Guild Wars 2

Hey!
I’ve been meaning to do this for sometime now but been to lazy. Now I mostly use this build for WvW but I try to find a build that can work well in PvE and WvW. Not so much luck so far. But here it goes; please let me know if there is something I’m doing wrong. Details are important, so please justify any claim against my Mesmer’s gear/build/weapons with as much fact and as little opinion as possible. Thanks.

Also: Does anybody know of any theory-craft websites for Mesmer’s?

Specs:

Sword(Accuracy) 5% Crit/Torch(Valkyrie) Extra dmg each kill
Greatsword(Accuracy) 5% Crit
5/5 Berserker gear (Superior Rune of the Centaur) <—- Runes for mobility
Power, Vitality, Condition Dmg for my rings/amulet/trinkets
Build: http://www.gw2builds.org/create/bwe_1/mesmer#0.0.3.3-1.8.2.4.2-20.20.0.0.30-9.6.3.0.2.9.7
(Note for the second trait slot for Dueling is Deceptive Evasion)

I feel like the only reason I fail in any situation is due to my lack of overall knowledge of my class, I’ve got my own data now I want to compare it. If I have missed anything let me know.

You could try another build site so you can see all stats in the build

This one: http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/

There’s nothing blatantly wrong with your build. There’s some minor tweaks that I’d suggest, but I think the main thing is that you need to be a little more flexible and make adjustments depending on the situation. For example, your weapon sets make perfect sense for “roaming”, but in a siege situation you may want to switch the torch for a focus to pull people off walls and swap the greatsword for a staff so you can AoE arrow carts as necessary. Likewise, Mirror Images in great for small scale fights, but in a zerg-vs-zerg situation you might be better off with Feedback in that slot. Remember that you can always change up your Major Traits as well, adding even further flexibility.

With that being said, here’s some minor tweaks I’d suggest:

Swap Deceptive Decoy for Phantasmal Fury and Compounding Power for Illusionary Invigoration — to keep a balance of offence and defense. Deceptive Decoy can work in sPvP, but in WvW or PvE the odds of you being brought below 25% health and living are way too slim. Since Illusionary Invigoration triggers at 50% health instead, you’ll get much better mileage out if it and the extra Distortion is more likely to save your life than the stealth.

In PvE, you can usually afford to drop some of the survival oriented traits/gear for more DPS. It might be worth it to invest in some additional zerker jewelry for those situations, and you might want to grab a pistol offhand for boss fights. Bosses usually attack too slow for the confusion damage of iMage to be worth it.