Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I am thinking of returning to play the game again and give it another try. It’s probably been a good year or more since I last played. My main character was a Mesmer and I got to about level 48. I spent most of that time leveling with a staff. I was wondering what is the current situation with the staff and if its still a viable play options. If it is, are there any links to any current guides or builds that I can review? Any current builds you guys can throw up would be great!

Also, I am not 100% stuck with the staff and I am willing to look at other builds if there is something out there far out performing over the other weapons. Like I said, I have been out of the loop for a while now. Thanks everyone!

Well, there is always my leveling guide in my signature. It is up to date and working.

You may give it a try.

I’d try Sword/Sword and Sword/Pistol to start. 20pts in Dueling for Blade Training and Duelist’s Discipline for faster recharge on your Phantasms with Sword and Pistol. And 15pts in Illusions for Iluisionists Celerity for even faster Phantasm/Clone cooldowns. Take Compounding Power in Illusions tree also.

Hit your target first then throw your phantasms. Let them do the work. If you get into trouble Sword 2, Sword 4 and Pistol 5 will help keep you alive.

Get Signet of the Ether as soon as you can or use Ether Feast for heals. Signet of Illusions will keep your phantasms alive for longer. Blink is nice to get outta bad situations or just move around the map. Mantra of Resolve or Null Field will help with conditions.

Nothing beats Sword/Focus + GS for leveling. Sword and Pistol offhands are both far too single-target to be very useful in the open world (unless you’re doing specialized things like soloing champs); comparatively, the warden and the berserker chew through entire crowds really fast.

Valarauka.2719:

Nothing beats Sword/Focus + GS for leveling. Sword and Pistol offhands are both far too single-target to be very useful in the open world (unless you’re doing specialized things like soloing champs); comparatively, the warden and the berserker chew through entire crowds really fast.

This is accurate. Sword/focus+ greatsword is absolutely the optimal leveling build.

I rarely pulled groups while leveling, but with multiples yes GS n Focus. I didn’t learn how to use focus effectively until later so I had better luck with /Sw n /P.

Blood~