Guild Wars 2

i have a question mesmer forums, would you guys recommend lyssa runes for a Dmg mesmer in wvw? and if so what builds would benefit most from it?

Personally, I’d go after the cheaper power runes. Granted, in wvw traveler and melandru runes are very popular.

For a while I saw Mesmers running around with Lyssa Runes and Mass Invis. It made for a great get away if you are ever stuck in a pinch. It also pairs well with Sharper Images because of the +10% condition duration and increased precision.

I can’t comment on their efficacy as I’ve never run with them (I like the Norn elite Snow Leopard for a hasty retreat). But these runes seem to be best suited for small group play instead of zergplay.

If you are running a condition based build: Lyssa (If you lack condi removal and want to … 1vX alot) or perplexity (If you don’t lack condi removal and have quite some interrupts and want some more confusion)

note: Perplexity just got nerfed with internal cooldown on confusion on interrupts.
note: If you are running sharper image with your build… then +1 reason to run Lyssa

If you are running a power based build: Lyssa (If you lack condi removal) or Travelers (if you like the constant mobility) or Centaur (If you don’t have the gold to afford Travelers)

oh and the aegis from the rune is nice too.

thanks for the advice, it seems as though ill stick to my current runes then but its atleast good to know that they can have a use if i ever feel the need for them.

I run these personally, And theres been more than a few ocassions where the +Boon duration and Random Boon on heal have saved my kitten :P

The condition duration is also lovely as is the mass of boons and condition removal from the elite use.

I mainly run staff as a constant so it benefits the most imo.

I’m a fan of these.
I like the precision. The random boon is well random. And the use of the elite can flip the outcome of a fight. It works great with timewarp!

Traveler if you can afford them.

Runes of Speed are decent aswell. 2 of their bonuses are Swiftness related, but you get a nice 1.5k+ hp from them. Works well if you are low-ish on Vitality.

Lyssa runes work quite well in my opinion. I used them in my condition build for ages before they released perplexity runes. I feel that the bonuses to condition and boon duration synergize much better with a condition build than a power build though.

They are in the meta for tpvp mesmer for a reason, kitten good with mass invis for helping with condition meta plus full boons as well. However for WvW I would echo that mobility is better – traveler if you can afford or centaur.

Unless I am misunderstanding you, Traveler runes are available in spvp/tpvp/

I think there is close approximation (but was bugged and may still be), however on spvp maps mobility is easily covered by portal (plus blink and about-face phase retreating), so Lyssa is better. The bigger wvw maps makes traveler or centaur better options, gives you greater ability to choose when and where to fight or retreat, gets you into fights and objectives quicker.