Guild Wars 2

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Great, power shatter is back, but really there’s more damage to be had if I make use of everything in the kitten nal.

Pro tip: If you time your scepter 3 you can land the full channel under a 1s MoD stun for maximum damage (can squeeze 10k from it alone on soft targets). Condi’s do the rest of the work after you’ve softened them up with some power.

Interesting build, how is it working for you?

Why not go with Viper?

Props for being the definition of a glass cannon – kill or be killed!

OriOri.8724:

Interesting build, how is it working for you?

Great, it essentially allows for a solid burst on both sets, so I don’t feel like I’m waiting on mind wrack to come off cd. I can also pressure from a distance more reliably with the scepter set. There’s a few more combo’s and setups than straight up zerker power, which scratches my cerebral itch far more. I also find I dont feel so reliant on clones, so running without chrono and DE isnt an issue.

Curunen.8729:

Why not go with Viper?

Props for being the definition of a glass cannon – kill or be killed!

Viper would tank the power side of the damage. I’ve also always felt condition duration is best when applied to soft cc and controll effects. So cripples, imobs, chills etc. When you’re talking two or three damaging condi’s, some extra ticks might net you some more damage but those are also going to be the targets of cleanses. I feel the burst is enough without the extra duration, at least when you factor in the power/ferocity side of Destroyer’s. I’m sure Vipers could do the job too, though.

Yeah that makes sense regarding condi duration – and I’d guess you need the high burst damage to ensure the enemy is put straight on the back foot.

Curunen.8729:

Yeah that makes sense regarding condi duration – and I’d guess you need the high burst damage to ensure the enemy is put straight on the back foot.

Ether way, one set forces a heal/disengage/condi cleanse/stun break etc. The other set will do the same. It feels real good either way.

Threw this together quick

https://youtu.be/PQbfQ8huOLA

Ross Biddle.2367:

Threw this together quick

https://youtu.be/PQbfQ8huOLA

Terrible music. But a hybrid mes still gets thumbs up.

So after I saw your post I dugout my old EchoRupt build with the destroyer amulet.

It went pretty well! Need to get practice more with it but it showed some promise. The mantra buffs helped. I didn’t feel like I had to “wait” to recharge the mantras. It’d be nice if chaos storm had more meat to it, but the most important part was that I had fun playing it. It was fun and I didn’t feel like a liability. Of course we’re between seasons. So it could have been the teams I pulled. Never the less, it’ll be my goto build for awhile. Thanks for idea.

I rocked a destroyer build for portions of last season, though quite a bit different with sc/sh-staff chrono. It worked really well. I went back and forth with destroyer/viper and finally decided destroyer was what I liked due to the power burst damage ability that viper doesn’t have.

How this build works on pve environment? I use those weapons atm too, but i’m only lvl 71. Domination seems absolute MEHHHH Can i swith it to Inspiration and dont still be as great? Cause that 1 boon removing and shaterer 15% dps increase doesnt seem that great compared to what some other traits offer. Maybe in pvp it matters, but still, 1 boon removal is not that much against boon classes.

And for pve (even for WvW) that Pack amulet doesn’t seem that great too.
What do you suggest me to replace it with?

kilim.5093:

And for pve (even for WvW) that Pack amulet doesn’t seem that great too.
What do you suggest me to replace it with?

I take it you’re running core mesmer (and not Chrono) on a free account?

You’d be best starting a thread in this sub forum and asking the PvE gods for the best build. Best I can tell you, for general map completion/running around, take a sword/focus + Greatsword, full zerkers, and cluster everything up (with focus pull) and burst down. You can insta kill general mobs. Otherwise you use your phantasms for their AoE dps.

If you have HoT, there’s PvE chrono builds with more AoE to deal with mobs. Scepter/torch is NOT considered a good set for PvE. As for trait lines, I have no idea. Though if you run domination you’d take the extra damage from phantasms, the GS trait for more GS spam, and… yeah take your pick of the master line XD

Oh and pack amulet is really good for a power vanila mesmer. It grants fury to make sure your shatter bursts hit hard, and swiftness to keep you running around (core mesmer has swiftness issues). The extra stack of might doesnt hurt, and the boons are shared so that’s a bonus. The stats are also great offensively compared to many other amulets.

SO, vanilla or chrono? PvE or WvW (yes it matters), and also PvP if that’s your thing? Then summon the right gods to grant you favorable builds (I don’t PvE, I’m a long time out of the WvW game, and only PvP now)

:D
Thanks for response.
My mesmer level is 71 as i mentioned in my first comment that you defiantly read…
PvE but sometimes gladly jump in some random WvW and just follow commander with small gorup. This “sometimes” can be never and it can be often, depending on my changing mood.

Did exactly that and on other thread i made i got superb answer

Protip: if you play with skill retargetting, you can retarget the scepter-counter to your team’s focus target, even if that target didn’t trigger it.

(works with sword 4 too)

adelaide.6213:

Protip: if you play with skill retargetting, you can retarget the scepter-counter to your team’s focus target, even if that target didn’t trigger it.

(works with sword 4 too)

That’s a great idea. Ive only started using skill retargeting since polishing off my pro warrior skills. So ill def be picking this one up