Guild Wars 2

Preface
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This build focuses on keeping to one setup for everything. It’s an attempt to assimilate a balance within the core mesmer mechanics so you don’t have to change traits or gear ever again. I’ve been using this type of build for along time (minus updates that force me to alter a few things). Overall, it just seemed appropriate to form something I could use for just about any situation and still be reliable. Unlike the first Guild Wars, this game is far less customizable and the variety of builds are not as demanding within the world. Due the leniency, it just felt natural to find and sustain a balance.

Hopefully this build can come in handy, more so for a casual player.

Editor
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pvp:

Versatile Mesmer 1

pve:

Versatile Mesmer 2

Videos
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I’m still in the process of recording more videos. If you have any suggestions of situations you’d want to see this build perform in, then please don’t be afraid to ask.

pvp:

Random Match 1
Random Match 2

Second post reserved for added videos & info*

1. Cool music.

2. I love Signet of midnight in gw1. Oh and its name is pretty cool.

3. Please learn your keybinds.

4. No stunbreak in pvp?

5. I have played around with most things on mesmer at least once, except rending shatter. Did you miss click when using the build editor?

6. Sigil of force and accuracy dont effect clones and phantasms.

7. Am i missing some sort of troll if so i feel kind of dull. Reread your post 2x and there is no hint that i can find to it other than the “perhaps more so for new players” part.

8. I like your sword.

9. If you use signet of midnight in wvw please use it for safe stomping; most people have no idea mesmer has an instant cast aoe blind that doesn’t break channeling.

10. At the end are you bragging about beating them even though you used skill clicking as a handicap?

Pwent.2639:

4. No stunbreak in pvp?

I haven’t had a need for it. Usually phase retreat to create a little space followed by cleanse is enough to alleviate the time I might be stuck. Even then, it’s not a very common situation I experience. Most of the time, a stun will only be a problem for me when I’m either overwhelmed by foes or it’s a big cluster fight for a cap point. In both of those situations, it doesn’t usually matter if I’m stunned or not. 1v1 spacial scenarios are easy to maintain with what I have.

Pwent.2639:

5. I have played around with most things on mesmer at least once, except rending shatter. Did you miss click when using the build editor?

Anything to put pressure on the foe as well as give me a little more edge with offense, then I’ll take it. I like the idea of dropping lots of vulnerability as it not only benefits me, but my allies as well.

Pwent.2639:

6. Sigil of force and accuracy dont effect clones and phantasms.

Doesn’t matter. I’ve only got two in the build and they’re both traited for higher crit chance, so that’s good enough. If you haven’t noticed, the source of my damage is the burst, so the sigils and mantra trait are working as intended.

Pwent.2639:

10. At the end are you bragging about beating them even though you used skill clicking as a handicap?

Bragging is an overstatement. Think of it more like silly trolling in an attempt to raise some blood pressure. I probably should cover the chat anyways. I’ll load a new video later – also downing the gain so the music isn’t as loud.

While you call it a handicap, I call it a challenge.

So I updated the video and also changed a sigil on the PvE build. I actually use Perception instead of strength as typically with strength runes + boon duration; I can hold a ton of might. So getting some crits seems proper.

Please do offer any advice you can give to help make this build better! I guess just remember the core idea being about balancing and reliability; from support and lock-down to damage etc. It’s gotta be a build that can essentially cater to a casual player who doesn’t want to constantly change builds.

Blackmoon.6837:

Pwent.2639:

4. No stunbreak in pvp?

I haven’t had a need for it. Usually phase retreat to create a little space followed by cleanse is enough to alleviate the time I might be stuck. Even then, it’s not a very common situation I experience. Most of the time, a stun will only be a problem for me when I’m either overwhelmed by foes or it’s a big cluster fight for a cap point. In both of those situations, it doesn’t usually matter if I’m stunned or not. 1v1 spacial scenarios are easy to maintain with what I have.

Pwent.2639:

5. I have played around with most things on mesmer at least once, except rending shatter. Did you miss click when using the build editor?

Anything to put pressure on the foe as well as give me a little more edge with offense, then I’ll take it. I like the idea of dropping lots of vulnerability as it not only benefits me, but my allies as well.

Pwent.2639:

6. Sigil of force and accuracy dont effect clones and phantasms.

Doesn’t matter. I’ve only got two in the build and they’re both traited for higher crit chance, so that’s good enough. If you haven’t noticed, the source of my damage is the burst, so the sigils and mantra trait are working as intended.

Pwent.2639:

10. At the end are you bragging about beating them even though you used skill clicking as a handicap?

Bragging is an overstatement. Think of it more like silly trolling in an attempt to raise some blood pressure. I probably should cover the chat anyways. I’ll load a new video later – also downing the gain so the music isn’t as loud.

While you call it a handicap, I call it a challenge.

Shattered concentration is better in almost every situation in pvp over rending shatter if you have room for it. Why would you put a few extra stacks of vuln when you can already spike it up to 25 stacks instead of stripping stability, protection, stacks of might, vigor, and such?

Pwent.2639:

Shattered concentration is better in almost every situation in pvp over rending shatter if you have room for it. Why would you put a few extra stacks of vuln when you can already spike it up to 25 stacks instead of stripping stability, protection, stacks of might, vigor, and such?

I gave it a go and must say, I’m liking it so far. I only got a round in before my internet started to die. So I’ll probably commit to it tomorrow or somethin’. In any case, there was some pretty good advantages I earned within that round; due to sc. It was probably just the players skills, but a couple of 1v1 vs a necro and war both started out questionable up until I dropped their boons, then it was almost like steamrolling.

Sigil of Force and Accuracy are very far from being good in PvP atm.