Guild Wars 2

I intend of going a Power build, but not too sure which one, and I HATE buying/making new gear. SO if I just get Zerker gear, can I really go wrong?
If I feel too squishy I would just get some trinkets for that, but overall can zerker gear do all Mes power builds?

(If the Pvp vs. PvE argument shows up, I normally take the PvP and use it in PvE)

So thanks for all the help

I personally use full zerk gear with 3 knights trinkets (ascended ones with precision as main stat). That will give me the burst up par with full zerker while giving me 1,2k toughness which allows me to take a backstab and live with a somewhat healthy amount of HP.
No matter which gamemode you’re doing, you can not go wrong with zerker.

Short answer: yes. You’ll be glassy, but zerker covers all the basic needs.

In PvP, the equipment is of no cost to you. Do you mean WvW? Depending on if you want to roam, havoc, or zerg, different stats would suit different needs, but zerker can work regardless.

Arikyali.5804:

Short answer: yes. You’ll be glassy, but zerker covers all the basic needs.

In PvP, the equipment is of no cost to you. Do you mean WvW? Depending on if you want to roam, havoc, or zerg, different stats would suit different needs, but zerker can work regardless.

PvP = WvW and sPvP. I normally use the same build and gear where ever I go

In sPvP the gear is free for you. In WvW the gear uses your PvE/regular gear.

But the answer is probably yes, as a Power based Mesmer you can probably get Zerker gear and then if you feel too squishy, fix this with accessories/weapon stats.

considering you have separate builds in pvp and pve i would highly recommend not using the same build

even if that wasnt the case i wouldnt recommend it

Pretty much can’t go wrong with Zerk as a baseline. Every Power build benefits from crits for more damage. Most mesmer builds want Precision to take advantage of vigor-on-crit and bleeding-on-clone-crit from the Dueling line (even if your Condition Damage is 0).

You can always throw in some Soldier/Knight/Cavalier stuff for more durability. (Right now I keep trinkets and weapons the same between PvE and WvW, but swap armor; that way I can use different runes.)

You can also mix in Assassin gear to min/max crit on reflection. See the mesmer dungeon guide thread for info about this special case.