Guild Wars 2

So here is my build, I WVW for the most part. Typically I run solo or with 5-10 others. I find it fairly decent for bigger fights too. Mesmer utilities can easily be switched out if needed for different situations. For svp, switch too runes of the undead.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vgAQNAW7alknpMtNqxUNcrNiY6RwhcA3pCQXpH42FmbA-zUCBYhAINLamWAi8eIz5QFRjtuuIasaGY6YER1eEYBAQAu5NDAO6NP6NPaSBAx0I-w

It is a PU based build, but I run with pistol for range, stun, and bleed stacks of duelist. I will also switch to focus for out of combat speed or warden for aoe especially against pve mobs. Occasionally I will use sword for more direct damage and immobilize (honestly b/c I miss the sword which I used forever and it is BOLT). It is a pretty tough build and once I get Guard killer and Defense against guards up, the build really starts to get nasty. If I get corruption stacks up too then wowzers. Hopefully your server tends to get bloodlust up too. I can explain more about how I use it, but was looking for some initial feedback. I do very well with it, but would never claim to be some elite player. Just getting old

Oh, on a side note, if you drop regular siege, stop, always Superior

Daedalus
RAWR
Henge of Denravi

Looks pretty solid to me. Those last 10 points in Dueling are not doing much for you besides precision though. You could get +10% condi duration and DD instead. Or you could go deeper in Inspiration and be able to swap to a full glamour build on short notice.
I personally dislike going deeper than 20 in Dueling for condi because I feel like I’m already being forced to take the line purely for SI and DE. This is true of any mesmer build though.

I love the pistol and the skills on it, but it always seems to perform slightly worse than other weapons… but magic bullet sure if fun when you get that perfect hit and stun-daze-blind 3 people who thought they were going to jump you and didn’t bother to pop stability first.

Yeah, I have tinkered with those last 10 points in dueling. I find being able to get 2 duelist up fairly quickly just pounds single target with bleeds though. The extra precision I like for procing torment and increasing the chance phantasms bleed. I also find the extra range on the pistol to be very useful, especially since I don’t have the greatest cc in the world. I do agree that those 10 points could be spent elsewhere to a little bit different kind of a build. I used to have them in domination for the power, condition duration, and clones crippling on death like you mentioned. Thank you for your response.

Daed

Now to begin work on the ascended armor, ugh.

It’s a good build. I just posted nearly the same one that I run with in PvP. 30 in dueling does a lot for you. That 20% reduction in pistol makes a substantial difference.

It means that at the end of my typical opening sequence I’m ready to drop another duelist. This is really good because I’m also typically in a very different location than where I started, resulting in my opponent being bombarded by damage from various sources.

I saw that when I logged on, lol. I was thinking about adding a little power to the build myself, but I really like the toughness I have for wvw. Perhaps I will try yours in spvp.