Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone,

Just rolled a mesmer for the first time. I’ve been kind of avoiding them since release because I’m not sure about how I feel about the play style. But I broke down and tried it out. Currently I’m lvl 22 and had a few questions.

Firstly, I just don’t really know what role or build I should be playing. I’ve poked around the forums a bit and saw that Sw/SW + sw/p seems to be a popular weapon set And i’ve been running with just the sw/sw leveling up and I’m not too sure if I’m playing it right. I just feel like I’m lacking sources of damage. I’m pretty much just putting up clones so mobs don’t attack me and auto attacking until blurred frenzy comes off cool down.

Secondly (and pretty much the same as thee first), I don’t really know where i should be heading for end game. So if anyone could shed some light on that, that would be great. I’m mostly going to be doing pve dungeons and some WvW probably (I’m actually looking for a good solo/duo roamer class which is why I finally decided to give mesmer a roll).

This thread will help you make/chose a build and give you plenty of other useful tips regarding the mesmer class. End game wise you can do whatever you want as a mesmer, you are not restricted to just one aspect of the game, it’s just what you want to do.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-Lyssa-s-Grimoire-The-Mesmer-Handbook/page/3#post2994314

Mess around till you find something that looks cool?

The basic mesmer playstyle is basically:

1) Pick a target.
2) Summon a bunch of illusions
3) Attack with your other skills
4) Shatter illusions when it looks like damage will be enough to drop the target

There are different variants of course (you could build purely for clone generation to get lots of shatters, or set up for condition damage so clones deal decent damage, or just straight-up focus on phantasms for raw DPS) but it’s a bit early to worry about that at level 22. Sw/Sw + Sw/P is the dungeon standard because phantasm builds are extremely powerful and build up to incredibly high sustained numbers against dungeon healthsinks but against trash mobs where the 3-4 seconds needed to get phantasms up is considered a slow kill, it’s not necessarily ideal.

Dont be scared of the forummesmers around here either. If you like GS feel free to use it as one of your weapons. GS + SW/Pist or Focus are great for phantasm builds.