New mesmer need some advice on crafting gear
Zerker is better for WvW. The reason people like to use Assassins is for reflecting high damage PvE mobs (it uses your Crit stats but the enemy Power).
Shatter is a great spec, you’ll learn to use your shatters and gives you burst and boon removal. 4/4/0/0/6 – your choice of weapons really but GS is pretty important for WvW imo.
For WvW, if you don’t want a condition build, you might consider some survivability using Knight (Power/Precision/Toughness) or Soldier/Sentinel (Power/Toughness/Vitality), if you mix those with Berserker you could end up dealing a good amount of damage plus handling multiple enemies.
Thanks, okey I can start with that then.
What can I use for second weapon, does staff work ok?
Yer staff is great defensive weapon and can surprise burst with the warlock hit. Sword/Focus I’m enjoying atm – we have a great set of offhands to mix with sword so its personal choice really.
Any tip on runes?
If you’ll be running Sword/Focus then Rune of Strength or Scholar, I don’t know, if you’ll be running another off-hand, like Sword/Sword, you should try Runes of the Traveler (unless you don’t care for speed).
I guess Traveler’s or Strength would be the two I’d pick from, depends if you want the run buff or extra damage – I’m using Strength atm.
I guess Traveler’s or Strength would be the two I’d pick from, depends if you want the run buff or extra damage – I’m using Strength atm.
Speed and Pack are cheaper variants.
Centaur is even cheaper.
And if you want the power from Strength but don’t care about speed, you can also use Hoelbrak.
Hello,
I just hit 80, im going to start crafting my ascendence gear but im not sure what stats to choose.
I will mainly play wvw, is assassin or berserker a good choice to start with?
Would also appreciate some tips on a build to start with.
Thanks
What aspects of WvW do you play?
Hello,
I just hit 80, im going to start crafting my ascendence gear but im not sure what stats to choose.
I will mainly play wvw, is assassin or berserker a good choice to start with?
Would also appreciate some tips on a build to start with.
Thanks
What aspects of WvW do you play?
Im roaming mostly.
Hello,
I just hit 80, im going to start crafting my ascendence gear but im not sure what stats to choose.
I will mainly play wvw, is assassin or berserker a good choice to start with?
Would also appreciate some tips on a build to start with.
Thanks
What aspects of WvW do you play?
Im roaming mostly.
Well, you can either go for a condition build or a glassy build. For solo roaming, mesmers generally take condition builds due to their higher durability, and you’d want a set of rabid gear in that case. You can also go for a glassy build, perhaps a shatter build, but you may have a pretty rough time unless you roam with a couple friends.
If you’re going shatter, either berserker or assassins works well. You can also experiment with taking some knights/cavaliers into the build for more durability. If you’re going to try a shatter build and mix the gear a bit, I’d highly recommend getting rare/exotics to begin with, that way you’re not wasting so many resources on ascended gear that you might not be happy with.
I suggest berserker’s. You can use them for both WvW roam/raid and casual fractal runs.
You can mix in rapid/knight/soldier trinkets if you want to get tankier or do more hybrid damage with condition.
If you want to use full condition sometime, you can still prepare a set of exotic rapid gear.
Craft the weapon first since it’ll be a flat 5% boost in damage. Armor and trinkets have much less impact on your damage output than many assume… And, for wvw, berserker is better than assassins for a glass playstyle.