Guild Wars 2

Question to those of you out there running full zerk one shot mesmer builds. Does the oneshot use a stun to hold the target in place during the teleport/shatter rotation?

There is trait that makes daze into stun on 5sec iCD.

So usually yes, bursty mesmer will use either F3 shatter or mantra of distraction to stun enemy before burst.

It’s for 2 reasons:

1) Stunned enemy is more likely to be hit by the burst.
2) Mental Anguish is a 15% damage increase to Mind Wrack but 30% damage increase if the target is not using a skill which a stun will guarantee.

Ty for the info,

I do fine without the mantra of distraction, I run the mantra of pain and still 1 hit people its just up to how you play tbh.

There’s quite a few ways of doing it really. Some people don’t even bother with MoD and just do ye olde Mirror Images, Blink, Mind Wrack with Mirror Blade. Often a Mirror Blade, Blink, Mind Wrack will kill a Thief or Ele outright in WvW.