Guild Wars 2

I love Mesmer, it’s super fun but I’ve noticed my build lacks dmg.

I know the class is about dmg over time rather then huge bursts like warrior or thief I would like to know the most viable build in PvE and PvP.

Are they any good in PvE? How?

Best Weapons?

Condi or Power?

These questions I would love to be awnsered.

Thanks y’all.

Hi fellow mesmerlover

Mesmer is a pretty tricky class to play efficiently in pve, especially as dps is pretty low compared to other classes. The role of mesmer is therefore typically to provide alot of utility for a group, e.g.
-reflects (feedback, focus)
-quickness/slow(timewarp)
-boonstrip/aoe condi clear (nullfield)
-remove defiance and/or provide cc on trash mobs (F3 shatter, Mantra of Distraction)
-portal skips
-boonshare (if might stacking is reaching only 10-15 stacks, signet of inspiration can bring it to 25 for rest of party).

For PVE in terms of dungeons, youd typically go with Sword + 2 offhands (usually focus and sword or pistol) and a greatsword in case you need to range a target.
The “best” dps build for PVE is here: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Mesmer_-_S/S_/F_/P

For pvp/wvw, you can pick either power or condi depending on what role youd like to fill.
Power to act as a +1 in fights and provide huge burst damage
Condi to be more of a tank and to annoy the enemy.

It is incredibly annoying to fight a condi mesmer and extremely tough on a power build, but the issue i have with condi mesmer is that i find it to be a very passive and boring playstyle.
These are the builds i run for pvp:

Power: http://tinyurl.com/nb664vw (note that this build has 0 condi removal)
Condi: http://tinyurl.com/qbpjpfo

I’d also advise you to check the mesmer section of this forum, lots of builds and interesting stuff there.

You’ll need
1 GW2 character
78 butterflies
4 large panes of glass
2 buckets of paint (pink)

Add all ingredients to a large cutscene, and blend until smooth and creamy, then liberally apply pink paint to exterior surface.

And enjoy your new mesmer!