Guild Wars 2

Hey there,

I just returned to GW2 (yeah, HoT brought me back) after I abandoned playing roughly 1.5 years ago.

I saw that they made many changes to the attributes, the whole skill system and many other things and I am a bit confused right now.

What happened to a Mantra Mesmer? Is there a viable build using Mantras? Where are all those Mantra passives? The last time I played there have been 4, 5 to buff Mantras but right now I don’t see any of them? (maybe I just missed them but…)

Mantras of Distraction is still strong (even after nerf), Mantra heal still has its uses, and mantra of resolve you see in wvw on some players. But since HoT just came out most players are trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

I play Mantra Mesmer in both PvE and PvP.

Many mantra traits became baseline, so they’re built in.

Velimere.7685:

I play Mantra Mesmer in both PvE and PvP.

May I see your build / could you a little explain your playstyle?

And thanks, I didn’t know that those traits became build in!

Squeezzy.4718:

Mantras of Distraction is still strong (even after nerf), Mantra heal still has its uses, and mantra of resolve you see in wvw on some players. But since HoT just came out most players are trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

It’s pretty useful for all the breakbars in Maguuma. Seriously considering whether I should take Confounding Suggestions as well.

Nyel.1843:

Velimere.7685:

I play Mantra Mesmer in both PvE and PvP.

May I see your build / could you a little explain your playstyle?

And thanks, I didn’t know that those traits became build in!

This is the build that I use for PvP.

Mantra of Pain adds to your front-loaded damage, and it can be used to eat a blind allowing you to fire off a more important skill without it missing. You can also cast it on targets attacking you while you’re blocking their attacks with Echo of Memory.

This is the build that I use for PvE.

They all got rolled up, except restorative mantras into one and they added the toughness during channel as base. They are quite viable as I explained in your healer thread. The best part is that they are all instant case so you can literally keep using all of them while stunned, dazed, knocked down or whatever, including the healing skill.