Guild Wars 2

Hello Mesmermates out there,

some of my guildmates mentioned that mesmer going to a shatter based playstyle as new meta build.

A is this true? (cant beleave it, in a postive way)
B which of these both gearsetups would you recommend for these kind of playstyle?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhEQNAscBnsIClfi9fCEgiFYjiMAugcDN5WumruXL2kF-TRBXwAA2fUe4SfwS1faoE7hSwAAHAWf91Xf91b91Xf9qPGg8A-e (actual metabattle gearrecommendation)

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhEQNAscBnsIClfi9fCEgiFYjiMAugcDN5WumruXL2kF-TBBXwAA2fU+5SfwS1feoEMAwBgzP/8zP/8+93f/tvjBIP-e (my own idea)

in total it is a difference of 6% CC (critchance) and 127 power

C Bersi<Assa/Bersi-mix as mesmer?

D how do you think about precise or power infusions?

thanks for you help
Ounday Etherwarlock =)
(sorry for my grammatics)

If this is pve, your guildmate was misinformed.

If this is pvp, shatter was always meta.

0.o hopes and dreams are ruined…
but thanks for your reply

I didn’t follow the whole thread so I don’t know what was the conclusion but I remember Fay (I believe) suggesting that shatters would need to be used to increase personal alacrity and repeating the quickness/alacrity rotation sooner. Is that not the case anymore?

Siggi.3201:

0.o hopes and dreams are ruined…
but thanks for your reply

Don’t get me wrong, your build is most of the way to being effective, but not in the way you think.

Alacrity-support is the future of mesmering in pve. It’s not the shatters that do damage though, it’s your allies :P

Silverkey.2078:

I didn’t follow the whole thread so I don’t know what was the conclusion but I remember Fay (I believe) suggesting that shatters would need to be used to increase personal alacrity and repeating the quickness/alacrity rotation sooner. Is that not the case anymore?

Shatters are unnecessary for personal alacrity. They had 2 uses, both related to boon upkeep. Chaotic persistence makes it so that more boons = more boon duration, and that transfers into higher quickness uptime. However, a full party applying boons makes your personal boons less important, as does the 50% boost from herald. The other thing shattering could be used for is ~12 stacks of partywide might, but that’s also unnecessary in a good party.

Permanent alacrity is easily obtained purely from wells, shatters aren’t needed.

Fay.2357:

Shatters are unnecessary for personal alacrity. They had 2 uses, both related to boon upkeep. Chaotic persistence makes it so that more boons = more boon duration, and that transfers into higher quickness uptime. However, a full party applying boons makes your personal boons less important, as does the 50% boost from herald. The other thing shattering could be used for is ~12 stacks of partywide might, but that’s also unnecessary in a good party.

Permanent alacrity is easily obtained purely from wells, shatters aren’t needed.

So is the conclusion that you do your usual meta PvE build but drop all your mantras and all for wells? Is the shield needed for the quickness?

Silverkey.2078:

Fay.2357:

Shatters are unnecessary for personal alacrity. They had 2 uses, both related to boon upkeep. Chaotic persistence makes it so that more boons = more boon duration, and that transfers into higher quickness uptime. However, a full party applying boons makes your personal boons less important, as does the 50% boost from herald. The other thing shattering could be used for is ~12 stacks of partywide might, but that’s also unnecessary in a good party.

Permanent alacrity is easily obtained purely from wells, shatters aren’t needed.

So is the conclusion that you do your usual meta PvE build but drop all your mantras and all for wells? Is the shield needed for the quickness?

Yeah, shield is very important for quickness. The shield phantasms will also be important for alacrity uptime in a potentially mobile fight where you can’t camp the wells constantly.