Guild Wars 2

After getting tired of playing my ele in Spvp, I have decided to give the Mesmer a try.

What is the mesmer’s role in Spvp?

What is the best setup for said role in Spvp.

Weapons,
Armour rune,
Jewelry piece
Skill rotation

Please assume that I have never played a Mesmer before and no nothing about the class or how its played. thx in advance for constructive advice

the backbone of most mesmer builds is to inflict conditions, namely bleed.

Mesmer can be an fairly good ranged dps(condition/direct dmg build) and a good tank build(condition with an ultra focus on survival).

Mesmers specced right can slip out of anything, just a super slippery caster class.

Legion’s Direct Dmg build(GreatSword, sword/pistol, the rune that increases all stats and increases max crit dmg)

Relies on specific clones to maximize damage, can have alot of trouble taking down toughness characters in my experience. Includes specific traits to maximize this build with some room for personalization

Condition build(staff, pretty free of choice but I usually go with the armor runes that gives alot o toughness + any other stat you need, I got that rune set that regens health)

Slower but can take down anyone given enough time. The main dps from condition comes from a trait that lets your illusion inflict bleed. Does not necessarily need specific illusions, can take any illusion to pull off right. This has alot o room for personalization.

in order to be effective in pvp a mesmer NEEDS precision.

thats overall what I got from this class

Precision -> SI is highly overrated.

Class includes several other sources of condition damage, and while precision is useful to enhance SI, neglecting raw cdmg will lose a lot of confusion/burn/poison/bleed damage.

If you play Solo sPvP there is no such thing as role, it only your “build” that matters. So you should probably go with mesmer you find interestng to play. I always played shatter mesmer and i find it very fun to do, but still haven`t tried GS and probably will not. So basicaly just go with what you feel like, you can be tanky, or you can do a lot of damage, thats up to you.

I run a 0/0/20/30/20 build with staff and scepter/focus. It’s a condition build which uses Carrion necklace/jewel, Undead runes, and force sigils. It’s pretty stout and wears folks down.

I use the same in WvW except with more emphasis on glamours.

I’m really curious to change to a 20/0/0/30/20 build using greatsword and scepter/focus with the same carrion necklace/jewels. I’m not sure what runes to use in that case, maybe undead still. It’s on my list to try some day.

So far my favorite weapons are Staff/greatsword and scepter + sword. (i usualy change between 2handed)
Scepter + Sword is pretty good because you get 2 skills to block and summon a kitten ton of illusions.
Combine with some stealth skills to mix into your crowd of illusions and your enemys should be pretty confused.
As for the build, i’m still experimenting.