Guild Wars 2

Hello fellow mesmer players,

I like sharing my builds with the community, especially builds that are not among the most popular ones but if mastered they can still wreck havoc.

Here is a tutorial/ commentary video on this spec for you guys.
link: http://www.twitch.tv/xerrex/v/6761236

The build itself: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-RZ-3l;0ZUV11z6JV-71;9;4WTV;0056138146;4Vw07U;15NV05NV01U

Pure gameplay: http://www.twitch.tv/xerrex/v/7911105

I did change the feast heal to the mantra+ balthazar combo (10sec cd) and worked way better= more dmg/ more sustain, u can see the changes in the gameplay vid

Hope you enjoy the build and see you on the battlefield : P

Any feedback is welcome

as i played with the same concept (carrion amulet) here is few suggestion

Balthazar may seem nice with mantra but hardly as mantra heal usually used out of a fight due to interrupts.
also with illusion line over chaos you miss so much boons and protection up time which can assist you with the carrion amulets.
also with mirror reflect so helpful versus ranger/necro/engi etc….
regarding gameplay – really nice juke with the blink phase retreat spot – i hardly manage to do that in fights

At the moment I find Mental Defence clashes a bit with the frequent shatters in condition play – so I’m hoping that once we get Chronophantasma it will have a lot better synergy keeping the iDefender alive to tank more damage for longer.

That’s my only problem with using Inspiration currently – none of the grandmaster’s do it for me as much as all three of the Chaos grandmasters.

But nice play anyway.

I was running a very similar build after the update.
Two exceptions-
Scavenging Rune- better sustain and higher condi dmg
weapons- Sword/torch + scepter/pistol (which i changed to OH sword once i realized the pistol trait was broken)

It was fun… but our Condi shatter is so weak after the MtD nerf I started running with a Rampager’s amulet + traveler’s rune for extra power burst potential and mobility for solo queuing. Pistol is great with rampager’s also. Our sustain is so good being invested in the inspiration line I barely noticed the vit loss.

I am currently running a condi shatter build with pistol, but I’m really looking forward for the fix of duelist’s discipline… Currently even in rabid, the precision is too low to see many bleeds.

I average 5 bleeds from a duelist volley. That’s a fair bit of bleeds :P

It’s not amazing, considering the cooldown (i.e. unlikely to get a second volley). It would be the double with duelist’s discipline + cool down reduced for all interruptions, which are still fairly frequent (since I assume to get the 5 bleeds, you use phantasmal fury, else I am more around 4)