I just made a mesmer, having troubles.
I’d advice levelling your Mesmer in PvE first so you become familiar with the abilities and different weapon sets as you go along rather than jumping headlong into sPvP with one. They’re one of the hardest professions to master and aren’t as straightforward as. Press 1,2,3 to win.
•— Fay Everdunes | Fay Erduna | Lilyfay (Fay.2735) — Mesmer/Revenant — [NA]FA — 8k±Hrs Played —•
• Have you heard of the city? The ancient uru? Where there was power to write worlds •
• Have you heard of the city? The ancient uru? Where there was power to write worlds •
Mesmers generally come in two very rough flavours. Phantasm Mesmers and Clone Mesmers. The former is straight forward: you pour points into Power and maybe Precision and CritDmg and let your Phantasms do most of the work. The latter can be based on condition damage (Sharper Images), in which case you want to focus on CondDmg and Precision; or Mind Wrack, in which case your focus is similar to a Phantasm Mesmer.
This is a very rough generalisation, but for the most part Mesmer builds can be described as Clone-based or Phantasm-based. Bear in mind though that Phantasm Mesmers still use Clones and Clone Mesmers do sometimes conjure Phantasms, so it’s not an exclusive division.
Either way, all Mesmers rely on Illusions for a large part of their damage output. That is not to say you sit back and do nothing: you can still do significant amounts of damage: but a Mesmer with weak Illusions is unlikely to prosper.
(edited by Embolism.8106)