Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing as a Mesmer now since I started GW2 and though I toyed around witha few alts, it remains the class I enjoy most as it always appears to have some sort of skill for almost every situation. My default build is linked below but basically, it’s a solo-roaming build I use most of the time while in WvW. However, I’ve been leveling a Necro alt lately and the one thing I really love about that character is the massive amounts of AoE damage she can dish out as well as the general chaos she can cause. It’s really quite rewarding to pillage and infect an entire blob with conditions!

Anyways, I was trying to find something that the Mesmer can do on or close to the same scale of AoE as the Necro but I’m completely at a loss. What is an effective way to build a large-scale AoE damage based Mesmer?

Mesmer AoE ‘Glamour’ builds really got nerfed a while back when Blinding Befuddlement was nerfed. That pretty much killed it for us. You can try the ‘Triforce’ spec which is the closest to the old spec.

Mesmer AoE is terribad compared to most other classes. We are a better 1v1 class.

Xavi.6591:

Mesmer AoE ‘Glamour’ builds really got nerfed a while back when Blinding Befuddlement was nerfed. That pretty much killed it for us. You can try the ‘Triforce’ spec which is the closest to the old spec.

Mesmer AoE is terribad compared to most other classes. We are a better 1v1 class.

That would explain things then. I left the game for several months and back then, we still had some pretty decent AoE skills. I’ve been trying to use feedback and null field in WvW but that’s about all I I’ve found even somewhat effective.

I run a build that is similar to this one I found. While its not as frequent as Necro Marks and Wells, it has the benefit of being much, much better combo fields.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/WvsW-Support/first#post3135001

Our AoE isn’t “bad”. Our AoE just doesn’t do a lot of damage. We put on very important conditions like weakness, poison, chill, blind, and confusion, which are severely hampering to large groups looking to trade damage. We enable our big groups to out damage other groups. We’re enablers.

You won’t see big numbers from glamour/ chaos storm/ radiation field/ shatter and stuff in large groups, but what you’re doing is still very helpful.

Face it, when rangers and guardians have better aoe than mesmer (which are supposed to be a mage class) then you know something is wrong. Your build is about as aoe as we get. Feedback helps a bit I suppose, but is short lived with a high CD. They really need to buff glamour somehow though.

Mesmer AOE is more of ‘support’ damage than actual damage. When it comes down to zerg fights, we exceed the most on utility importance, then overall damage importance. Condition damage, cripple/speed boost, knockbacks and skill interrupts, boons, veil, portals, combo initiators, and time warp (really tricky to drop, but I’ve seen it wipe an enemy zerg if done correctly).

I really don’t know what to advise for aoe damage. Perhaps maxing condition damage and mixing it with a shatter build? I wonder if that would work….

Game mechanic designed for PvP, and there is not still balancing spec for large scaled fights, u wont be efficient as Necros, and than most of the other classes.. mesmer lacking aeo support/damage, where mesmer as well, unefficient with some regular shatter or phantasms builds..

so i can say veil, portal,tw (which are unique skills for mesmers) and glamour and what ever u like to play.. as anet tell always..