Guild Wars 2

Spec & Build in the video description.

Been playing mesmer for 2 weeks so feedback is welcomed.

Where did you tuck the spec and build in there?

In the description below the YouTube video.

This is an old build that I used when I first started with mesmer… same gear as well other than used divinity runes and no ascended was around yet (I still use the knight/ruby combo on my guard even today). I had LOTS of fun just doin /dance in front of some one while my phants killed them after they were downed lol

It’s pretty bad for group situations though… that’s why I run 20/20/0/0/30 now and can flip between shatter and glam/condition on the fly. It’ll be stronger after they fix Izerker as well ^^

Aberrant.6749:

This is an old build that I used when I first started with mesmer… same gear as well other than used divinity runes and no ascended was around yet (I still use the knight/ruby combo on my guard even today). I had LOTS of fun just doin /dance in front of some one while my phants killed them after they were downed lol

It’s pretty bad for group situations though… that’s why I run 20/20/0/0/30 now and can flip between shatter and glam/condition on the fly. It’ll be stronger after they fix Izerker as well ^^

I actually find the shatter spec inferior to phantasm in group scenarios.

Puandro.3245:

Aberrant.6749:

This is an old build that I used when I first started with mesmer… same gear as well other than used divinity runes and no ascended was around yet (I still use the knight/ruby combo on my guard even today). I had LOTS of fun just doin /dance in front of some one while my phants killed them after they were downed lol

It’s pretty bad for group situations though… that’s why I run 20/20/0/0/30 now and can flip between shatter and glam/condition on the fly. It’ll be stronger after they fix Izerker as well ^^

I actually find the shatter spec inferior to phantasm in group scenarios.

Neither shatter nor phant are good at those roles, but with the same trait lines you can change the individual traits around into glam… which is far better for groups.

When doing shatter it has everything I want in it. Shorter cd’s, boon ripping etc.

When doing glam/cond the only things it gives up vs a full on glam is longer lasting glam’s and shorter glam cd’s. You still get the confusion on enter/exit, and blind/confusion when you place the fields. Having desperate decoy and clone on dodge isn’t a bad tradeoff. Being able to shatter more helps with the times when some one calls for a smaller group to go off from the main objective (although I agree it’s not totally optimal for ZvZ).

I just find myself switching roles a LOT in WvW from solo to small group to zerg and I’m able to with just swapping gear and changing trait choices without having to visit a npc to totally retrait.

Not knocking your choice at all, phant is solid for smaller fights.

Back in the day I also tried it with phants regen and then protection when you regen. Made my mes REALLY tanky (but the protection side of that has been nerfed hard and isn’t worth it anymore).

Btw the zerker comment was about phant builds… reads kinda funny with how I wrote it before lol

Aberrant.6749:

Puandro.3245:

Aberrant.6749:

This is an old build that I used when I first started with mesmer… same gear as well other than used divinity runes and no ascended was around yet (I still use the knight/ruby combo on my guard even today). I had LOTS of fun just doin /dance in front of some one while my phants killed them after they were downed lol

It’s pretty bad for group situations though… that’s why I run 20/20/0/0/30 now and can flip between shatter and glam/condition on the fly. It’ll be stronger after they fix Izerker as well ^^

I actually find the shatter spec inferior to phantasm in group scenarios.

Neither shatter nor phant are good at those roles, but with the same trait lines you can change the individual traits around into glam… which is far better for groups.

When doing shatter it has everything I want in it. Shorter cd’s, boon ripping etc.

When doing glam/cond the only things it gives up vs a full on glam is longer lasting glam’s and shorter glam cd’s. You still get the confusion on enter/exit, and blind/confusion when you place the fields. Having desperate decoy and clone on dodge isn’t a bad tradeoff. Being able to shatter more helps with the times when some one calls for a smaller group to go off from the main objective (although I agree it’s not totally optimal for ZvZ).

I just find myself switching roles a LOT in WvW from solo to small group to zerg and I’m able to with just swapping gear and changing trait choices without having to visit a npc to totally retrait.

Not knocking your choice at all, phant is solid for smaller fights.

Back in the day I also tried it with phants regen and then protection when you regen. Made my mes REALLY tanky (but the protection side of that has been nerfed hard and isn’t worth it anymore).

Btw the zerker comment was about phant builds… reads kinda funny with how I wrote it before lol

I have a Rabid set when i want to do group busting with another mesmer and a necro, sometimes throw a ranger in there. But for duo or trio i stick to this spec.

I cant find the traits in your link?

KevEveryDay.8163:

I cant find the traits in your link?

YouTube link. Tiny URL.

Not bad, but I probably would have gone full zerkers. Similar to the build I’m using now, but yours has much less crit damage and with all the toys the mesmer has to escape situations, you’d be better suited with full zerkers.

Not bad though.

wookie.8934:

Not bad, but I probably would have gone full zerkers. Similar to the build I’m using now, but yours has much less crit damage and with all the toys the mesmer has to escape situations, you’d be better suited with full zerkers.

Not bad though.

2 weeks of playtime on mesmer (including leveling) so I went 50/50. 3 days ago I got full zerk trinkets so the only non zerk pieces is my armor which is knights and my cavalier back piece. I added butter squash food so now I’m seeing 8K Duelist channels on squishy people.