Guild Wars 2

Hey Mesmers!
Now that we have some information about our traits and weapons, I’ve been thinking ahead about what build I might aim for in WvW group play. If there’s an extensive gear change, then I figured now would be a good time to start gearing up.

So far, I’m looking at these two, though I’m sure they’ll change around plenty. I’m less focused on Roaming and more on organized, group play. Some builds, like PU stealth/burst don’t seem to contribute quite as much in those kinds of gameplay types, despite their strength in Roaming and PvP.

Condition-Interrupt
I’d love to keep Chrono in there, even though Illusions might be a better condi line. The goal would be to use Scepter/Shield and Staff for decent clone production (and therefore Alacrity). Sieze the Moment is a tricky one… I could swap that out for something else. I’m really liking the idea of on-demand quickness to speed up Mantra of Distraction recharges, the Scepter-3 skill and the slow,slow scepter 1 auto chain.

Shatter support
Shatters are pretty unreliable in WvW battles since Illusions rarely survive to reach their targets. I like the idea of getting some benefit to shattering without relying on the illusions themselves. This build would be low damage, but have high Alacrity up-time and hopefully decent support. Shattering would give boons, alacrity, AoE healing, and quickness. Our heal mantra would recharge fast, cast fast when paired with Quickness, and provide some splash healing for allies. Finally, the Inspiration GM trait would give me an extra opportunity to share my boons once in a while.

I’d love to hear what others are thinking, even speculative builds!

You should at look at my OMFG WvW division thread, found here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Announcing-the-OMFG-WvW-Division/page/2#post5060314

Fay.2357:

You should at look at my OMFG WvW division thread, found here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Announcing-the-OMFG-WvW-Division/page/2#post5060314

I poked through there but didn’t see much build discussion. Is that mostly happening in guild chat? Share the love! :-D

Don’t think its mentioned, but I’d assume the set up to generally be Domination-Chaos-Chronomancer for maximum lockdown affects. PB will be our damage and backbone, CI will force a burn of cleanse or simply impede the enemy as a secondary control measure after the stun/daze, and Chronomancer for the mobility, shield, and control affects associated.

Dondagora.9645:

Don’t think its mentioned, but I’d assume the set up to generally be Domination-Chaos-Chronomancer for maximum lockdown affects. PB will be our damage and backbone, CI will force a burn of cleanse or simply impede the enemy as a secondary control measure after the stun/daze, and Chronomancer for the mobility, shield, and control affects associated.

Interrupt definitely feels like a solid play-style to latch on to. I think metabattles lists it pretty close to the “meta”, which is great. I’ll definitely be scouting out the difference between a Domination+Power style interrupt and a Condition+Damage style interrupt. Chrono and Chaos seem like the backbones of an interrupt build… and picking up Mistrust in Dueling or Power Block in Domination are both great ways to round out the build.

I love the synergy with some of the Chrono traits too. Slow on Interrupt and extra crit against slowed enemies works great for both specs!

The biggest question I have now is how effective that Super Speed will be at letting our illusions hit their targets. Actually landing a shatter is immensely challenging in large battles, but super speed may open up a few builds if it works.

If it is a group of Mesmers, you won’t need superspeed. There will be enough focus for perma swiftness. Though the soft CC reduction on that trait is tempting.

As for damage, I think our main damage is going to come from tides of time.
With zerg spamming it will have instant recharge.

The first few post in the WvW thread had few build suggestions, but I don’t think there were any dulfy links. I will try to put something there although there will definitely be room for multiple different builds (roles).