Guild Wars 2

Hey mesmers first of all I want to thank you for clicking on my link because this is very important to me and I do not own alot of threads.

I am an officer in my guild and we have a really great Tpvp team going. I just hit level 13 (Deer Champion Slayer) and I really feel like I am starting to understand my mesmer as far as going up against classes and different situations. I just wanted to state a couple of classes I am having trouble with in Tpvp.

First I will explain what I am running. I will post build and then explain as to why I use it. Please if somethng does not make sense in the build help me with constructive criticism. I did not copy paste a build (maybe I did and not know it) its just what i sort of came into from doing pvp and what I felt comfortable with as I played more pvp.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAsaWlwzKqnUTqGZ9IiJF9GyhSB25dlewb52FC-ToAg0E1oqxVjpGZN2aGYsKZCC

Ok now…thank you for looking at my build. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Phantasmal Duelists!!!! They are my main source of damage. I try to get as many of them out going all the time. Secondly I use the staff because I feel capping a point with greatsword is just counter productive and when I need to defend myself I feel my staff is amazing! I used the traits to make my phantasms recharge quicker for obvious reasons. And about choosing all the weapon cooldown traits I feel I cannot move away from the, because I feel I need them. I am trying to get to where I can cap a point and kill at the same time. At the same time saying that….I feel like there is something I can do to do more damage….maybe another build perhaps? I have youtubed for hours and scoured different builds, but I keep going back to this one.

I run with a bunker hammer shout warrior whome I usually cap points with. A condition ele, two dps thieves. Who are all great players and great friends of mine over vent.

The classes I am having trouble with the most in bunker ele’s and sometimes a good ranger who seems to perma immobilize me and pick me off gradually. Besides that I am ok. Every once in a while I have trouble with a good condition heavy necro. Thieves are easy kill for me almost all the time along with warriors and engi’s and guardians (even bunker guards I find easy …just a longer time to kill).

I guess TLDR I am looking for more advice that applies to the deeper mechanics of a mesmer against said classes and also….is my build just kitten and I am beating a dead horse and got lucky with all my kills so far???

Thank you very much mesmer community!!

P.S. I wanna thank Pyroathiest, Osi the shatter master :-P, and all other mesmers who have posted in the build thread above…you have helped me tremendously!!!

It’s sPvP. You’re going to have to accept that, in this highly balanced part of the game, that there are some classes with some builds that will just be unbeatable 1v1. Remember: “HIGHLY BALANCED PART OF THE GAME”.

You’ll need to cookie cut and optomise. Play to win.

Looking over your build, I would personally change a few things but its all preference. For PvP, the clone on dodge trait isn’t a really strong if you are running a phantasm build. Taking Phantasmal fury might be a better option if you really want to run 30 in dueling.

Bunker eles will almost always be able to beat you as their sustain can counter your burst and their AoE spells will decimate your phantasms and clones extremely quickly. Also, I’ve found that engineers have an easy time destroying phantasms and clones with their AoE’s. Your build is perfectly fine imo, but everyone has preferences for their traits. There are always going to be some players that can absolutely stomp you because their builds have an inherent advantage over yours.

Thanks for the advice Ross and Thor. I guess I just wanted to know if the build I was using is not completely hopeless. I think thats why I am getting racked with ele’s because my clones and phantasms are dying so fast with AOE’s and well necro’s also.

Clone on dodge is definitely useless if your main source of damage is from the Illusionary Duelist. Also, I find it weird how you don’t have a single trait that boosts your Phantasmal damage, while still "relying" on it. If I were you, I’d get Phantasmal Fury, and Empowered Illusions.