PvP Build + Game Play Powershatter
I am absolutely loving your class videos and builds man. Your youtube channel is my favorite. This Mesmer build is lots of fun.
Watched part of the video, but couldn’t bear to watch the whole thing. Seriously. Stop. Running. In. Circles. All. The. Time. I felt like I’m gonna go crazy/lose my mind shortly, so I had to click it away. My head still feels all… weird. I still feel like something’s spinning somewhere inside my head. Uff.
Otherwise, I guess the video is nice, but the constant running in circles makes it unwatchable for me.
Maybe you just had an off match but I didnt feel your build, or your use of the build, did anything particularly fantastic in that match.
You obviously felt very pressured more often than not, and your well/ground placements showed it. You also failed to use gravity well, and more importantly chrono shift. The thing that seemed to sustain you was your F4, which really made it more a case of “he went down a little later instead of just now”.
Watching that thief take chunks out of you reminded me of the pre trait change days -_-u
Using torch is ok (I guess) but since you sat in GS most of the time you should have been using it to open/burst on people. Which is another thing, your bursts need working on. GS 1, 2, and 3 as ‘ranged pressure’ isn’t really going to get the job done.
Your portal strat needs some work too. Don’t worry, it’s not the easiest util to pick up, but if it’s not going to good use you’re better off taking something else.
Anyway, good show, keep at it.
Ok wow, I just took a closer look at your traits. You take Mental Anguish, but not CS, nor (of course) Mantra of Domination. So the entire premise of your burst should revolve around landing your mind wrack under a stun, which the GS is great for. But you don’t really possess good stun/lockdown access. Your best bet is to hit them during a gravity well, but outside of that you’ve not really got anything. Sure, you get the +15% damage (on shatters), but really that +30% super spike is going to waste big time.
So yeah, as for the build, It’s a sub optimal setup for the roaming DPS roll. If you took Power Block and focused on interrupts instead you’d probably get more damage out of it (not to mention the weakness), since GS 5 and Gwell can proc those interrupts.