Guild Wars 2

Hiya all!

I’ve been getting into GW recently, more specifically the pvp aspect of the game. A couple questions that I couldn’t find answers to by searching:

For a 20/20/—-/30 shatter mesmer, what’s the difference between burst damage and sustained? Watching some videos and reading some guides, apparently you’re supposed to “save” your burst until the target is relatively low hp. What does that mean?

Also, I’m running the hybrid spec from Osi’s guide. For those of you who are running the build, (or something similar,) what kind of combination of gear/runes seems to be working for you?

Thanks!

Sustained damage = Phantasms.
Burst damage = Multiple burst combos, such as Have 3 Bubbles up Cry of Frustration, Mirror Images dodge Mind Wrack.

For instance.

If you hit a guardian with your full burst while they are above 75% hp, he will laugh, and heal to full, you have to set up a burst combo, and even disable the guard so he is unable to evade a full burst after he’s been dps’d down to 70%~.