See attached I apologize in advance for the skipping I had just downloaded Fraps and realized mid fight that it was only recording in 30s increments which I pieced together the best I could. I now have the registered version so that won’t be an issue anymore. Had Pandora going in the background with Flux Pavilion – I Can’t Stop playing, was absolutely perfect for what was going on, enjoy!
Ok, not gonna lie. That was an impressive number of duplicate posts.
Oddly enough, it’s thematically appropriate for the mesmer forums.
Should we all start creating dummy posts to fool the devs and casual forum-surfer?
[Disclaimer: This is a joke, not trying to incite anything… just saying.]
On another note, very cool video. I laughed so hard, how those guys couldn’t find you at all. Partially due to all those clever maneuvers with the clones, stealths, and teleports.
yeah lol this is by far my favorite build and is extremely fun to play especially when you’re up in your opponents faces bursting them down The CDs are short enough that you can burn through 75% of your attacks swap weapons do the same thing and by the time you get back most of them are off CD, it’s truly a relentless assault.
Your playing is not bad at all. Surprisingly good actually, considering that you’re 100% clicking skills.
You really really need to not do that. You’ll be absolutely blown away by how much more efficient and effective your playing is if you use keybinds for all skill activations. 1-5 work fine for your weapon skills, but 6-0 are hard to reach, so rebind them to keys that are easy for you to hit with your left hand around wasd. I also don’t like shatters on f1-4, because it’s hard to reach, so I rebind them to ctrl+1-4
Just got a naga Mouse trying to get use to all the new buttons :/ I use it sometimes but old habits die hard. Id like to think my reaction times are still pretty solid given this fact I know they can get better.
Just got a naga Mouse trying to get use to all the new buttons :/ I use it sometimes but old habits die hard. Id like to think my reaction times are still pretty solid given this fact I know they can get better.
You don’t even need to use a fancy mouse. Intelligent choices for keybinding work just as well. Either way you do it though, the important thing is to avoid ever needing to use your mouse to activate a skill.
Your reaction times are pretty solid, but you simply can’t do things that other people can. For example, cast a phantasm and hit your cleanse mantra at the same time to remove a blind, or activating instant skills while performing other actions.
Just got a naga Mouse trying to get use to all the new buttons :/ I use it sometimes but old habits die hard. Id like to think my reaction times are still pretty solid given this fact I know they can get better.
That warrior though. All I could think of is speeding up the video and putting some circus music over it. He was chasing you like he had to stand on you to activate skills
Anyway nice short video. Try to get a cracked full version of fraps so you wont need to press the recording button every 30sec.
Ps; What is hybrid about this build? About 90% of the damage comes from conditions, seems more like a standard PU build to me.
my condition damage is only 1100, power is over 2k with 47% crit chance and 198% crit damage I have the ability to burst between 3-5+k when I time my attacks perfectly. The conditions just add additional pressure + the on death clone traits. It’s not the standard run of the mill condition PU they don’t have any burst ability nor can they chase down targets like I can. If it was the “standard” PU Condi build I’d hit like a wet noodle and rely heavily on my targets staying engaged. It’s “Hyrbid” Because it combines the best from both PU builds. The Surviveability and conditions from the condi builds and the burst capabilities from the zerker specs and fuses them into one package.
Hybrid Burst Capabilities. You don’t need Stacks to be effective
Vs a ranger – a well timed Prestige / blurred frenzy combo as my Duelist unloads = 5.4k burst 2.4 from duelist unload and 3k from blurred frenzy. I had NO wvw stacks and only 5 stacks of Bloodlust
Vs a Necromancer – Opened up on a Necro trying to retake NE tower. First loaded up the conditions to get him off the ram, then ran him down and burst for 4,355. I had full guard stacks and 11 Bloodlust stacks
I’m working on it! It can’t be that bad! Ive been pretty effective regardless, been playing this way for a LONG time. I don’t click 100% of the time just sometimes, it’s a habit that’t I’m trying to kick. If it really makes that much of a difference then I feel bad for my opponents once I switch. Pretty sure we dueled once Siafu when we were on HoD. I recall it being a long duel
Some small man roaming action, 1st fight is a 2 man with myself and a Guildie running a D/D ele. The Second fight was an Improv 3 man put together as I followed 2 to south camp and saw their numbers with a guest appearance from a 4th guildie running his engi
I’ve been running this Hybrid PU Greatsword + Sword/Torch Clone spam build (that’s a long description haha) lately, and I have to say… for my play style at least, it absolutely wrecks.
Not only am I relatively impossible to kill if there isn’t 3+ people or mass condition spam, but I laydown AOE conditions and keep good pressure up like crazy. I don’t have the burst of a Shatter build, but in a fight where I don’t die in the first 10 seconds, almost guaranteed I am going to win.
It’s more condition focused than power I’d say, but by nature is still relatively hybrid. I use Greatsword because A) Sunrise, and Staff is boring and unreliable for condition application. Greatswords clone/phantasm appear right at target, and thus when they get overwritten/die, apply conditions reliably.
I’ll have to give that a go in Spvp. This is what I run it’s quite fun, being able to play offensively with access to stealth and condi clears is really nice. Unlike most PU builds I prefer to play offensively as well. This build is a bit more power based.
I apologize in advance for the skipping I had just downloaded Fraps and realized mid fight that it was only recording in 30s increments which I pieced together the best I could. I now have the registered version so that won’t be an issue anymore. Had Pandora going in the background with Flux Pavilion – I Can’t Stop playing, was absolutely perfect for what was going on, enjoy!
Staff is boring and unreliable for condition application. Greatswords clone/phantasm appear right at target, and thus when they get overwritten/die, apply conditions reliably.