Guild Wars 2

Hi all,

I main a mesmer and have perfected the art of the GS and sword/focus, using them to knock people around and yank them wherever i want with ease. I generally roam WvW either solo or with a small group of 3-4 and have no trouble taking on any other class in 2v1 or more. I’ve even single handedly stopped a tower from being taken by like 15 invaders(doubt that is possible anymore). Even after this horrible patch and the iBerserker dmg problem i still find it fun rolling people in WvW using iWarden and blurred frenzy while they’re rooted from illusionary leap.

The only problems i have are with thieves. They were tricky enough before and now i’m stumped. As if their ability to constantly stealth wasn’t enough, now its even harder because of the constant blind a thief can produce. I can’t run from a thief even with decoy, blink, and constant swiftness because they eventually catch up with shortbow + the increased range on scorpion wire, and if i stand my ground(which is rare because i’m always outnumbered) i either get zerged or have no chance due to lack of a target and blindness/dodging restrictions.

Staff isn’t WvW friendly and scepter/torch is pretty much a joke. Shatter is also counter productive to a mesmer if you ask me. How are you supposed to confuse someone when you’re blowing up all your clones?

So that’s it. I’d say i’m a confident mesmer that’s good at getting out of sticky situations, but i know when i need help.

Setup:
Traits: 20/20/0/25/5
-Empowered illusions, but i might swap for cripple on death since the burst isnt there any longer
- Greatsword training
- Blade training
- Deceptive evasion
- Mender’s Purity
- Warden’s feedback

- Full knight’s armor
- Berserker’s jewels
- GS w/ +5% crit chance
- Sword/Focus both w/ + 10% quickness on crit

A better look at stats

Scepter / torch is not a joke. I guess I better start recording my fighting and posting videos to help change this perception.

Sorry, let me rephrase. Scepter/torch isn’t good for hit and run. Focus is a must have because its the only thing that saves me from zergs.

I beg to differ. My scepter / torch build is ideal for hit and run. Actually I burst into a zerg and then get out without dying. But yes, I do agree that giving up the focus is not something I would want either, but then my setup is scepter/torch and sword/focus :P

I really should post some videos. I’ll try to make some tonight.

scepter torch does no aoe damage. and in wvw, aoe damage ranks among the most important thing to have.

scepter torch is usable in 1v1’s or 1v2’s, but its not the most effective weapon set to play in wvw.

wads.5730:

scepter torch does no aoe damage. and in wvw, aoe damage ranks among the most important thing to have.

scepter torch is usable in 1v1’s or 1v2’s, but its not the most effective weapon set to play in wvw.

What????

The prestige does aoe burning and blind. It also gives you a stealth setup for your first shatter, and if you do mirror images for a second shatter, you can fairly often down 2 or 3 players before they even know what hits them. If you trait it right, those shatters also do 12 stacks of confusion so everyone else will kill themselves off.

Torch is an extremely effective setup tool in WvW to get your burst damage set right. Prestige is also a blast finisher which is awesome for 5 man groups. I think you’re just using your weapons wrong.

zastari.1730:

wads.5730:

scepter torch does no aoe damage. and in wvw, aoe damage ranks among the most important thing to have.

scepter torch is usable in 1v1’s or 1v2’s, but its not the most effective weapon set to play in wvw.

What????

The prestige does aoe burning and blind. It also gives you a stealth setup for your first shatter, and if you do mirror images for a second shatter, you can fairly often down 2 or 3 players before they even know what hits them. If you trait it right, those shatters also do 12 stacks of confusion so everyone else will kill themselves off.

Torch is an extremely effective setup tool in WvW to get your burst damage set right. Prestige is also a blast finisher which is awesome for 5 man groups. I think you’re just using your weapons wrong.

you can’t count shatters as part of your aoe damage, as every weapon has access to them. the only aoe damage a torch has is the burning effect after a 3 second channel, which can be cleansed off.

GS has 3 aoe damage abilities and a 4th aoe cc. GS is also better for setting up a 3x shatter since both its illusion creating skills spawn the illusion ON your target.

im new to mesmer what skill or weapon allows you to pull people or is it something you spec into?

grimfeather.7519:

im new to mesmer what skill or weapon allows you to pull people or is it something you spec into?

The #4 skill with focus equiped in the off hand. When you create the wall, it has the effect of adding swiftness to friendlies and slows enemies that pass through it. Also the wall is a combo field light, so any combo finisher blast grants aoe retaliation for 3 sec, and combo finisher leap (such as the second click of #3 main hand sword) grants the individual retaliation for 5 seconds. If traited a certain way, the wall acts as a ranged attack reflect.

If you press the #4 focus button again, the wall “collapses”. When this happens, nearby enemies are pulled through the location and knocked down.

Hope this helps…focus is amazing.