Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure what the current meta is, but this is for roaming in WvW.
Solo or small group.

I’m pretty noob to Mesmer but recently created a lovely mesmer full of character and want to play her more.

Can someone help me create a Sword+Sword / Greatsword Chrono build?
Full zerker because thats the armor/weapons/trinkets i got on her now…and no gold to buy others…

I’m so noob I have no idea what traits to use in the Chrono line and how they will help me. I also have no idea what other traitlines i should take to synergize with the Chrono line…

I suppose Chrono is stronger than the traditional mesmer?

Im pretty new as well with mesmer but have been having allot of success with chrono. Iv beeen pairing it with Chaos and swapping around dom/dueling. I take chaos mainly due to playing a interupt build and i love CI. Cant recall my chrono traits but my main one is quickness on shatter for fast rez/stomp. I run in pretty much all zerker gear, however id steer away from offhand sword, it looks good on paper with a block and range phantasm but i could never get it to work right for me in practice. Id suggest running either pistol or my fav shield with your sword. Start in GS to kite and widdle down hp, swap to sword/offhand for control with your offhand (sheild of pistol stuns) and burst with sword when you shatter.

Sword/Sword + GS is in my humble opinion not that great a setup for WvW. If you insist on running that (which is fine btw) i would go with a “phantasm build”, since i dont play phant builds all that often im not and expert, but the sword OH phant hits like a truck and attacks fairly fast especially with Phantasmal Haste.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAscRnknBNqhFqBmpBEgilUjq+Zr2rlcAOgAA96WjtD-TxBFABA8EAKU9n00HswJAAp9HlfEcIAuSJIpAiYYE-e

This is ofc a very squishy but very bursty build (just the way i like it) with a little bit of condi clear aswell via disenchanter+haste (not bad actually, not gonna save you if you get condi bombed though).
With Chronophantasma and Persistence of Memory you should still freely shatter to your hearts content just time it with there attacks though

Ether Feast can be swapped to Well of Eternity for more condi clear if needed and Decoy can be swapped with Well of Precognition if running with friends.

s/s + full zerker isn’t really that viable in solo roaming. Shield is a much better option that offers survivalbility, okish damage, and cc. Paired with defender runes, you will have decent defense and damage.

Besides Chronomancer, inspiration is a must have trait for zerker solo roaming. It offers amazing defense (condi removal, iDefender, extra heal, etc.). The third traitline can be Dom (for more damage and cc) or Dueling (for more defensive mantra playstyle). You can check out videos from “My Face is Pi” who does a lot of zerker mesmer solo roaming.

I’m linking his build here (full zerker works well for this build) -

http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAseRn0nBNqhlpB2oBEgilTj68JiirjMAWggqOar2tF-TFDFABNcCAaSJ0kqUAwTAoQ1VuSJISKJSS5A47PQwhAIN9NVpEhQACWAA-w

I’ve seen him running a different mantra build lately. Something like this (may not be accurate) -

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAseRl0nhG1YZawENwtGLrGVZEUcBQ9yGtT75RkEPHA-TFDFABXpEE89HmUli0030wJAoKlIA8EAaSJUSKHI4QAUo6KIpkgQACWAA-w

I haven’t tried the 2nd build but i’ve seen it in action. It offers more survivalbility and doesn’t lose much on damage with the help of Mantra of Pain and Harmonious mantra. It’s definitely more new player friendly in my opinion.