Guild Wars 2

Hello forum, I have retired my Thief who I played since release, and I’ve been playing Mesmer for the past month or so, and I am in love with the class. It’s easily the coolest class in MMORPG’s, and offers a bit more interesting and varied gameplay than Thief can offer.

I have been playing different versions of a shatter-Mesmer in WvW, experimenting with high crit and burst, and Might stacking etc. using S+P or S+F and Staff.

Whilst this has been fun so far, I’ve found it to be very difficult to play and sometimes very frustrating. Particularly when I don’t land a perfect burst combo, I feel a bit useless after that.

I was wondering if there were any builds out there that could be considered ‘easier’ to play?

Or at least something with a bit more survivability and more reliable damage (not relying on the AI too much)

I’ve tried to come up with my own builds, (such as using GS and simply going 30 in to Domination and stacking power etc.) but they end up being rather primitive and ineffective.

Any help appreciated!

Phantasm builds are relativily easy to play, though rely a lot on AI.
I play 10-20-30-10 with decoy, blink, veil and mass invisibility + centaur runes. Make a bit mix of power, crit and cond dmg and you get an awesome hybrid build with good mobility and survivability.