Guild Wars 2

I probably redo my Mesmer spec weekly :p Sometimes daily! I was Mantras for the longest time. And honestly I do miss it sometimes. But for me there are a few things I just love on the Mesmer.

I love the torch, because I love the stealth.
I love 100% Swiftness uptime
I love to hit hard with single target dps, but I want to be able to function in AoE fights as well. And while I don’t love great sword, this seems like the best weapon for zerging.

So I have been fooling with a phantasm build. Using Pistol and Sceptre in one weapon set. And Sceptre focus in the other. It looked something like this.

http://tinyurl.com/ns34w24

But I got to thinking…I had almost 0 AoE with this spec. And I know some people love the focus, but I just can’t get into it. So I went for a spec that highlighted the things I like.

http://tinyurl.com/o69kqdu

What I’m thinking is. While I lose the +15% phantasm damage, from the inspiration line. I pick up about 200 power, which I think will offset this. I’m not sure if the math is perfect, but I didn’t seem to lose much in my testing.

My only problem is I started really liking the pistol. But without great sword, I only have single target dps. I also sometimes feel like the Mesmer can do so many amazing things. And maybe this build is to simple. On the other hand it’s very effective for me, so maybe simple isn’t all that bad.

Any thoughts on this?

wanna aoe? pickup sword main hand and go press skill 1 and 2. mesmer not so cool in aoe dmg if u not nerfed glamour mesmer (for large amount of foe) or gc shatter (for small group of foe)