Hello! I was hoping someone could link me a Confusion based build. I see a lot of Shatter builds, and know I can’t get away from using clones. I don’t plan to use this build for serious dungeon runs or PvP. Just for fun! I also know I could Google this, but most builds are from a long time ago. A lot has changed since the BWE’s! Haha, so any help in Confusion builds is appreciated. Please, I don’t need to hear that confusion is useless or anything. Don’t care, I want to use it for fun. Enjoy the game!
or 20/0/0/20/30. Reduced Glamour cooldowns, and with Domination 20, glamour fields slap 5sec of Confusion to anyone what enters or leaves. Fun with portal/veil/null/feedback
Malegryne (Sylvari Mesmer), Lannka (Asura Thief) – Ferguson’s Crossing: [PRD/BRB/OMFG]
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
Advent’s build above is really fun, especially for Wv3. During sieges if you throw down your null field, chaos storm and feedback at the same time on a zerg you get to watch lots of pretty pink numbers fly up on screen as everyone starts hitting themselves ;-)
In a 1v1 situation, I like to use my “Why are you hitting yourself?” attack combination. I just time my Phantasmal mage attack (torch 5), along with confusing images (scepter 3) and a full cry of frustration burst to get 12-14 stacks of confusion. Stunning them first really helps with this as confusing images is easily dodged. Then I block with scepter 2 and laugh at the pretty pink numbers ;-)
You’re right, confusion is never as effective as direct damage, but it’s a fun condition to play around with.
Here’s my current build using Rabid (Malice/Precision/Toughness) armour, weapons and trinkets (when I can find/make them…)
Combat revolves around summoning Clones and Phantasms and shattering them to cause Confusion and gain Might, usually after the Phantasms have completed 1 attack. In between, you have a lot of CC with Chaos Storm (25% chance to Daze), Magic Bullet and Diversion.
While Carrion (Malice/Power/Vitality) may work, Precision is needed to proc Critical Infusion as often as possible, keeping Vigor running full time. This then allows you to keep dodging and proc Deceptive Evasion.
You can check out FLIMPY’s and Kylia’s videos for some gameplay/builds for Confusion Mesmers.
or 20/0/0/20/30. Reduced Glamour cooldowns, and with Domination 20, glamour fields slap 5sec of Confusion to anyone what enters or leaves. Fun with portal/veil/null/feedback
Absolutly wrecks people in WvW. Huge staying power with 1300+toughness, using a few carrion rings etc..20k hp. 2300 armor. The only thing that will ruin your day is a 1v1 dual with a very good d/d bunker ele or a bunker guardian.
The build makes itself amazing when paired with a huge dps number class. I run with my zerker warrior friend that makes art work out of a hammer/GS build. 2vrs6 is our high number right now.
You can: pop up two illusions, finish with decoy, confusion shatter while casting signet of illusions, and confusion shatter again for really big confusion damage spikes.
That’s for fun. In a practical setting you want to use your distortion shatter before popping signet of illusions.
or 20/0/0/20/30. Reduced Glamour cooldowns, and with Domination 20, glamour fields slap 5sec of Confusion to anyone what enters or leaves. Fun with portal/veil/null/feedback
Absolutly wrecks people in WvW. Huge staying power with 1300+toughness, using a few carrion rings etc..20k hp. 2300 armor. The only thing that will ruin your day is a 1v1 dual with a very good d/d bunker ele or a bunker guardian.
The build makes itself amazing when paired with a huge dps number class. I run with my zerker warrior friend that makes art work out of a hammer/GS build. 2vrs6 is our high number right now.
I tried making this build on calculator and was wondering where the 1300+ toughness comes from, is it via armor and weapons and sigils? I goofed around with calculator and wondered if this build would be ok with a duo and for zerg support
At 80, all of yer stats base at 916 (iirc). Between that and some Chaos investment and/or Rabid Armour, 1300+ toughness is hella easy to pull off. Note, that Rabid’s still a good choice even with the 20/0/0/20/30 Glamour-bomb build.
As a reference, I’m currently 20/0/20/0/30, and pack about 1450 Toughness. Only 200 of that is from Chaos traitline. Most of my armour is Rabid,(pre/tou/cond) but my weapons are Carrion (pow/vit/cond) or Apothecary (vit/healing/cond). As such, with straight Rabid, you should easily pull 1300 Toughness at 80.
As for build: I’d honestly suggest more in Illusions, since that is our main condition damage traitline. Unless yer set on the Glamour c/d and duration mods from Inspiration. Truth is, either way can work, especially with tuning crystals and condi-booster food. Let alone a 6-pack of Superior Runes of the Undead.
Malegryne (Sylvari Mesmer), Lannka (Asura Thief) – Ferguson’s Crossing: [PRD/BRB/OMFG]
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
Ah ok thanks I am still learning and play pretty casually, I do really love the wvw of the game and the mesmer is super fun. Samiell mentioned a 20/0/0/20/30 build that I liked but I do not know what major traits to use in the build. I also love staff but in the air if I like scepter/focus or sword/focus, been using scepter/focus a lot of the time since I prefer hanging back from range. I was also looking at a 20/0/20/10/20 build
Folk crap on scep/focus … but it’s pretty kitten smexxy in WvW or PvP. Using that + staff, atm, occasionally staff/gs. Definately snag the 20 point Domination trait for glamour fields causing confusion, then master of confusion (level 10 illusions), those and the glamour mods from inspiration’ll make a nasty confusion-bomber. The other adds blinding befuddlement from illusions, and uses scep/torch. Then, The Prestige (torch #4) confuses in the area of its initial blind. (that trick also works for the active ability on Signet of Midnight, or any other blind we toss out).
One word of warning, however. While confusion can still work in PvP, keep in mind that confusion damage is halved in that game mode.
Malegryne (Sylvari Mesmer), Lannka (Asura Thief) – Ferguson’s Crossing: [PRD/BRB/OMFG]
Other 80s: Any but Warrior
I’ll try them both out. Thank you! I’m so happy that people are posting builds!