Guild Wars 2

Mesmer Crit bleed build?
I was thinking of a build to use my illusions as damage instead of shattering them.

How viable is this im only level 40 my knowledge of the class isn’t amazing but i have been doing quite a bit of research and i don’t want to be one of the shatter mesmer nanny boys.

In my current lvl 40 gear i can amass 63% crit chance im thinking if can manage the same amount at lvl 80 thoughts opinions?

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcmmmz9cmxbrMmxbrMGx9MGVsmaVmc8kiC7070m7kIN70m
Tell me if it’ll work of if any of you guys have tried it before for pvp i know i lack defenses but this has the possibility of doing alot of condition damage w/o and still do massive damage with your 1h sword 2 i haven’t decided on my off-hand yet.

I’d change a few things…

1: Don’t use a torch, they aren’t great for DPS. Swap to either Focus or Pistol.
2: Swap your traits around, to this theory craft build.

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mcmmmz9cmxbrMmxbrMaxa0GVmaVVmc8kiC7070m7kIN70m

3: Remember that replacing a clone, is essentially killing it so it will apply a random condition to the foe as well as crippling it.

Thanks alot that 3rd pointer is a great one i had no idea replacing a clone is equivalent to killing it.

Genesis.5169:

Thanks alot that 3rd pointer is a great one i had no idea replacing a clone is equivalent to killing it.

Not many people realize it. Glad I could help.

Yes this playstyle works well at 80 as well. You may also want to grab the 3% bonus damage and 3% damage reduction per illusion traits due to the high uptime on illusions. You can still use mind wrack too but as more of a finisher than primary damage.

If you really want to stack up a lot of bleeds I’d go with the focus offhand it can be a bit more challenging to land properly, but it can easily stack 10+ bleeds on multiple targets if it survives long enough. The benefits of projectile absorption and a swiftness/cripple/pull are hard to pass up too.