Guild Wars 2

I’ve tried confusion/stealth builds in WvW solo roaming lately, and they are really strong; I win 4 fights out of 5. However, I find the play style to be a bit uninspiring. Confusing Images, Block, stealth, pMage, magic bullet, pDuelist, iLeap, Blurred frenzy, more stealth. Somehow, I just find being in stealth all the time uninteresting. I like getting my survivability from crazy mobility. For example, I was running Osicat’s Shattercat Mist in WvW today (probably my favorite build of all time), and I came across a condition engi. I soon realize that I was not going to win this fight, so I booked it. I ran for a good 3 minutes with her chasing me all the way. The mobility from that build kept me alive until I was finally killed by kitten wolves.

I love shattercat mist because the mobility keeps you alive in combat as well. It’s just such an active, interesting way to fight. However, I have been finding the damage a bit underwhelming and the survivability quite a bit lower than condition builds. I am using the exact SC mist spec here, except I am using Mirror Images instead of portal, and all of my trinkets are rare, not ascended.

I have seen videos of shatter builds like this working phenomenally. What is it I could be doing wrong?

Shatter, specifically Osi’s Mist build which I also run takes a lot of player skill. The build is amazing but only in the hands of a master. Osicat makes it look simple but it really is simply a rough play style that has massive rewards but also you earn those rewards through raw skill, of which I seem to lack shatter build skill but it is still fun. ^^