Guild Wars 2

Hello, I was wondering which is the most popular and better build for WvW and PVP and why, the shatter build, phantasm build, condition build, and any other builds that are viable. I like a build with massive burst but can also stay alive for a long period of time. Thx.

Hmm, have a look here
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-WvWvW-Pve-Shatter-Cat-Updated-3-6/page/22#post2184706
Osi has some great shatter builds, there are ones there to be tanky and such, and also high damage specs, which rely more on skill to survive.

Personally, I don’t know too much about the phantasm builds, but there are plenty of threads about them.

There are also many great condition damage builds, although these have great survivability, they don’t have the burst damage of the shatter specs, relying more on DoT damage through conditions.

This is my build “The Blackwater Mesmer” it might be worth taking a look at if you decide to go with a condition based build.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/BUILD-The-Blackwater-Mesmer-WvW-Condition/first#post2358531

It all depends on what you want to do!

In tournament pvp shatter is probably the best option for offensive support and roaming, but for close point defending a bunker build could suffice… but it was nerfed into nothingness last patch so i highly disrecommend that.

for hotjoin pvp anything will do, really

for wvw zerging you can use a glamour confusion build, but the damage output was lowered to… well, practically nothing was left.

for wvw roaming ive seen some people use phantasm builds, but im of the oppinion shatter is the best choice here. You have mobility, 1vsX capability, escapive capability and burst damage!
the 1vsX capability is really a must because youre just bound to run into groups of players while roaming.

Shatter has a huge skill cap, you can go full glass cannon and still take on groups of.. alot, under the right circumstances ofcourse.
But youll learn in due time.

Personally i dont use Shatter builds, Think mine would be more of a Condition/Phantasm build using the Scepter+Pistol/Staff combo. If doing WvW i HIGHLY recommend Feedback for when attacking or defending keeps, it simply rocks lol