Guild Wars 2

Share your weapon of choice for PvE then PvP. Currently I am using Scepter/Pistol and GS I have no clue if this is wrong or what tell me what you think? What should I be using as a mesmer?

For PvE — 1H sword/ Focus --—— 2H sword
For PvP — 1H sword/Pistol --——- 2H sword

Really depends playstyle. I love getting the most dmg, thats why I went Power-precision build. I like using the melee sword since it’s the weapon that has the highest dps. Scepter is pretty good since it creates illusions while u atk but I just feel like the dps is really low.

It depends on your play style, for example I enjoy ranged control so Staff+GS.

For PvE-Sword/Sword & Staff
For PVP-Sword/Pistol & Greatsword

really situational but usually im at scepter/pistol and 2 hander sword or sword and torch for pve

in sPvP i usually fight with staff & 2 hander sword for the extra support of staff

Using Sword / Sword / Greatsword for PvE and WvW, and Scepter / Torch / Staff for sPvP.

For PvE, Sword/Sword —> Staff.
For PvP, probably Sword/Pistol —> Staff.

PvE & WvW: Scepter/Torch – Greatsword
sPvP: Scepter/Torch – Sword/Pistol

Staff – scepter/torch.

I wish we had a one handed ranged direct damage weapon. I dislike the clone generator as an auto attack on the scepter (love confusion), but love the stealth of the torch =/

Scepter/sword will get you through PvE.

WvW : Greatsword and Scepter + Focus.

Greatsword & Sword/Focus

I find GS to be the most all-around useful weapon in general.

I find Sword to be the only mainhand weapon I tend to use.

Sword/Focus & Staff though still playing around with other weapons and pairings, but this seems most versatile for my play style.

PvE: Sword/Any Offhand & Staff
PvP: Sword/Pistol & Staff

I don’t care if I whiff, the 2 seconds of invulnerability is nice.

For both PvP AND PvE, I run Staff as main armament, and Sword/Focus for when things get hairy.

Basically I wear down and control my enemy through the Staff, and if they suddenly become a larger threat, or simply something goes wrong, I cut to Sword and use the 3 skill as a lunge, then blurred Frenzy to try to either kill them or simply make them fall back to try healing while I address the new issue.

I just started using Staff with Scepter and Pistol for everything.

How anyone can use a 1h sword as a mesmer in pvp confuses me. The clone ability for it never works.

Halfcentaur.9706:

How anyone can use a 1h sword as a mesmer in pvp confuses me. The clone ability for it never works.

This issue bothers me to no end. I still love my Sword, but the clone generation on it is definitely busted. It just casts idly for a second and then nothing happens and I’m left scratching my head. It’s impossible to initiate a fight with this ability with any consistency, and even mid-fight often does nothing.

I love Sword. iLeap is generally consistent for me. Sword is the #1 chasedown weapon and excellent for burst combos.

sword/pistol + staff for pve

Scepter/pistol + staff for pvp

staff for pve is godly once you realize you can have nearly 20 seconds straight of chaos armor.

I play a confusion build for pvp. It makes me a nightmare for people who love to spam buttons.

PVE: GS/Staff or GS/Scepter+Focus
WvW: GS/Scepter+Focus …never anything else
sPVP: Staff/Sword+Pistol …Sometimes Focus sometimes GS

Halfcentaur.9706:

I just started using Staff with Scepter and Pistol for everything.

How anyone can use a 1h sword as a mesmer in pvp confuses me. The clone ability for it never works.

You have to be in close range (i.e. almost melee) and targeting a valid hostile target. If you do not do this, your attempt will fail.

piitb.7635:

staff for pve is godly once you realize you can have nearly 20 seconds straight of chaos armor.

And how can I get that? Skill description says 5s.

prodigy.1023:

piitb.7635:

staff for pve is godly once you realize you can have nearly 20 seconds straight of chaos armor.

And how can I get that? Skill description says 5s.

Combo attacks with your three combo fields + the actual Chaos Armor ability.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo

Relevant to this discussion are your Ethereal Combo Fields (Chaos Storm, Feedback, I think Null Field and maybe Veil count as well) combined with any Leap finisher (Staff2 and Sword3).

EasymodeX.4062:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combo

Relevant to this discussion are your Ethereal Combo Fields (Chaos Storm, Feedback, I think Null Field and maybe Veil count as well) combined with any Leap finisher (Staff2 and Sword3).

Time warp counts as well.

Somna.5168:

Combo attacks

I still don’t quite understand how combos work. Is there any easy way to tell what will count as a combo and what won’t?

prodigy.1023:

Somna.5168:

Combo attacks

I still don’t quite understand how combos work. Is there any easy way to tell what will count as a combo and what won’t?

You will have to rely on the tooltips for figuring part of this out.

Generally, Combo fields are ground target effects, and certain abilities count as combo finishers and set off the combo attack.

Chaos Armor is a combo finisher for Ethereal Fields, which Mesmer can put down a lot of. People have listed them in the previous posts. You then have to use an ability that counts as a leap or a blast while in the field. To figure out what abilities count as these from inside the game, read the tooltips for the abilities you have. If it counts, it will say “Combo Finisher: (type).”