Guild Wars 2

Hi. I’m looking for advice on what is the current meta for power and condition builds for WvW roaming/small group pvp. Also what kind of gear for both power and condition builds. What kind of weapon sets. Is it knights or soldier for power builds? Is it dire or rabid for condi builds? Cheers.

So what is the main shatter build atm for wvw? What in terms of weap/gear set up? Been looking around the forums and some shatter builds don’t even include illusionary persona and some seem outright weird with trait choices. Does PU still > IP even in a shatter build? Anyone know the main shatter meta build atm for wvw?

Shatter isn’t as strong as it used to be because of nerfs (Blurred Frenzy), the current condition meta and almost all WvW players running toughness now. The typical shatter build doesn’t really have room for condition removal either.

People still run it but it isn’t as strong or popular as it once was.

Shatter Mesmers need to be zerker to be any effective.
Zerker mesmers are completely shut down by any kind of thief.
Also, people have stopped running glass cannon builds in WvW, so even if you are full zerker, it would require some time to actually kill someone.
It’s a boring meta, but that’s what we have.

there’s a GS Shatter build you could try, has an extremely high burst potential from 1200 range