Maximizing confusion
Has multiple guide videos as well as lots of video’s where you can see how to do it.
Link your build OP please.
Due to the short duration of confusion it is hard to get 25 stacks if that’s what your getting at.
Link your build OP please.
Due to the short duration of confusion it is hard to get 25 stacks if that’s what your getting at.
i’m not aiming to get 25 stack of confusion, i’m aiming to keep a few stacks of confusion up on several targets at once.
I can see where you’re headed with this build. It’s a great start, though maintaining confusion could be difficult. You’ve got a lot of skills that will put on a stack or two of damage here or there. Because of condition removal and retreating into the zerg, I find confusion is most effective when spiked. You’re already traited to accomplish this with shatters.
Your clone/illusion output might be a little low (especially considering how fast clones die in a zerg). The scepter is a mid range weapon though. A good place to start might be swapping out the signet for Mirror Images. Pop them when you’re in close range and then immediately use Cry of Frustration. If you get all 3 clones to hit, that’s 6 stacks of confusion (2 each) instead of the 1 stack the signet is offering. You can maintain confusion by also throwing Mind Wrack out there (1 stack each this time). Paired with your other skills, you’ll see confusion up a bit more.
Also, be sure to keep Chaos Armor as much as you can. It’s the only staff skill you have that’ll inflict confusion (because of the blind), and you’ve got plenty of ethereal fields to use Phase Retreat on for the leap finisher. The Prestige is supposed to be a blast finisher, but it’s currently bugged as of this patch. Devs have responded to this bug though, so hopefully it’ll be sorted out next patch.
Jacked Jackal :: Norn Mesmer :: Giant and Fabulous
Dragonbrand
Dragonbrand
Two things I do in a zerg,
If I’m with a Commander and we’re doing a push of some sort, right as the front line crashes I like to blink into the middle/near the back of the enemy, create 3 clones, and cry of frustration for 8 stacks of aoe confusion, then make 3 more clones followed by a mind wrack for another 4 stacks of aoe confusion, then use the prestigue for an aoe blind/confusion. By that stage the zerg has pushed through and everybody goes down, then it’s just a matter of cleaning up the loot off the downed.
If there’s some sort of stalemate or trench line fight going on, I just take a detour out to the flank. Cut in hard from the side, repeat the same or similar tactic above, but instead of using the blink at the start, use it at the end to retreat back into your allies.
All Glamours do is A: make people scatter, and B: tell everybody to check their condition bar for stacks of confusion. To which they’ll either condition cleanse, or turn and fall back for the duration to run out. Hell, They can also stay still, not cross the fields, keep their stacks really low, and keep on fighting through it. Don’t get me wrong, confusion glamour fields can be good, but they have their downsides. You’re giving up a lot of utility though, filling up your entire bar with them.
I can see where you’re headed with this build. It’s a great start, though maintaining confusion could be difficult. You’ve got a lot of skills that will put on a stack or two of damage here or there. Because of condition removal and retreating into the zerg, I find confusion is most effective when spiked. You’re already traited to accomplish this with shatters.
Your clone/illusion output might be a little low (especially considering how fast clones die in a zerg). The scepter is a mid range weapon though. A good place to start might be swapping out the signet for Mirror Images. Pop them when you’re in close range and then immediately use Cry of Frustration. If you get all 3 clones to hit, that’s 6 stacks of confusion (2 each) instead of the 1 stack the signet is offering. You can maintain confusion by also throwing Mind Wrack out there (1 stack each this time). Paired with your other skills, you’ll see confusion up a bit more.
Also, be sure to keep Chaos Armor as much as you can. It’s the only staff skill you have that’ll inflict confusion (because of the blind), and you’ve got plenty of ethereal fields to use Phase Retreat on for the leap finisher. The Prestige is supposed to be a blast finisher, but it’s currently bugged as of this patch. Devs have responded to this bug though, so hopefully it’ll be sorted out next patch.
i did switch to mirror images prior to reading your reply.
beyond that i don’t know what to do to improve on the build.
Ross has a good point. I also run Illusionary Persona, though the OP didn’t note that in his build.
Ross’s second awesome point is that glamour fields aren’t reliable. People see them and dodge away. Especially feedback. They just roll out of it and don’t pay attention to the confusion. Feedback is most effective in bottleneck situations, and the damage from reflect almost always does more than the damage from confusion.
Given that you’ve taken 30 points in Illusions, swap out Dazzling Glamours for Illusionary Persona. And ditch either Feedback or Null Field (again, both are situation specific. I use both) for Blink. That way you can get in the heat of battle, pop off your shatters, and Blink away. With Illusionary Persona, you don’t even need a clone out, and your personal PBAoE deals confusion. And since you have a scepter, you want to be in close range. Getting the full stack from #3 scepter requires close to mid range.
When making a confusion build, the biggest thing to remember is that the confusion condition is contingent upon someone else acting. If someone is at 75%+ health, they will wait for confusion to end before using skills. If you can catch them at 25% health and apply a bunch of confusion, they’ll down themselves because they are trying to get away/heal. And even that’s a gamble.
Treat confusion as it if were a skill lock, not a damaging condition. Make sure you have something available to you to finish the job.
Jacked Jackal :: Norn Mesmer :: Giant and Fabulous
Dragonbrand
Dragonbrand