage. It could easily be replaced with Either Feast if that would suit better. Also Phantasmal Disenchanter was primary used for the lowered CD due to Illusionist Celerity and Shatterfodder. Which Nullfied can’t provide. But I guess it is situational as well personal preference.

Pyro – It is true what you say. It might not be superior the regular phantasm build damage-wise but it is a decent shatter build for PvE. Even if the phantasms attacks are lowered, it will be compensated with the shatters (which also make aoe damage) as well providing support for the group.

I agree with others. Many players have swapped to the signet heal because its passive. They can have up 3 illusions and know they’ll have the passive heal. However, since your build focuses around shatters, the worry with phantasm recharge isn’t that major because it will just get shattered anyways fast enough. Ether Feast would be a much better choice.

Have you considered swapping out VR for either Crippling Dissipation or Shattered Concentration? I know its AoE vigor, but since the range is only 240 you may be wasting the boon strip or cripple for sharing vigor to maybe 1 person…