Guild Wars 2

hi

Solo Condition Mesmer and SUCKING at it.

I am terrible. i don’t die very often. solo’s can’t kill me whatsoever generally. and its usually 3 or more that have a chance of killing me if one of them is some kind of cc/immobilize class.

I die pretty easily to zergs if I stay but generally i run out pretty quick.

I built a staff, sword/focus mesmer 0/20/30/0/20 completely on my own just messing around.

Like I said, its very hard for me to die but I barely do any damage. I am lucky to see the purple condition numbers hit for 700++ damage. My staff bolts hit for 100++ to be expected with 0 in power.

I have abkittenely 0 idea what to do now. In testing my spec seemed real decent but in practical WvW I barely hurt anyone. I use sword/focus solely for the speed/ pull back feature.

Since the patch I have tried switching to staff, scepter/torch but to no avail, Torment is really hard to use as most time people aren’t solo and when u need it you cant spare the cast time. For torch I only really use prestige most of the time. I use Phantasmal Mage when I can.

My trinkets and weapons are yellow L80 rabids with yellow L80 rabid upgrades.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgQQNAW7flwzCo3QTpGb9IipHBHFicoUcdeXJFz2FC-jExAINio5cYR0YV3Y6YioaA-w

Please help

Go Shatter because Anet wants you to.

Hello Orwyn since we are using the exact same trait and stat point distribution but not the same traits. I think I can be of help.

The first thing I looked for in your build is sustained application of conditions. You already know that is your main source of damage but how reliably are you apply conditions to your foes?

I ran into this same question and while using focus is a possibility it is not a Reliable source of condition application if the target is not stationary… Torch Off-hand I have seen video’s utilizing it effectively so I cannot say it is not effective but in 5v5 skirmish and above it looses it’s luster quickly…

So then what is the best off-hand for reliable condition application? Pistol if you’re wearing Rabid and you are traited 15 in Dueling there is no better bleed applicator than your Duelist :p you will see and increase in your sustained application. Also another trait to supplement staff if you have not tried it already is Illusionary Elasticity because of it’s synergy with Deceptive Evasion and also Debilitating Dissipation. Staff will be primary or if you can sneak up on someone start with duelist when all the bleeds have finished stacking determine whether it is a good time to use Magic Bullet because you want them to suffer the full affect of the bleeds.

My bleed stack is 153 for 5 seconds= 765 from just 1 application of bleed discounting duration increasing buff multiply that by how many applications of bleed on an enemy and you see what I am talking about sustained. No class has been able to survive past 2 duelists with out dying or running away…

All in all it is a very viable and dangerous build and if you stick with it you will continue to find the play style very rewarding. Good Luck!