Guild Wars 2

Hi, i’v been playing as a Reflection and general support mesmer in WvW for quite a while now and it’s pretty kitten awesome. You can turn the tides of a battle and even support small raids group. i like the utility, flexibility and even damage of this build ( mostly Scep/Focus+Staff ).
Now, i’m adventuring into the world of PvE Dungeons and i’m wondering if this build suits this style of play. i haven’t done many dungeons and i find the ability to reflect proyectiles and neutralize ranged mobs not so useful at all and the utility i provide doesnt seem to be helping my team so much.

So i wanna know if this role is as useful in dungeons compared to full dps, maybe i’m missing something as i dont have that much experience doing them.

Is there any particular set of skills that prove to be extra useful in this situation or maybe i’m using them wrong? dont know… wanna hear your opinion and feedback!

Really it depends on the dungeon. I can’t say much about the others since I’ve only really done Ascalonian Catacombs for any length of time, but in that dungeon there isn’t much of a use for reflection, but condition removal and dazes for the breeders there helps quite a bit instead. Reflection does have it’s place in dungeons however just not all of them I would say.

even in AC there’s alot use for reflect skills. First the spiders, but mainly the profession ghosts.

Temporal Curtain and iWarden aren’t reliable for reflecting purposes, but on some enemies, they just works.
At the same time TCurtain and Feedback are combo fields, which is nice for the party. Casting iWarden in a Feedback dome just looks devasting.

But generally, you’ll have to change your skills and traits according to the room you enter. You have to memorize each mob in each path in each dungeon for being effective. And reflecting isn’t needed in 75% of the rooms. And with the low uptime of the reflect skills, it’s not effective.
You’ll learn this by playing, I suppose.

Nretep.2564:

even in AC there’s alot use for reflect skills. First the spiders, but mainly the profession ghosts.

Temporal Curtain and iWarden aren’t reliable for reflecting purposes, but on some enemies, they just works.
At the same time TCurtain and Feedback are combo fields, which is nice for the party. Casting iWarden in a Feedback dome just looks devasting.

But generally, you’ll have to change your skills and traits according to the room you enter. You have to memorize each mob in each path in each dungeon for being effective. And reflecting isn’t needed in 75% of the rooms. And with the low uptime of the reflect skills, it’s not effective.
You’ll learn this by playing, I suppose.

True, but mainly I was generalizing that the majority of the fights in AC are against Gravelings. The spiders I found that most groups quickly take care of them while the only time the ghosts really show up to make reflecting useful for any length of time is during the end portion of Detha’s path, or I guess for a bit right before the lovers room.

You will find reflection very useful in AC yeah, and even more in CM. However, beside those two, it’s pretty useful but not as much and as often. It becomes “good” instead of “omg ultimate just grab it” so it’s still cool as, imo, it’s more useful than just “situational”. However, speccing into full reflect at the expense of stats or useful traits is a loss for those dungeons where it’s not always needed …