Guild Wars 2

Ok the title is slightly misleading, but anyway.

Some of you may already do this but having tried it out as a legit build rather than just theorizing about it I think it works pretty kitten well.

The point is using the trait that applies confusion when people leave/enter glamours with your portal to burst people. Either running onto a busy control point with invis and dropping them or when melee are tunneling you.

Works great with the Blind on Glamour trait as well as each portal drop blinds and then confuses (with confuse on blind trait). Fantastic against melee.

Combined with Chaos Armor (with confuse on blind trait) people training you will get blinded alot plus acquire a crap ton of confusion. I’ve had a thief jumping around on me get 20 stacks in like 2 seconds between Chaos Armor and the tele’s, and just instantly die (4000 dmg per skill hurts).

The tiny size of portals and having 2 of them makes them shine. Keep in mind though they will only apply confuses when active, though the first drop will still blind.

post your build so we can try it out as well, thx.

And even better post a video of how you do it.

I had the same idea as the OP. I threw this build together as a base model.

I made a name for this build a while back. The glamorous zerg buster.

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/mesmer#6|17|2647|8134|4091|4085|8987|20|1751|2299|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|20|2316|2314|0|30|2310|2411|2312|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

I actually run with a variation to this. I sacrifice the points in Inspiration (glamour skill duration increase and cool down reduction) for 20 points in dueling. I found the ability to generate clones on dodge more valuable (especially in one on one fights), but it really depends on your play style. I tend to lean towards balanced builds and stay away from ones that depend on certain scenarios.

The real strength of this build is in WvW. It is amazing to see how often enemy players will attack through confusion in the heat of battle. By the time most of them realize their skills are damaging them, they’re already below half health (all the while taking direct damage from you and anyone else on your team). It really has great synergy with the warden. Drop warden, then feedback bubble. Bubble blinds (which protects the warden) and confuses while warden starts his attack. If they stay in the bubble, they take massive damage from warden. If they leave, they get a 5 sec stack (plus 33%) of confusion. For the mesmer, it’s fire and forget. You can drop a bubble on a cluster and pick off any that move out of range (I use great sword for long range and berserker). It’s fun to throw in zerker for good crippling after you drop the warden. Makes it slower for them to get out of your glamour field.

I chose the name “zerg buster” cause this build seems to do just that. A zerg has it’s strength in numbers. What this build does is it shuts down the attacking power of large chunks of the zerg. When the enemies realize their attacks are killing them, they pull back or cut off their DPS. Your team is continuing to attack. It essentially limits their damage output while yours increases (through confusion, combo fields, and feedback bubbles.

I will admit though, I’m not a big fan of the portal use for the glamour confusion, because it requires running into the zerg for placement. This can get very tricky.

sounds awesome, too bad my mesmer is just lvl 1 spvp pet

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I will admit though, I’m not a big fan of the portal use for the glamour confusion, because it requires running into the zerg for placement. This can get very tricky.

I guess you could plant portal entre, rush the zerg (with blink or stealth) drop the exit and port away

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/mesmer#6|20|2681|8134|4091|4085|8987|30|1751|2299|2300|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|10|2316|0|0|30|2310|2312|2411|2|2|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

Been going with this build since beta.

Alas.. this is why I love mesmer so much… no matter what anyone says. There’s so much satisfaction in holding a giant zerg yourself… you can’t explain it until you do it once.. Then you’re just chasing them for that first rush your felt! IT IS EXILIRATING…. been watching too much Criminal Minds.. I sound like a serial killer..

Haha so true, my favorite is dropping bubble, warden, and zerker and watching all the white numbers and purple swirls flying up all over the place.

Also, against zerg-like groups, I find scepter 3 is a certain kill. 5 stacks of confusion (in addition to the raw damage from it) basically shuts down that player completely. Any attempts to attack or use any survival skills simply backfires. Top that with your own/your team’s DPS, and yeah, certain death.

Dropping confusion Scepter 3 on a warrior going flurry mode, or a ranger doing that 12 shot thing.. is GODLY lol. I love seeing them panic screaming “CANCEL ATTACK kitten ”

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Portal-Examples/first#post319205

Been used for a while now, gets you that stack of 20 if done right