Guild Wars 2

This post is for those who care and have nothing better to do than hear my tale…

Mesmer is the 5th class I played. Before that I had leveled a guardian, thief, ele to 80 and had a ranger at 40. I fell in love with the Mesmer ASAP and played mantra mes from the very start. Mesmer became my main and I played many a mesmer hour until the april 15th patch. That patch ruined my mesmer for PVE and I got so mad I made another ele that looked like my mesmer ( weird I know ) same armor and all, and began to main ele again. Something just doesnt feel right though… I Feel like… I feel like I miss my Mesmer :\ I even took Bolt off of him and put it on my thief… horrible I know.

Now that im done complaining, whats the big PVE and WVW builds these days? im so lacking and far behind in the mesmer world… I need help… thanks guys, sorry for the long post

PvE Build:

6/6/0/0/2
III/VI/XI
IV/II/-
III
- can be IX or XI (IX is stronger but XI is safer)

Run Sword/Pistol + Focus. Use offhand sword as necessary (useful vs Lupi as extra block, for example).

Only use Greatsword when you have to range, aka Fractals (Fire Shaman, Mai, Ice Elemental/Dredge, etc).

SIgnet of the Ether, Mantra of Concentration, Mantra of Resolve, Feedback, Time Warp.

Swap in Mantra of Distraction, Mantra of Restoration, Ether Signet as necessary. Mantra of Pain is also good for luring inquest vs Abomination.

Staff is good vs Mossman if he gets stuck under water since Greatsword won’t hit him. I personally suggest spawning 3 Spear phantasms and camp Staff with 4 Mantras charged for those sweet, sweet 1.5k Crits. If you want more dps, swap to a 2/3/0/5/4 build then swap back.

Usable in every dungeon and fractals. You may swap to 2/3/0/5/4 Phant during certain scenario’s. If you need to run a lot and aren’t very strong, swap to 0/4/6/4/0 and put on every stealth skill + blink and Sword/Torch + Staff for mobility. Use speed runes such as Centaur, Traveler, Speed.

Azure.8670:

Now that im done complaining, whats the big PVE and WVW builds these days? im so lacking and far behind in the mesmer world… I need help… thanks guys, sorry for the long post

You have ele for it. Don’t create problems for yourself with mesmer

See the link in my sig for the current builds that are used by most meta players.

6/6/0/0/2 is less DPS than 6/4/0/0/4 in most situations. Sword offhand is preferred also because of the extra block and high damage from illusionary riposte. The damage from the swordsman is also less condition based than the duelist, which can be important depending on the party composition.

Also, @Esplen: getting Mossman underwater, really? And fighting Mossman without reflects, really? :\ Don’t encourage people to cheese.

DONT BUG MOSSMAN

Mesmers kittened. Roll warrior.

I never said to get him stuck, I just said what to do if he got stuck.

Also, ranger (or scholar) runes instead of centaur or gods-forbid Traveller trash. Use an alternate set with centaur if you need speed (cast Mantra of Recovery over and over to get perma-swiftness), and swap between them and your main set if necessary.

And never take Deceptive Evasion unless you specifically know what encounter it is useful for (you don’t want your dodges to create clones and wipe useful phantasms).

maha.7902:

DONT BUG MOSSMAN

I haven’t seen this done successfully in close to a year, is it still a thing?