Some build advice (PVE+WvW hybrid)

Some build advice (PVE+WvW hybrid)

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Posted by: Blood Red Arachnid.2493

Blood Red Arachnid.2493

My Mesmer finally hit 80. But, unlike my other 3 classes, I’m not exactly sure what to do with this one. Right now, my currently used build for PVE and WVW is the following:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgMQNAW7fl0zyo3UzmGa9ICqHXX29dkK0aleMbXItB-jACBIMCyUFBiyAO/pIasl1FRjVzATjiIq2hoIa1SBAzYA-e

NOTE: this is only one of the two builds I plan to make, with the other being full berserker.

It is a staff hybrid. The way the build works is a bit simple: use diversion + IP along with the mantra to have 3 interrupts at any one time. These 3 interrupts can net 9 stacks of confusion, and this can be combined with the 3 from the proc, plus the 8 from frustration to peak at a burst of around 20 stacks of confusion on a single target. With all the might flying around I can sustain about 1500 malice easily, so this comes to about 7k per action in PVE, and 3.5K per action in WvW.

Being a hybrid, it is also a shatter build. It only has about 2500 effective power, (2800+ with might). I haven’t gotten any “peak” damages yet, and the math is wonky so I’m not sure where to go from there, but I’ve hit around 1500 max with each illusion (coming to 6k damage total) with Mind Wrack.

Arcane thievery is there to throw conditions back in my opponents face, and steal their own boons. By being a hybrid build, returned conditions can do quite a bit of damage on their own, and also I can make the most out of stolen might.

That part works fine. I do have some issues that I"m not sure how to resolve yet:

#1: I am still tossed up between a 10/30/0/0/30 build and a 20/20/0/0/30 build. Both builds have roughly the same effective power (2520 vs. 2499 or about 1% difference), the former getting haste on interrupt and additional confusion on clone death, the latter getting more condi duration and halting strikes for a massive hit on interrupt (base power is 750 now, whereas backstab is 806).

#2: Weapon swap. The staff is set in stone, but the scepter/torch just kind of exists at the moment. I’m sure it is more useful in WvW where the blind + stealth will be a great asset, so in PVE I’d like a suggestion on what to role with instead. I’ve been considering sword/pistol, since it’ll give me additional bleeds + stuns, but I haven’t settled on anything yet.

Thanks in advance.

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Some build advice (PVE+WvW hybrid)

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Posted by: Kaiyanwan.8521

Kaiyanwan.8521

While I am not entirely sure if this build works in PvE (mobs attack too slow for my taste, but the build itself sounds interresting), at least get rid of Desperate Decoy. ^^

Some build advice (PVE+WvW hybrid)

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Posted by: Blood Red Arachnid.2493

Blood Red Arachnid.2493

Any suggestions with what to replace it with? Dueling adept isn’t exactly teeming with good options for hybrid builds.

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Some build advice (PVE+WvW hybrid)

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Posted by: Kaiyanwan.8521

Kaiyanwan.8521

How about Phantasmal Fury, nothing wrong with that.
With all those conditions flying around, your warlock will crit like a truck…