Guild Wars 2

I’m kind of confused how a mesmer I fought can shatter more than 3 clones at once and do so in a spam that hits around 8 in a very short period of time. Is it normal or an exploit?

Traited for illusionary persona is 4 clone hit. As far as what else you’re asking, you’ll have to be more specific. I’ll take a stab at understanding what you’re asking about that second half.
If done correctly the firs MW will be ontop of the opponent. The second batch of clone bombs can be summoned in under 2 seconds and shattered again. If you’re attacking this Mesmer and you bring him under 50% hp it resets his shatters, meaning he could very well get F1, F2 and F1 off on you in about 5 to 7 seconds flat.
Hope this was what you were asking about.

Ah okay that makes sense, I wasn’t aware of the talent that resets the cooldown. Thanks

In order to stack confusion on a spamming warrior/guardian/thief/hunter I often shatter my first set of 3 with confusion for 6 stacks of confusion and then shatter 2 for max damage on wrack plus 3 more confusion stacks then shatter 1 for the daze and 2 more stacks of confusion and then I shatter myself for blur and 1 more stack of confusion. There is no CD between the different shatters so it’s possible to be summoning your next set of illusions as you shatter the first and so on. Additionally when the illusions are at varying ranges, as often happens with staff Mesmers, they will detonate separately.

Hi, fast setup of several clones and shatters in burst is a strong and viable strategy. Have a look at my latest vid and notice how the first guardian take one of this shatters and accualy get insta killed.

/Osicat