Guild Wars 2

Hi! I am My Face Is Pi. This is my sixth video ever so any feedback on how to improve future videos is greatly appreciated!

This episode includes a lot of Bombing!

Feel free to give me constructive feedback on my gameplay. I am by no means the best player out there but I like to think I’m pretty good ;P

If you like the video and want to message me in game, my in game name is Guapo.1624
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Very well played shatter Mesmer, I like it!

Really nice use of melee gs and wave to shatter, wp!

The thief fights were especially fun to watch : D

edit: you seemed to find lots of nice dueling opportunities, or was this like from days of footage? Maybe you’re on a good server with this kind of dueling culture? Last time I went wvw (I play on desolation), seemed like everyone just ran away from 1v1s or even 1v2s, the only ones who wanted to fight were the troll thieves with ~permanent invisibility.

in deso i usually if i find 1v1 a zerg come in so rarely good dueling is to be found

but yes great fights and burst dmg

I see you are back again! Thanks for putting up some more mes footage! Might as well get to it

Well played with the thieves.

At the fight with the ranger, when you used torch 4, just mirror blade. If you use izerker first, good players will know a burst is coming and dodge out of the incoming mirror blade. Well played with the guardian

With the Mesmer, one thing I have always learned is always dodge after you decoy. You facetanked that mirror blade and lost half of your hp for it. Fortunately, that Mesmer wasn’t very good, as he couldn’t land any more bursts due to being predictable.

Moving on to the med guard, I find it useful to mass invis when he uses renewed focus (1v1’s only ofc). Otherwise that fight shows how overbuffed med guard is atm.

For the d/d ele, you used izerker in stealth right before you bursted so he dodged the mirror blade. He also baited you with mist form really hard for one of your bursts. Well played in the end.

Those 5k mind wracks though :o

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not. Also, ignore the haters and trolls about unediting and all that other stuff, you are a good shatter mes.

I really like this video. Keep up the good work

Great video !

Whaa very nice fights! Very impressed with the thief fights, wish I could control it like that.

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not.

Invigoration is useful sometimes. Elasticity provides the potential to instantly delete a squishy class from a fight every time mirror blade is up. That’s a substantial benefit that can’t be ignored.

Fay.2357:

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not.

Invigoration is useful sometimes. Elasticity provides the potential to instantly delete a squishy class from a fight every time mirror blade is up. That’s a substantial benefit that can’t be ignored.

I am definitely aware of the power of elasticity and mirror blade pyro. I just find in wvw it is very risky to run without invigoration, as if any burst class interferes with your 1vx, you basically just die due to lack of distortion/diversion. Besides, double mind wracking someone never gets old hehe.

Wile.5024:

edit: you seemed to find lots of nice dueling opportunities, or was this like from days of footage? Maybe you’re on a good server with this kind of dueling culture? Last time I went wvw (I play on desolation), seemed like everyone just ran away from 1v1s or even 1v2s, the only ones who wanted to fight were the troll thieves with ~permanent invisibility.

I also roam in NA T1 so it is hard to find good duels. There are mostly zergs or “small” groups of 4-5 people. Luckily I ran into a few people from the other servers who love to duel and became friends with them. That is how I get most of my duels.

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not. Also, ignore the haters and trolls about unediting and all that other stuff, you are a good shatter mes.

Thank you so much for your feedback! I learn something new every time I post a video. Vashury was actually my inspiration to start playing shatter Mesmer with a greatsword. I used to play the shatter cat build before that. The reason I use elasticity is for the extra bounce on mirror blade which adds to the overall burst potential by a significant enough amount that I prefer it over invigoration.

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

Fay.2357:

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not.

Invigoration is useful sometimes. Elasticity provides the potential to instantly delete a squishy class from a fight every time mirror blade is up. That’s a substantial benefit that can’t be ignored.

I am definitely aware of the power of elasticity and mirror blade pyro. I just find in wvw it is very risky to run without invigoration, as if any burst class interferes with your 1vx, you basically just die due to lack of distortion/diversion.

Eh, there are a ton of assumptions in that statement though. The primary one is that invigoration hasn’t already been procced. Sure, in a perfect world you won’t drop below 50% unless you get surprise ganked, but lets be honest—you’re playing a glassy shatter build; dropping below 50% happens, and it happens all the time. Invigoration will be procced prematurely the vast vast majority of the time, and that simply makes it unreliable.

Having a significantly stronger burst, however, is only as unreliable as your bursting skills. Ultimately it’s a difference between sometimes possibly having an escape, and always being able to burst substantially harder.

