a mesmer boon build

a mesmer boon build

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Posted by: Auflauf.1679

Auflauf.1679

This is just an idea I tested for 2 hours and liked it.
I am not an expert player, so maybe this wont work against better pvp players. And there are surely things to improve:

I used staff and sword/sword

- Sword/Sword: Sigil of Superior Strength (30% chance for might on a crit) or maybe Sigil of Superior Battle (might on weapon swap)
- Staff: Sigil of Superior Strength or maybe Sigil of Superior Battle (might on weapon swap)

Runes for Armor:
- Rune of Monk 2x (-> 15% boon duration)
- Rune of Water 2x (-> 15% boon duration)
- Rune of Divinity (+10 all stats and +2 crit damage)

Amulet:
Knights Amulet
- 569 Power
- 569 Precision
- 798 Vitality

Berserkers Juwel
- 125 Power
- 75 Precision
- 45 Vitality
- 5% Critical damage

Traits:

  • 10 / III (15% Illusion damage)
  • 20 / II + IV (Fury for phantasm + Blade Specialisation)
  • 30 / IV + X + XI (3% reduced damager per Illusion + Staff Specialisation + Cloaking Skill last 1 second longer)
    30 Points in Chaos give additional 30% boon duration
  • 10 / IV (Masterful reflection)
    => There are probably some better options for the traits

Skills:
- Ether Feast
- Arcane Thievery (steal boons and get conditions)
- Null Field (a field that rips boons from foes and cures conditions)
- Decoy (invisibility)
- (E) Mass Invisibility
=> There are probably some better options for the skills

Stats:
Power: 1730
Precision: 1780 (45% crit)
Toughness 1286 (2206 Armor)
Vitality: 1779 (23712 Health)
=> rather balanced stats with an alright crit chance. The damage reduction (3% per illusion) helps to compensate the low toughness

The idea is to gain lots of boons, which last 60% longer because of the Runes and the 30 points put in the chaos trait line.

I start with staff and cast Chaos Storm 5 at my position. After that I cast Phase Retreat 2 within the Chaos Storm (-> gives Chaos Armor) and the Phantom 3. That way you apply lots of boons while standing in Chaos Storm and when you get hit, you gain an additional boon because of the Chaos Armor. When Chaos Armor wears of, I cast it again with the regular skill 4 and swap to Sword / Sword and go on

a mesmer boon build

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Posted by: thenewzero.7246

thenewzero.7246

Might consider the Signet of Inspiration if you’re stacking boons. Would be nice to be able to pass all these boons to nearby allies, and it grants random boons (though that doesn’t seem too great).