Guild Wars 2

55 trait points used, but I can’t manage to choose where to put the remaining 15.

- I play mostly GS and Sword+Focus/Pistol
- Is 150 Power (with the GS trait) really worth putting another 10 points in Domination? The minor trait at 15 points seems pretty worthless.
- I could put another 5 points in Dueling for either the Sword or Pistol trait.
- If I put 5 points in Dueling and 5 points in Illusions (+3% dmg), where do I put the remaining 5? In Inspiration for cond. removal on Shatters?
- What about 10 points in Chaos and 5 points in Illusions for the +3% damage/-3% dmg received? That would mean no weapon traits except for focus (is it a big loss?)
- Am I doing everything wrong?

My build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fgAQNAR8dlwzipHVzqGaNJxZGRf5oFQqgqLfA3A

Kinda important is Duelling 15: Sharper Images.
It’s pretty much so powerful, alot ppl (including me) use this as base of their build. Especially with Pistol or Focus.

Also important is Chaos 5.

Really helping is Duelling 20:X: Clone on dodge.
GS has two illusion skills. Adding a dodge there and you have 3 illusions with bleeding within 1.5s. Especially with Duelling 5: Vigor on crits.

Personally, I have 0/25/5/20/20, focussing on bleeding and a bit healing. Condition removal on heal works well with dual heal from mantra. And with Inspiration 20:X it’s kinda a tripple heal. The regeneration on Phantasms rarely works, but can be helping as well. Finally Illusions 20:X for condition damage and uberWarden.

For phantasm cookie cutter: 10 (III)/10 (II)/0/25(V,*)/5 and the remaining 20 points where you feel like. Sharper images (15 dueling) would be good with iduelist and izerker, as well as Phantasmal Haste (Illusions 20 X), but going for some defensive traits wouldn’t be bad either, as for gear you d go mostly power/precision/crit dmg.

Do not take clone on dodge – you want 3 offensive phantasm up, and when you have 3, dodging (or any other clone creation) will overwrite that clone. You want that trait only when you go for shatter build (and possibly when going for confusion build).

For pure power build, probably 30/30/0/0/10 mantra build is the best way, but mantras are lacking in many ways.

i think that 25 in Inspiration ( +15% dmg of phantasms ) is quite important for Phantasm build, because i heard it stacks with that Domination trait ( +15% dmg of illusions ), thats the core imo

so maybe 20 / 20 / 0 / 30 / 0 ? or 20 / 20 / 5 / 25 / 0 ? this could work for power/phantasm build