Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

What is a good build for general open world PVE roaming?

I’ve been playing since December and I’ve recently gotten round to playing Mesmer. I’m using a PU condi build in WVW, it’s very slow in movement speed and DPS when compared to the horde of zerkers also hitting the same NPCs for whatever event it might be.

I have started to learn to play the shatter build for PVP and suspect something along these lines will be best – but I am wondering if I’m missing any tricks for my build in open world PVE.

Thanks for your input!

I was enjoying a mantra build in general open world PvE, but that was before the massive trait rework. No idea if that is still a good option, as I haven’t played enough to really update any characters since.

Curious to see if you get any other responses.

If you use Signet of Inspiration with PU you can maintain a fair amount of swiftness. combined with Focus #4 and some practice on timing, it’s near perma-swiftness. For tagging, use your Scepter or pop a GS #3. Mantra of Pain is also nice for tagging something at distance!

Otherwise, need to see your current WvW build to make suggestions on an openworld counterpart!

Go Lazy Kai, thank me later… ^^

You will find the build if you click the link in my signature.

And yeah, I still got to update the leveling guide…

Definitely Lazy Kai’s, best open world build you’ll find

Thanks for the responses guys, I’m toying (just theory crafting at the moment) with a twist on Kai’s build – some excellent ideas in that guide

Perma Swiftness:
Centaur runes + Low cooldown heal + Signet of inspiration = perma swiftness with no need for focus? EDIT: I can confirm that this works, Mirror on autoattack for ultra laziness (even without the recharge reduction) and Signet of inspirations swiftness stacks wonderfully

Sigils:
I’m thinking Sigil of fire for tagging mobs and a sigil of stamina on both Greatsword and a staff (chaos storm aoe, quick phantasms, bouncing autoattack).

This may not be optimal, I toyed with the idea of sigils bloodlust, force, energy but I think the fire/stamina on both seems most straightforward and useful, assuming focus isn’t needed for perma swiftness.

I’m interested in thoughts on weapon selection/sigil choice if you think I’m wrong

Centaur runes + low cooldown heal = permaswiftness with no need for signet of inspiration or anything at all. If you choose to go for centaur runes, you’re all set.

Fay.2357:

Centaur runes + low cooldown heal = permaswiftness with no need for signet of inspiration or anything at all. If you choose to go for centaur runes, you’re all set.

I hadn’t thought of this! With traited manipulation recharge reduction using mirror on autoattack works perfectly! But Ether or Renewal and Signet of inspiration stacks tons of swiftness for fights so I favour that definitely.

Thanks for the idea!

I’m intrigued to see what second weapon set experienced Mesmer’s think would be better in open world play. GS + ??

Staff has a bouncing auto attack that’s very slow and seems low damage, and chaos storm for AOE damage. The low power damage on the auto makes me wonder if sword or sceptre/pistol would be a better option.