MoM is pretty good even on zerk shatter!
I’m pretty sure the extra confusion damage will end up doing more damage than compounding power.
Only if you’re fighting someone that’s bad and spams skills during confusion. Otherwise, compounding power is far better.
That and that these days passive condie clearing seems so prevalent that I doubt you will notice any difference in damage output.
Playing a full condie Mesmer you will quickly find out that most professions are far less susceptible to condies then we are, and many times they area clearing them passively.
It’s insane how much Torment we can stack up with Torch 2 and MtD, and yet in so many cases you see 1 or 2 ticks in the log and it’s gone. Over and over again against classes like Warriors, Guardians, and Elementalists. (And Engies & Rangers are no slouches either if built right.)
That’s because spvp people kept whining about condi bunkers so they gave everybody cleanses for days. It’s even worse in wvw where people have guardian trains just clearing everything alongside staff eles plus the -40% condi duration food.
Moreover, anet seems completely enamoured with sticking the mesmer with RNG condi and boon application, so they put in worthless vulnerability on the staff autoattacks, and that results in an awful ramp up time for a mesmer to get condi stacks going. Similarly so with boons god forbid the mesmer could control what amn boon he gets from using his skills instead of playing the condi/boon lottery.
Chaos Storm is also quite depressing if you looked at the real chaos storm from the undead in Ruined City of Arah. Now that Chaos Storm from the Illusionists hits hard like it should. Instead of being a wet noodles you put on someone fishing for a daze.
Your only real condi frontload comes from sharper images iduelist.
An engineer can load up a target in condis in half the time with better condition coverage that doesn’t get blown to pieces by aoe. And he’s got a ton of cc and survivability to boot thanks to the amazing skills on the shield and pistol.
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Shout warriors will make you cry a little inside…
That’s because spvp people kept whining about condi bunkers so they gave everybody cleanses for days. It’s even worse in wvw where people have guardian trains just clearing everything alongside staff eles plus the -40% condi duration food.
Moreover, anet seems completely enamoured with sticking the mesmer with RNG condi and boon application, so they put in worthless vulnerability on the staff autoattacks, and that results in an awful ramp up time for a mesmer to get condi stacks going. Similarly so with boons god forbid the mesmer could control what amn boon he gets from using his skills instead of playing the condi/boon lottery.
Chaos Storm is also quite depressing if you looked at the real chaos storm from the undead in Ruined City of Arah. Now that Chaos Storm from the Illusionists hits hard like it should. Instead of being a wet noodles you put on someone fishing for a daze.
Your only real condi frontload comes from sharper images iduelist.
An engineer can load up a target in condis in half the time with better condition coverage that doesn’t get blown to pieces by aoe. And he’s got a ton of cc and survivability to boot thanks to the amazing skills on the shield and pistol.
DIRE amulets dont exist in PvP. True condi bunkers dont exist in PvP the way they do in WvW.
I use reflection on distort. Much, much better than compounding power, a little bit less damage but then again, you can reflect rapid fire, pindown, thief stealth arrow ect.
Pineapples rule
Yeah masterful reflection is pretty good especially if you take Illusionary Invigoration.