Guild Wars 2

Hi all,
I just wanted to share my build with you all so we can discuss it and make it better.

So, first the link to the build

The point of this build is to stack conditions on the target with staff skills and clones (especially bleeding and vulnerability), while having little bursts of damage with swords and shatters, and in the meantime being as evasive as possible by mantaining always three phantasms/clones active (mirror images, evasion, etc…).

Destruction of clones is not only expected, but incouraged, since i got all the traits that gives extra condi on the killer.

Protection vs ranged are provided by reflect field and iWarden, while shatters, chaos field and distraction mantra offer plenty of interrupts.

I’m not certain if it is feasible to have all the two kind of offensive (cond / shatters) or if it’s better to focus on one (i’d prefer condi, but I read here that there are better classes at that than the mesmer) and i think that this build is too squishy, so i’d choose different gear to get a little more survivability.

What do you think about it?

Thanks if you decide to dedicate 5 mins of oyur time to this

You do know that Shattering clones is not the same as Killing clones, right?

You will only get the benefits of the 10 points in Dom and the 10 points in Chaos if your clones are killed by either your opponent or if you ‘replace’ them by producing another clone/illusion or using DE (clone of dodge) which will replace (kill) the oldest one.

Both those traits are better with Scepter that produces a clone on it’s 3rd auto-attack chain. This allows you do replace clones quicker to take advantage of the clone of death traits.

Key is that shattering your clones is not the same as killing them.

If you are looking for a decent Shatter build that also does decent Condition damage, look at Osicat’s Shatter Heavy 3.0 build (which uses Celestial Ascended neck).

Hi OP,
you need to figure out which playstyle you’re attuned to: 1) shatter your clones a lot or 2) let them die to inflict conditions. Mixing between these 2 extremes would yield a less optimal build.

If you like shattering, definitely check out Osicat’s builds as Xavi already suggested.
If you like condition and death clone effects, you can check out my build since your build has very similar trait setup to mine. Link: http://tinyurl.com/kbqtc33

Cheers

I like the clone spammer, but i’d prefer to go with a little more damage, getting the sword instead of the scepter (blurring frenzy ftw) and adding a few rampager equip instead of the rabid to increase power (especially with sword) and crit chance to 50%.
The traits are ok, except for Illusion 20 (VII) and Dueling 10 (IV)

Hwere’s the modification

The strategy with this build would be to start with the staff adding conditions and avoiding confrontation, then switch to sword get in iDuelist, blurred frenzy and a few sword clones for a spike damage, then switch again to staff to escape. Rinse and repeat.

@Runic, Hi mate.

What you need is to make up your mind Eather you need to dedicate to shatters, drop the 5 points out of dueling and get IP in Illusions and focus on shatter more. If you do this you lose the need of try stack phantasm, instead thye be like hellfire misiles Release and forget. You send a phantasm away, wait a little and use him as a bomb. For this type of gameplay you DO NOT want pure condition build. You want a hybrid setup.

Here is my hybrid shatter setup, it do almoats the same dmg in power as a glascannon buiuld, it also have bleeds tick for 100~ / tick and survive almost anything you throw at it.

If you rather want the phantasm to be a backbone of your dmg, shatter only in desperation and do more condition dmg purly. Well then you want to dedicate to this. Drop most shatter focused abilitys, make sure you have atleast 20 dueling and 20 chaos for survival and clone production, clone to do dmg on death + bleed on crits.

Here is my condition build:

Enjoy and if you curious about builds etc have a look in my Guide.

/Osicat