Mesmer phantasms just die..
Hi what’s the point of setting phantasms, illusions in PvE since every single mob just has some obnoxious AoE that kills them after 1-2 seconds.
Not all npcs do. I use phantasms all the time and they don’t all get one-shotted.
But there are a few things to keep in mind. Firstly is that their stats are built off your own. If you are zerker, for instance, they will be more fragile. Secondly, you can take traits, gear, and skills to make them more survivable:
1. Persisting Images, +20% health
2. Signet of Illusions, +50% health
3. Triumphant Distortion, 1 second of distortion to phantasms when summoned
4. Phantasmal Defender, half of all damage of all allies gets sent to Defender
5. Gear that increases your defensive stats
Add #4 with Vengeful Images, which you get automatically if you took Persisting Images, and each attack packet triggers retaliation twice, once for the damage hitting the target, and once for the damage being shared to the Defender, meaning an AOE hitting three phantasms will hit the generator of the phantasm with 6 hits of Retaliation.
Also taking the trait that accelerates all your weapon’s recharge skills by 20% plus Illusionits Celerity means you can recharge your weapon-based phantasms 40% as your original ones dies, and Ether Signet will let you throw out another phantasm quickly.
So your phantasms may not stick around long, but combining those items will let you throw them out fast while the originals get at least a couple hits in before death.
Get all phants traits, use signet of Illusions. Trait mantra heal. Bring out 3 phants or 2 phants with 1 iDenfender
Spam mantra of pain.
Profits.