Guild Wars 2

Hey fellow mesmers! I primarily WvW and I used to run a full zerker set. I am tired of getting destroyed so easily and I started switching up some gear. My armor is now a mix of knights and valk, my accessories/rings/amulet are all zerker and my backpack is the balthazar temple exotic. All of these things have ruby orbs/jewels in them. I like the increased survivability and my damage hasn’t suffered a whole lot but that got me curious about what other mesmers gear looks like. I main a GS and use sword/torch in my alt set and I traited myself for shatters because it’s my favorite style of gameplay.

So shatter mesmers, what kind gear are you rocking in WvW? How is the feel of the gameplay with those stats?

When I’m in shatter set up I use mostly zerker with some knights and it’s pretty squishy, but I use mobility/skills as my primary defense.

If you go heavier on the passive defenses (tough/vit) you’ll obviously lose damage, it’s just a balance between the two and your own playstyle. I find that mesmer already has a decent health pool, so if I was going for more passive defense, I would go heavier on toughness than vit… but it really comes down to what works best for you.

For WvW I’m running Valk armor and Berz weapons/trinkets. I have a little bit larger of a health pool and I do crits 10% less of the time.

Yea I was just trying to get a little more staying power. Damage is only so awesome if you’re around to admire the corpse you just created afterwards right? Maybe I’m just not good at being mobile. I usually switch up my utilities but I typically run with Mirror Image, Decoy, and signet of illusions so my living bombs can make it to their target and for the shatter reset in a pinch. My elite is typically mass illusion. Any suggestions on utilities?

I’m a phantasm mesmer and I don’t run Signet of Illusions unless I’m in sPvP/tPvP. You shouldn’t expect to have 3 phantasms out, and if you do, they aren’t going to die at that point (unless it’s sPvP or tPvP).

For WvW, I run Decoy, Blink, Arcane Thievery. I swap AT to Feedback/Null Field if I go against a zerg/with a zerg.