Guild Wars 2

Right so i just got my Mesmer to 80 yesterday , and i am wondering what build i should follow , i am currently using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfW1Ra4duOI this guys build but however im not sure if its my playstyle because i am able to kill people but not as fast as i hope to do so , for example a warrior usually there able to run from fights.. but i wanna be able to burst them down fast enough and phantasms isnt doing it for me cause a hammer warrior would just wreck all my clones with one smash. iv been looking and reading most builds but they all seem to be from 3-4months and i would like some help, i know plenty of people have asked for this , and i just want a comfy build were i can either burst someone down really fast , or a fun build iv heard about PU but iv never tried a condi class , as iv always been strait up zerker , i do have fun with my mesmer i just unsure. i hope to get some helpful answers, also this is for WvW roaming ,zerging , also some PVE content

PU will not burst down that fast. You might want to look into shatter. The “standard” for sPvP is a 4/4/0/0/6 Shatter Build, you can find it almost anywhere.

But I think you’re talking about WvW, where you can still run shatter (I believe GS + Sword/Torch is the weaponset for WvW). You’re going to want to roam in a small group and not run with the big crowd. You can even go solo, but that takes more effort. To practice soloing, go to a side borderland that is NOT YOURS and is NOT OWNED BY YOUR WORLD, during off-peak hours and slowly try to solo the camps next to your spawn. If you die, respawn and go to the opposite camp. If someone comes and kills you, go to the opposite camp. if you die again, to players, change borderlands.

To practice WvW, enter during peak hours but enter a borderlands that you do not own more than 20%. Run around soloing things (if you can’t take on camps, just go yakslapping) until you find some other players, then run with them. DO NOT RUN WITH GROUPS LARGER THAN 10 PEOPLE.

I see, thanks i have seen shatter and they have pretty crazy burst, but there more of a higher skill cap if i want to WvW roam, but thanks for the tips on the roaming in borderlands i dont own and killing dolyaks and camps therefore learning my class a bit more , Yes id prefer to roam alone to see my capabalitys of 1v1s and i have been watching shatter mesmer WvW roaming and it looks pretty decent, i appreciate your help and i will test the build out , it seems and looks fun and matches my play style of burst .

Shatter is really bursty but harder to pull of solo in Wvwvw. I think it’s the most rewarding build you can use. Painful to master but really fun. Since you just turned 80 I’d recommend a PU build though. High burst means low defence and as a mesmer the defence is active meaning you have to learn to defend yourself. pu will make that curve a bit smoother, a lot actually. Check our vashery on YouTube if you wanna learn shatter.
Check out Napalm Cat for a quite bursty PU condition build. I play with both.

A build I use that you might like is 4/4/6/0/0 power/crit based PU. Weapons are gs and sw/sw. You’ll have plenty of survivability as well as good pressure with some burst. If you want to hit very hard, 6/6/0/0/2 with both mantra gm traits and all mantra utilities will make you crazy Mr Glassy McBurst. In a 1v2 (which I lost), I downed a hammer warrior in the first 5 seconds of the fight with the second build. Course if anything actually hits you…

Shatter is better for sPvP since the enemy tends to stay on point, a very small location. In WvW, Shatter is very hard to land as the battle is not at a fixed location. You’re almost required to burn a stun/iLeap to lock opponent in place. Plus conditions are stronger in WvW thanks to food, without Mender’s Purity I feel naked out there, which is locked out if you go Shatter build.

I don’t think Shatter is worth the time and effort in WvW.

Yeah what Eliesume said. Landing shatter is not going to be easy unless you roam with someone who can apply immob more reliable than our iLeap (or more accessible stuns), say hambow warrior (or someone with leg specialist) or hammer guardian. Lockdown mesmer can be a good partner, but it is also harder for them to lock someone in the large WvW space.

I play both hammer/GS support guard or shatter mesmer in WvW, but never really have another player whom I can support/support me. /sad

Shatter can be great in 1v1 in WvW, but… 1v1… Against multiple targets, you’ll definitely need lockdown, unless people start acting sloppy because they have allies.