Guild Wars 2

I recently created a mesmer and im really liking the playstyle. Since gw1 I’ve always stuck with classes like warrior or assassin (now thief). The kinds of classes where your more in the face of enemys. However playing as a mesmer is a real change and its pretty fun but i have a hard time killing more than 2 enemies. If i take on 2+ usually ill have killed one enemy fairly quickly but then the other one or two left will take forever because all my skills are recharging. I also have a hard time staying alive. When i take on 2 enemys my health drops to more than half which is a pain especially when im in areas with just swathes of enemys. At this point im only lvl 30 so i know that my ability to destroy enemys isnt as good as it will be when im lvl 60+ but if anyone can give me some tips or some builds i should run that would be great!

what kind of spec are you running?
Hows your gear? (though not as important)

What weapons are you using? I think Greatsword is the best for leveling, its easy to use, powerful and the iZerker and crush multiple targets.

for the leveling process i’d recommend to use GS and Staff, GS for killing normal mobs and staff for vets and tougher enemies

korelg.7862:

for the leveling process i’d recommend to use GS and Staff, GS for killing normal mobs and staff for vets and tougher enemies

I agree, but it sucks that we are forced to use focus to have a bit of travel speed.

Hi.

If any chance you can lvl a profession up to 40 it will save you some torment. When you get to 40, get 20 points in dueling and you life will be ALOT easier. Also try get 10 in chaos while lvling as the 3% dmg / clone save you some deaths, after that domination 10 point for mindwrack 10% and ther you havea solid Staff lvling setup, now flavour with sword/focus or GS after you own personal preferenses.

/Osicat

yeah this is my second char so i can definitely level as fast as i want to. I do use staff/gs at the moment but i havent done much with traits because i was unsure what to do. I will for sure try what osicat recomended

I wouldnt bother with traits until you are level 40 that way you get plenty of points to spend. How do you currently play? How do you want to play? Shatter? Phantom? Condition?

Have you thought about going into the Mists? you get boosted to level 80, all utilities unlock, all weapon skills unlocked and all Trait points to spend. That way you can see what kind of options you have

These days, with all the current changes in mind, I’d go GS + Sword/Focus for leveling rather than GS + Staff. Definitely go 20 in dueling first like Osicat mentioned.

As Helios stated, Sword/Focus is a very powerful combo to play, depending on your playstyle of course. Try figure out if you are inclined more to shatter or phantasms or conditions.
It has been stated before but try to get to level 40 and invest 20 into dueling, 10 into dom if you want a boost of phant damage or 10 into chaos for some extra survivability.
Mesmer it heavily trait dependant, but a beautiful class to play.

Psych

Especially if you’re usually Warrior or Assassin type player, the sword will fit you. I wonder if you’re able to play it head on. Mesmer type players usually use the sword after reaching 80 and with lots of experience. If you don’t manage it at lvl 30, play GS.

Before 40:

• 10 Domination (+ 15% illusion dmg)
• 5 Chaos (regeneration)
• 5 Dueling (vigor)

But you’ll not reach 5 dueling; it’d be your lvl 40 point.
At 40:

• 20 Dueling (clone on dodge)
• 10 domination (illusion damage)

from then on you should try to think of a path to walk (build direction).