Guild Wars 2

Hi there! I’m quite new to the game and i started with a mesmer, which i find a very interesting proffesion this far. I often find myself having two clones and a phantasm and thinking :" now it would be nice to shatter…but if i shatter i lose my phantasm, which deals a lot of damage". So this is my proposition: what if we could somehow have a specific shatter that shatters only our clones?

Just blow them up. Don’t be shy, if you are leveling you probably get more profit out of shatter damage anyway. Later on, you can pick a build that supports more phantasm gameplay.

The trick with shattering in combo with a phantasm is to try and keep your dps up.
That being said you should try and remember how long ago your phantasms last attacked and how much time it will be before they attack again. That way if you are patient you can wait a little bit for say a berserker to hit another 3-5k before shattering him for another 1-3k per illusion.

In some cases it is actually best to not shatter. Such as when fighting a boss that does not do much aoe. But if there is aoe try and shatter them before they die so as to get as much out of it as possible.

Also if say you have say 1 phantasm out and yet the skill to summon that phantasm off cool down. It may be better to not use that skill immediately. Instead shatter using my first tip. Then summon the phantasm. This way you can deal a good burst while still keeping your opponent pressures and keep good sustained dps with your phantasm.

As for your idea…….nope not a chance. Mainly for phantasm balancing reasons.

Akenatwn.6813:

Hi there! I’m quite new to the game and i started with a mesmer, which i find a very interesting proffesion this far. I often find myself having two clones and a phantasm and thinking :" now it would be nice to shatter…but if i shatter i lose my phantasm, which deals a lot of damage". So this is my proposition: what if we could somehow have a specific shatter that shatters only our clones?

yep thats a little bit of mesmer playing experience. You get the best even out of a shatterspec, if you let your Phantasms attack once and then shatter. Once you get used to it, its easy. Sure, if you need heavy burst or quick dmg, just blow them up.

As for me, I really came up with such an idea once before. I would change it like this: If you press F1, all clones will go shatter themselves. Now you have 2 sec time to press it again, if you do so, the phantasms will also shatter.

Shattering phantasms is never a good idea, unless you can profit by the big aoe or as finishing off something. Better open with a shatter like GS 2, shatter, and now summon the phantasm. Or Sword 3, Shatter, 3 again (you still can switch places), keep going.

Keep in mind that shattering gets weaker for each illusion:
1 Illusion: 1x 100% damage = 100% damage
2 Illusions: 2x 75% damage = 150% damage
3 Illusions: 3x 66% damage = 200% damage

So you see its not that bad to shatter a single Illusion in a phantasm build.