Fay.2357:

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

Fay.2357:

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not.

Invigoration is useful sometimes. Elasticity provides the potential to instantly delete a squishy class from a fight every time mirror blade is up. That’s a substantial benefit that can’t be ignored.

I am definitely aware of the power of elasticity and mirror blade pyro. I just find in wvw it is very risky to run without invigoration, as if any burst class interferes with your 1vx, you basically just die due to lack of distortion/diversion.

Eh, there are a ton of assumptions in that statement though. The primary one is that invigoration hasn’t already been procced. Sure, in a perfect world you won’t drop below 50% unless you get surprise ganked, but lets be honest—you’re playing a glassy shatter build; dropping below 50% happens, and it happens all the time. Invigoration will be procced prematurely the vast vast majority of the time, and that simply makes it unreliable.

Having a significantly stronger burst, however, is only as unreliable as your bursting skills. Ultimately it’s a difference between sometimes possibly having an escape, and always being able to burst substantially harder.

I somewhat agree to that. Invig can be very random at times and can screw me over. I just like having invig for when I mistime my shatters and then it just pops right back up for me. I also usually don’t need the 2-3k extra burst so I just having the reset. However, I think both work honestly. Just personal preference.

Loved the airplane stuff at the end. And I love your aggressive playstyle in general.

Sometime, I’d like to see a “B-roll” video: screw-ups, glitches (I’ve had to play around a lag spike at least once each day this week :/ ), goofy stuff, &c.

Are you supposed to see enemy tags through walls like that at 8:33 and forward?

Vikkela.7261:

Are you supposed to see enemy tags through walls like that at 8:33 and forward?

April thing bug.

ASP.8093:

Vikkela.7261:

Are you supposed to see enemy tags through walls like that at 8:33 and forward?

April thing bug.

Ah good, I was drinking for a week and missed that

Why are they hopping like scarecrows? Lol

StickerHappy.8052:

Why are they hopping like scarecrows? Lol

They are airplanes. Here, watch it with the sound and you’ll get it:
http://dulfy.net/2015/03/31/gw2-april-foolsairplane-mode/

Hey there, awesome video, makes me want to hop back on my Mes But in my technological ineptitude I am unable to find this banner that you mention contains the build… Would you be so kind as to point me in the right direction? Thanks a bunch, keep up the great vids!

Goaticus.2409:

Hey there, awesome video, makes me want to hop back on my Mes But in my technological ineptitude I am unable to find this banner that you mention contains the build… Would you be so kind as to point me in the right direction? Thanks a bunch, keep up the great vids!

It’s in the “About” section on his channel.

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

Fay.2357:

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

Fay.2357:

Warlord of Chaos.7845:

One last thing, any reason for elasticity over invigoration? I saw you run the exact same build as vashury so I was wondering if you were inspired by him or not.

Invigoration is useful sometimes. Elasticity provides the potential to instantly delete a squishy class from a fight every time mirror blade is up. That’s a substantial benefit that can’t be ignored.

I am definitely aware of the power of elasticity and mirror blade pyro. I just find in wvw it is very risky to run without invigoration, as if any burst class interferes with your 1vx, you basically just die due to lack of distortion/diversion.

Eh, there are a ton of assumptions in that statement though. The primary one is that invigoration hasn’t already been procced. Sure, in a perfect world you won’t drop below 50% unless you get surprise ganked, but lets be honest—you’re playing a glassy shatter build; dropping below 50% happens, and it happens all the time. Invigoration will be procced prematurely the vast vast majority of the time, and that simply makes it unreliable.

Having a significantly stronger burst, however, is only as unreliable as your bursting skills. Ultimately it’s a difference between sometimes possibly having an escape, and always being able to burst substantially harder.

I somewhat agree to that. Invig can be very random at times and can screw me over. I just like having invig for when I mistime my shatters and then it just pops right back up for me. I also usually don’t need the 2-3k extra burst so I just having the reset. However, I think both work honestly. Just personal preference.

Along with more survivability, what people don’t see is that invigoration will have a higher damage output in the long run if you run halting strike instead of mental torment. Although, yes, mental torment + elasticity will have a bigger burst, but that is only limited to very small scale fights and 1v1’s where the extra bounce has a higher chance of going back to the target. In bigger fights however, that is nullified because it could bounce off to the next person adjacent the target. I’ve dueled Rylock while running elasticity and him invigoration and I would always get outlasted because of the extra interrupt (halting strike crits around 3-4k)+ extra distortion.