Guild Wars 2

As someone who is very new to Mesmer I’m a bit curious what kind of builds more experienced players run for solo/small-group roaming nowadays.

I’ve seen some YT roaming vids, but honestly these don’t help very much since you can run the glassiest crapbuild ever and kill newbies that never dodge and make a highlight video out of that. Especially with Mesmer.

To be clear, I’m looking for power-based builds. I know condi builds are probably easier to handle for a newbie like me, but these are boring and unfun to play.

I’d love to see your suggestions!

Defender runes/Mantras has been my favorite Power Shatter build.

This guy has made several videos featuring it:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Legendary-Chrono-Montage-New-Wings-Video

Thanks I tried this one out but honestly there is too much stability/stunbreak in the current roaming meta. And some classes even profit from stuns (DH, Warr). On the other hand It can destroy weaker builds without taking any damage which is really fun.

Currently trying out the chaos traitline ( Mirror got buffed btw). Having tons of stability/reflects and less blink recharge makes Mesmer even more slippery. And if they manage to stun you, they get stunned aswell and mess up their burst. Probably kitten variant, but I like it because it works.

If you are looking for cheese mode on after gw2 hot idk. The good old shatter build is a good choice for core gw2. It takes however skills, practice and very good equipment. You should practice first in PvP trying different builds. Dueling in wvw is more about experience, patient, and the best equipment(full ascended, mandatory) if you wanna 1v1 1v2 or 1v3 (run..) Most wvw mesmer post hot patch have condition build. Scepter/shield + staff. You need good mobility as far as possible, swiftness or rune of the traveler +25% movement speed. I personally take lots of advantage of stealth (save life to escape or disorient) so I’m playing with decoy, elite and torch 4. Ascended Knight beighart armor, ascended zojja berserker accessory and weapons. This as far as I like to play is my favorite build.