Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, so I was looking at Mesmer builds after playing around last night in a while and was liking the condition style builds, I was playing with the build editor and came up with this

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhMQRAsc7enknB1ohlpBmqBEgilZjysC2tWqOX/1htMAqtcD-TFiUABPpOwCK98RJIUq847BBQClBAs/wKaECAgAEozAkCwrpWA-w

Just wondering people’s thoughts and any changes? None of it is set I was changing bits here and there last night, not sure on the heal skill or if I have the best armour stats or utilities, I’ve put null field but I like the idea of arcane thievery just its long cd gets me, any other way of decent condo Clense? . Just wanted to know what u guys think or any changes u could suggest. I know it’s similar to other builds just my own take trying to make something slightly different

Cheers In Advance!

The mantra is a superior personal cleanse.

Why a sword?

Cheers for the response! Il try using the mantra and see how it goes, with mantras do u find that the time to prepare a mantra can be a bit crippling if uve used em? Or best to disengage re prepare and engage,

I chose sword as I like to do roaming found the extra evade can help as well as another easy clone for shatters, just a bit more diversity than using septere on its own, is it best to keep septer as main hand for both weapon sets?

Hi

First, please always mention which game mode you are interested in. Here I assume it is WvW roaming (not PvP because PvE gears, not PvE because interrupts and confusion are not so useful there), but I may very well be wrong.

Now, assuming that, here are my comments:

• as msalakka mentions, sword is weird. I can get behind the main-hand sword, since it is defensive weapon (and you have hybrid stats), but the off-hand sword not so much. If you want an offensive condi weapon, I would rather go for pistol, possibly with duelist’s discipline since you focus on interrupts anyway. Else, torch (stealth is strong in WvW) or staff.
• Again, as msalakka mentions, the mantra is good. Arcane thievery is unreliable and long CD. Null field forces you to remain in the same spot to get the cleanse. Mantra is good, especially if you can have stealth or LoS to recharge it.
• I would take master of manipulation over illusionary defense, even if you only have “blink”. With this, mirror becomes acceptable healing (not stronger than ether feast, just different).
• For your gear, you seem to end up with a all-round gear set (a bit of every stats). If you want to do so, a mix of celestial and sinister will get you a similar stat mix, but with more total stats.
• Finally, I could discuss the fact that in a condi build, you may want to consider “Illusions”, but we of course have to make a choice and your choice is perfectly acceptable.

Hey silver thanks for the reply,

To clarify it is wvw roaming that I tend to do, I chose sword offhand for the extra block (daze or clone depending if block happens) however I do like the torch for the stealth, I will change back to that, I like pistol it’s a cool offhand weapon especially skill 5 I find can be handy just the cd get me slightly,

i was playing around between using sword/pistol as a defensive only set, personally found I was becoming more “bunkerish” as I had sword pistol and shield, so I completely get ur advice on switching to torch, I’ve not tried staff tbh since patch as they took the blind out, is it still a good worth while choice do you think?

Totally agree with what u both said about mantra being used as condi cleanse been ace

Regarding gear, tbh I was completely unsure which to choose and didn’t realise it kinda turned into a mixed bag so much! Is it worth sticking to full set of dire or rabid? Would this include trinkets?

Lastly with illusions I like the traitline I just don’t know what to swap it with, chaos (nice stability, condition damage based on toughness) or duelling (mistrust, blind on shatter) what would be ur thoughts?

Great advice though guys thanks!

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhMQRAsf7enknBNqhlpBGpBEgiFijCN0eoOoOT70Q1MAysFC-TlCHAB4pE0Q1fiZ/h30IAwDAYgjAASKD6VpH9HEgb1HAA-w

This is where I’m at taking considerations I to account, I took out dueling for illusion, changed heal to mirror, Mantra condi cleanse and set gear to a sinister/rabid mix, changed to runes of undead for extra condi, don’t know if I’ve gone over the top on condi damage now though