Guild Wars 2

So im curious as to what people will be changing in their builds? Will the standard shatter build stay the same?

10-20-30-10-0 Hybrid PU

Adding Signet cooldown reduction (losing Illusion damage trait)
Adding Menders purity (losing torch trait)

Swapping Torch out, replacing with Pistol

30(I, II, XII), 20 (II,X), 20(V, VIII). Chaos Storm is borderline OP with that.

Not too sure about the Dueling Majors, might swap some stuff around.

I run sw/p/staff, Ether Feast, Mantra of Distraction, Arcane Thievery and Mantra of Concentration. Not sure yet whether I will rely more on phantasms or shatters.

Standard shatter will still work and the most rewarding to master, although looks like nuking with phantasms got a big buff with this new heal and illusionary haste change.

Wild card is mantra mesmers, will be interesting to see how those trait changes work out.

Yea I feel like the Shatter build will still be my go to as it will still take the most skill. I only rock the PU build when i feel like hating people and making them mad lol

If you wanna test the Confounding Suggestions change in a lockdown build, (and the build alvarez mentioned) there is a guide on it here:

If you’d like to try out the Confounding Suggestions change (and the build Alvarez mentioned) there’s a guide here: 30/20/20/0/0 Lockdown build: Mind Crush

sendmark.4731:

Standard shatter will still work and the most rewarding to master, although looks like nuking with phantasms got a big buff with this new heal and illusionary haste change.

Wild card is mantra mesmers, will be interesting to see how those trait changes work out.

Yea I feel like the Shatter build will still be my go to as it will still take the most skill. I only rock the PU build when i feel like hating people and making them mad lol

If you’re a shatter player and wanna try the CS change, I present Shatterlock (currently in the running for the BoTM contest):

Shatterlock: 30/10/0/0/30 Shatter + Lockdown

Strong as a shatter build, but more versatility and a bit higher skill required.

I posed this build a while back, It’s what I’ll be using.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW7flwzqpXUTmGb9IipHBHyBcoPcdlZYbXIA-jkwA5wioxqjJiqBA-w