Guild Wars 2

I have been seeing a lot of mesmers lately complaining about losing 1v1 fights and being all emo and sad. So I have decided to share my build. I have been running this exactly set up since the launch of this game. It’s really funny actually through all the nerfs and the qq this build has always been strong and worked extremely well for me. Even i am quite surprised nothing has been changed with this build.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQRAsa8MlwzaoHTzomk4MDoHdUFwO5DqukCenbA-TgAg0CnI4SxljLDXSuscB
Their you go. Not the hardest build to play. You can swap the utilities for whatever you want. I constantly find myself switching them.
Its not the best in tpvp but when i occasionaly play this spec in tpvp i like to roam with it. Its really nice for blowing up bunkers. But other mesmer specs are a lot better for tpvp.
But this build really stands out 1v1 against well any class.
The only real advise i can give is time your Phantasm attacks with your blurred frenzy. It may be hard at first but you can pick up the timing and rhythm really fast. Enjoy
-Pres Mitt Romneny.

I’m curious as to why you’ve chosen Sword-Mainhand in both weapon sets. How do you deal with the shared CDs, and what do you do if you’re ever forced out of melee range? Also, with Sharper Images, wouldn’t iZerker do more dmg than iSwordsman simply due to bleed? Why the Dazzling minor in Dom? Is the vuln really good enough to justify not putting those 5 into Inspiration which gives a lot more utility?

looks like crap, phantasm 10/20/30/10/0 build would be much better for one v ones

Nuka Cola.8520:

looks like crap, phantasm 10/20/30/10/0 build would be much better for one v ones

There’s Nuka, as mature and helpful as ever.

Aquilus.9423:

I’m curious as to why you’ve chosen Sword-Mainhand in both weapon sets. How do you deal with the shared CDs, and what do you do if you’re ever forced out of melee range? Also, with Sharper Images, wouldn’t iZerker do more dmg than iSwordsman simply due to bleed? Why the Dazzling minor in Dom? Is the vuln really good enough to justify not putting those 5 into Inspiration which gives a lot more utility?

1.The swords cd are low enough and it works actually completely fine.
2. No iSwordsman actually hits harder and crts harder
3. With this build you actually stack vul very fast plus the off hand sword daze and their really isn’t a better 5 point investment nothing else in inspiration is really good for phant builds.
4. Eh its personal preference

Nuka Cola.8520:

looks like crap, phantasm 10/20/30/10/0 build would be much better for one v ones

Lol looks like crap? And its not i hit harder then that phantasm build. But whatever everyone has their own opinion. Been playing the same exact build since launch and have had amazing success with it. If you don’t like it don’t play it.

Okay okay i guess i’ll have to tell you why i think this build sucks… 1) you have Sword MH on both sets. 2) Since phantasm HP increase and sig of illusion significant HP decrease its not worth running EVEN in a pure phantasm build, take Veil for more stealth cheesing, Phatasmal Defender, Mantra of Resolve or even dat sig of domination for the 3sec stun so iDuelists can land all their bleeds/damage. It always depends against who you’re playing against so if its a condi engi/necro mantra of resolve is more useful, if its another mesmer i’d go with Veil and so on.

You have 15 points in Domination~ Dazzling has no use for a phantasm build (especially yours), 10 points is enough. Dueling~ Don’t have Phanta Fury in a build fully focused on phantasms and i also prefer having DE even in a phantasm build so ‘if’ my phantasms are dead from aoe (engi nades for example), i can always hide behind them as a shield for ranged/none piercing attacks, but this is just a preference, you do what you want. I always ran 25 in inspiration like a nab for dat 15% additional phantasm damage when running a phant build (before IC nerf) but its NOT worth it at all anymore. There’s also no point whatsoever to even invest points in Illusions because Illusionary Distribution is useless for what you try to achieve and Compounding Power is mainly for shatter builds.

Nuka Cola.8520:

Okay okay i guess i’ll have to tell you why i think this build sucks… 1) you have Sword MH on both sets. 2) Since phantasm HP increase and sig of illusion significant HP decrease its not worth running EVEN in a pure phantasm build, take Veil for more stealth cheesing, Phatasmal Defender, Mantra of Resolve or even dat sig of domination for the 3sec stun so iDuelists can land all their bleeds/damage. It always depends against who you’re playing against so if its a condi engi/necro mantra of resolve is more useful, if its another mesmer i’d go with Veil and so on.

You have 15 points in Domination~ Dazzling has no use for a phantasm build (especially yours), 10 points is enough. Dueling~ Don’t have Phanta Fury in a build fully focused on phantasms and i also prefer having DE even in a phantasm build so ‘if’ my phantasms are dead from aoe (engi nades for example), i can always hide behind them as a shield for ranged/none piercing attacks, but this is just a preference, you do what you want. I always ran 25 in inspiration like a nab for dat 15% additional phantasm damage when running a phant build (before IC nerf) but its NOT worth it at all anymore. There’s also no point whatsoever to even invest points in Illusions because Illusionary Distribution is useless for what you try to achieve and Compounding Power is mainly for shatter builds.

Cool Have you tried the build? No? Well then. Guess who has been playing this build since launch and who has had amazing success 1v1 with it. Also i see you completed failed to read anything that i have posted. But its fine i will play my build and own and you can do wahtever you want.

