How to do the massive spike burst?

How to do the massive spike burst?

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Posted by: Aetherhound.2189

Aetherhound.2189

I keep seeing people state they get spiked “out of no where” for ridiculous stuff like 18k HP or whatever.

I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong but I’m in zerk/asassin gear @ 60% crit chance, 2.4k power or so and my stuff only hits for 3k… Mind wrack feels like nothing happened despite all my traits being what the build on metabattle states to use.

So how do you mesmers do the massive hits?

Is it mirror blade -> mantra distraction -> f1 shatter?

Is also mantra if pain worth taking or should I take something else?

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Posted by: apharma.3741

apharma.3741

Generally these people are afk, picking daisies, running glass themselves or a combination of the 3.

You can stealth, blink next to the target, mirror blade, mantra of distraction, shatter as soon as the clone appears, mind stab and that will usually take off a good 15k all together.

However you have literally only one weapon skill left without switching and no utilities to gtfo after. You probably also want to up your power for hitting that hard, if you can get up to 3k your mirror blade will do ~2.5k per hit. Blame WvW stat inflation for that.

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Posted by: Curunen.8729

Curunen.8729

There are different ways, buy mostly those numbers are against enemy glass cannons (ie thieves or other mesmers), especially with the mirror blade nerf.

Easiest is (stealth) – Mirror Blade – Blink – (MoD) – Dodge overhead + F1 (3 illusion shatter) – Mind Stab

Take Mental Anguish, boon strip and other damage boost sources (sigils, food, traits).

You can also try with the mantra damage boost but personally I don’t like that and find DE more useful overall.

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Posted by: Aetherhound.2189

Aetherhound.2189

Ok thanks for the tips guys, I will try them out!