Guild Wars 2

I’m talking shatter mesmer: My favorite combo is ileap, stow-weapon + dodge, swap, weaponswitch, mirror blade, mindstab + shatter. I usually use it when someone is chasing me as the ileap clone typically pops up behind the target. It does about a12k burst on a squishy target.

What is your favorite combo?

For ranged shatter one of my favorites is the mirror blade > blink to their face > F1 > mind stab. Traited with elasticity, that can be a devastating combo that can almost down a squishy thief from full health.

how can u swap weapons 3 times in less than 9 seconds? are u actually using runes of the warrior?

It’s not my own combo but I like the one from Wing’s (easyface) videos where he uses the prestige, summons iDuelist, iLeap + iSwap then blurred frenzy. I also like how he says it every time he does it, lol.

Funky.4861:

how can u swap weapons 3 times in less than 9 seconds?

I’m swapping once. From s/f to gs. You might be confused with the stow-weapon thing. I cancel the rest of the animation on ileap with stow weapon, then dodge to get an extra clone – it’s quicker that way. I’m not switching weapons. It can get buggy though, because sometimes when I leap to clone and weapon swap, the game still thinks I’m in sword set, so it does blurred frenzy and puts mirror blade on cooldown.

skcamow.3527:

For ranged shatter one of my favorites is the mirror blade > blink to their face > F1 > mind stab.

I like to blink when the blade is mid-air. It looks cooler, I can port behind the target (less risky), and (in my mind) it’s harder to spot what I’m doing.

i like focus pull warden summon[ curtain #4 and 3/4 through warden cast you use skill #4 again to pull warden at the same time (with CI and IP or just either GM)] and then dodge, swap weapons f1 ( especially with intelligence sigils, your shatter alone crits upwards of 9k against some specs in spvp) and knockback ( gs #5). with halting strike and IP your damage is amazing against glassy specs and it is almost all AoE which really hurts roaming parties and you can occasionally 1vX ( especially when all the dps goes down that quickly and even more if all foes are glassy and down in roughly 1 and 1/2 seconds). you can use it while being chased, it doesnt take many cds ( only weapons ) and you have your next burst setup ( gs 4 and 2 which will definitely finish off any who are still standing there and they will likely be if you have CI).

On my lockdown soloq spec(I use GS + sw/f for lockdown) I put down temp curtain, start casting iwarden, pull if I can interrupt or just before iwarden is done casting, ileap, wait until immo has like 1s left, then I use mirror blade and doge + mind wrack.
On shatter teamq spec (st+gs) I don’t really use any combos except mirror blade + dodge/mind wrack or if I’m standing at a distance, mirror blade + mind stab as soon as the mirror blade hits and mind wrack all at the same time basically.

I don’t see why you would need ‘’stow weapon’’ if you already dodge. Dodge already cancels any casting time. Not only that but ileap casting time is incredibly low, I’m amazed that can have an aftercast so big that you can neglect it.

I play power hybrid. I like to down a guy wait for his friends start rezing. Torch 4 , ileap dodge swap , mantra of pain , blurred frenzy shatter 1. Then blink out gs 4 + 2 and 3 . It’s pretty fun when it works.
The other combo is like above posted ileap backward on some one who is chasing me and shatter on them.

BlackDevil.9268:

I don’t see why you would need ‘’stow weapon’’ if you already dodge. Dodge already cancels any casting time. Not only that but ileap casting time is incredibly low, I’m amazed that can have an aftercast so big that you can neglect it.

It’s more of a habit, really, as I don’t always blow a dodge. It’s a good habit to get into and it saves a lot of time. iLeap has a 3/4th second cast time. You can cut it down to pretty much 1/4. That is a huge difference, actually. Especially when the clone can die so easily.

In your original post u said ‘swap, weapon switch’ but having thought about it i believe that you’re swapping with your clone, not swapping weapons hence my initial confusion. Also, i’m assuming this is a pvp/wvw thing cos i don’t see any reference to any specific game mode in the thread (a ‘squishy target’ can be lots of things).

I used to use swap plus warlock to let those 6k bolts hit home. I don’t use sword much anymore tho…

my other favorite was mirror images and then shatter point blank on stomps while I rubbed the ground near someone.

Mine is Phase retreat + shatter. It adds a lot more offensive pressure to staff and opens a lot of new, fun and effective, but also more complicated shatter combos, like Mirror Blade, swap, Phase Retreat and F1, or PR+F3, MB+Blink+F1+Mindstab.

My favorite combo has 2 options after the first part.

Sword focus gs.
First part: the set up.
Focus 4, focus 5,focus 4 before summon,i leap/swap, *
2nd part: the execution.
Blurred frenzy shatter, or swap to gs 2 shatter berserker