Derps.7421:

Nuka Cola.8520:

Okay okay i guess i’ll have to tell you why i think this build sucks… 1) you have Sword MH on both sets. 2) Since phantasm HP increase and sig of illusion significant HP decrease its not worth running EVEN in a pure phantasm build, take Veil for more stealth cheesing, Phatasmal Defender, Mantra of Resolve or even dat sig of domination for the 3sec stun so iDuelists can land all their bleeds/damage. It always depends against who you’re playing against so if its a condi engi/necro mantra of resolve is more useful, if its another mesmer i’d go with Veil and so on.

You have 15 points in Domination~ Dazzling has no use for a phantasm build (especially yours), 10 points is enough. Dueling~ Don’t have Phanta Fury in a build fully focused on phantasms and i also prefer having DE even in a phantasm build so ‘if’ my phantasms are dead from aoe (engi nades for example), i can always hide behind them as a shield for ranged/none piercing attacks, but this is just a preference, you do what you want. I always ran 25 in inspiration like a nab for dat 15% additional phantasm damage when running a phant build (before IC nerf) but its NOT worth it at all anymore. There’s also no point whatsoever to even invest points in Illusions because Illusionary Distribution is useless for what you try to achieve and Compounding Power is mainly for shatter builds.

Cool Have you tried the build? No? Well then. Guess who has been playing this build since launch and who has had amazing success 1v1 with it. Also i see you completed failed to read anything that i have posted. But its fine i will play my build and own and you can do wahtever you want.

Okay!!! /15char

personally speaking, I am a little sick of playing mesmer right now. My main character is Mesmer too, been playing since launch. I have used OP’s build before, MH sword for both, simply because specter does not hit hard enough, Sc#1 is slow, Sc#2 just meh, Sc#3 probably the only useful but not worth taking just for it.

The reason to take MH sword for both really because of the OH, both OH pistol and sword phantasm hit really hard and fast, thats the main reason really.

But to be honest, I started using spirit ranger (omg what am i doing) since yesterday, and I have beaten any type of mesmer, shatter was easy to destroy, Phantasm since hitting target just no good against spirit ranger.

Also, probably I played so much mesmer I can read every move the mesmer does…

well, I will just wait for the next update….

Nuka Cola.8520:

kitten s.7421:

Nuka Cola.8520:

Okay okay i guess i’ll have to tell you why i think this build sucks… 1) you have Sword MH on both sets. 2) Since phantasm HP increase and sig of illusion significant HP decrease its not worth running EVEN in a pure phantasm build, take Veil for more stealth cheesing, Phatasmal Defender, Mantra of Resolve or even dat sig of domination for the 3sec stun so iDuelists can land all their bleeds/damage. It always depends against who you’re playing against so if its a condi engi/necro mantra of resolve is more useful, if its another mesmer i’d go with Veil and so on.

You have 15 points in Domination~ Dazzling has no use for a phantasm build (especially yours), 10 points is enough. Dueling~ Don’t have Phanta Fury in a build fully focused on phantasms and i also prefer having DE even in a phantasm build so ‘if’ my phantasms are dead from aoe (engi nades for example), i can always hide behind them as a shield for ranged/none piercing attacks, but this is just a preference, you do what you want. I always ran 25 in inspiration like a nab for dat 15% additional phantasm damage when running a phant build (before IC nerf) but its NOT worth it at all anymore. There’s also no point whatsoever to even invest points in Illusions because Illusionary Distribution is useless for what you try to achieve and Compounding Power is mainly for shatter builds.

Cool Have you tried the build? No? Well then. Guess who has been playing this build since launch and who has had amazing success 1v1 with it. Also i see you completed failed to read anything that i have posted. But its fine i will play my build and own and you can do wahtever you want.

Okay!!! /15char

I totally agree with you but some people just can’t accept their build isnt that great. Compounding Power is USELESS in a Phantasm build as they only buff YOU and not the clones and illusions (though i think they should!)

It should either be 10 or 20 into Dom, the 15 point trait is VERY useless when you have so little access to interrupts. Points in Illusions are all wasted the 5 point bonus has NO benefit to a Phantasm build and as stated Compounding Power is useless in a Phantasm Build

Weapons wise, i would have gone with Sword/???(my pref is Focus) and Greatsword great range weapon, killer Phantasm, Might and Vul as well as creating clones on target

Nuka although blatantly arrogant has brought up some points i was thinking about as well.. Dont mind him though, always thinking he is the best mesmers on the world and does it in the most immature way.

@ kitten s
The 10 points in illusions doesnt really help a phant build all too much, and the major 10 point trait only applies to you and not your phantasms, Have you considered maybe placing 5 these points into inspiration, there is a lot of utility and in 30 for inspiration and some much needed condition removal.

Also, Dazing is good, and the 15 point trait in domination can really increase your dps, but in 1v1 situation, you really only have the sword OH daze as pistol gives you stun on first bounce. If you combined these 5 points with the spare from illusions you could get Phantasmal fury in the dueling line, which helps a tremendous amount, especially for the iSwordsman(This is because the swordsman only has one attack, the similar applies to a thief backstab, if that attack does not crit it is a major dps loss, so having this crit more than it currently does would justify the loss on the 15 point dom line(iDuelist has many hits in his attack, each hit crits independently, which is a lot safer and sustained dps can be expected more here))

Why do you choose OH sword and pistol, just curious. Also, great sword can help a lot in situations when you are in trouble.

Runes: I prefer eagle runes, less power for more crit chance.. 6% increase if i am correct.. You also do not loose the 6th bonus because your health is not 90% anymore, which would be 2k HP loss on my build(not a lot :/)

Please know, i am not trying to put you on the spot or anything.

Psych