so my main is a necro. despite of sporting full ascended zerker and a ds build i keep getting kicked from arah parties. i have a lvl 30 warrior but didnt enjoy playing it alot. so im thinking.. is it a good idea to make a mesmer for dungeons?
i know mesmers are wanted in fractals, but is it the same for arah? do you guys ever get kicked because ure a mesmer? should i stick with my zerckers gears once ascended goes account bind, or should i get something abit tankier? all inputs are appreciated!
mesmer is amazing for carrying PUGs in groups that “melee lupicus”, and the reflect uptime is very nice to have. however, bear in mind that mesmer is terrible at trash skipping, and that arah has among the hardest trash skips in the game.
stick with the berserker gear – mesmer has good enough survivability. TBH, both of the other light classes would do more with asc gear than your necro.
Well mesmers are not that bad at trash skipping, you just need a skipping set dedicated to skips and you’re fine (Centaur Runes is the way to go for perma swiftness with the Healing Mantra)
Mesmer is actually pretty easy at trash skips as long as you come prepared:
centaur set
mass invisibility
decoy
blink
mantra of resolve (to ooc if hit by conds or cleanse elementalist chill)
torch stealth
Don’t be afraid to use utilities with long cooldowns, they’ll probably be off cooldown by the time you reach the next area (hunter/crusher > magecrusher, ooze > entities, belka > abomination).
thx ppl! i think im sticking w mesmer. any build specificly tailored for ascalonian catacombs?
AC is eles kingdom. P1 and 3 with 1- 2 eles in the group can be done under 10 min. It actually can be done under 10 min with any high DPS good group but eles makes it incredible easy. Regular Zerk phat build with all reflections traited. Use sw/f sw/p for spider and gravelings. Change to S/P and GS for burrows and try to pick up Icebow or Flamesword. Skills on spider null field MofR feedback and TW. I constanly change skills. SOme are good for running like decoy mass invis blink othes for fighting. 1 i keep always MofR.
BTW centaur runes are for poor people. If you have money go for traveler if not runes of speed. By some reason everybody in dungeons trying to speed clear it and get annoyed when you last to the party. I think all speed running thing is a bit idiotic cos it saves few min for a good group and kills mediocre groups but better go with the flow.
BTW centaur runes are for poor people. If you have money go for traveler if not runes of speed.
I can have 100% swiftness uptime with centaur runes. That’s better than traveler, and it costs less.
My first main was guard. As you know with Retreat, staff and Save yourself guardian can keep permaswiftnes but it require constant use of skills. After 6 month i got sick of it. Now i am kinda rich in the game and lazy ie prefer to use traveler:) I got lucky had 17 traveler runes when Anet converted it from MF to current state.
With regards to centaur runes, use an endless quaggan tonic (or any tonic with the end-transformation button on 6). Transform, then end transformation immediately. Maintains permaswiftness without using up a heal. Also means you don’t have to swap to mantra for heal.
thx ppl! i think im sticking w mesmer. any build specificly tailored for ascalonian catacombs?
AC is eles kingdom. P1 and 3 with 1- 2 eles in the group can be done under 10 min. It actually can be done under 10 min with any high DPS good group but eles makes it incredible easy. Regular Zerk phat build with all reflections traited. Use sw/f sw/p for spider and gravelings. Change to S/P and GS for burrows and try to pick up Icebow or Flamesword. Skills on spider null field MofR feedback and TW. I constanly change skills. SOme are good for running like decoy mass invis blink othes for fighting. 1 i keep always MofR.
BTW centaur runes are for poor people. If you have money go for traveler if not runes of speed. By some reason everybody in dungeons trying to speed clear it and get annoyed when you last to the party. I think all speed running thing is a bit idiotic cos it saves few min for a good group and kills mediocre groups but better go with the flow.
Centaur runes are fine for skipping trash in Arah and Traveler’s runes are not needed for any dungeon. Oh and Greatsword is terrible.
thx ppl! i think im sticking w mesmer. any build specificly tailored for ascalonian catacombs?
AC is eles kingdom. P1 and 3 with 1- 2 eles in the group can be done under 10 min. It actually can be done under 10 min with any high DPS good group but eles makes it incredible easy. Regular Zerk phat build with all reflections traited. Use sw/f sw/p for spider and gravelings. Change to S/P and GS for burrows and try to pick up Icebow or Flamesword. Skills on spider null field MofR feedback and TW. I constanly change skills. SOme are good for running like decoy mass invis blink othes for fighting. 1 i keep always MofR.
BTW centaur runes are for poor people. If you have money go for traveler if not runes of speed. By some reason everybody in dungeons trying to speed clear it and get annoyed when you last to the party. I think all speed running thing is a bit idiotic cos it saves few min for a good group and kills mediocre groups but better go with the flow.
Centaur runes are fine for skipping trash in Arah and Traveler’s runes are not needed for any dungeon. Oh and Greatsword is terrible.
I love idiotic comments like that one.
GS not terrible it is situational and on burrows it works just fine. When you can stay far enough from the target GS numbers are compatable to main hand sword. On P3 with bad groups i can solo last 1-2 burrows with GS.
My point about Traveler runes is to have + 25% all the time without using any skills. No heal no tonics. For me it is annoying constantly clicking something during run. Especially when i need to skip trash mobs or traps.
My point about Traveler runes is to have + 25% all the time without using any skills. No heal no tonics. For me it is annoying constantly clicking something during run. Especially when i need to skip trash mobs or traps.
So what you’re trying to say without actually saying it is that you’re lazy. That’s fine, but not all of us are like that.
My point about Traveler runes is to have + 25% all the time without using any skills. No heal no tonics. For me it is annoying constantly clicking something during run. Especially when i need to skip trash mobs or traps.
So what you’re trying to say without actually saying it is that you’re lazy. That’s fine, but not all of us are like that.
Actually, he already said quite clearly it was his lazy option. There is no need to condescend to posters so often.
My first main was guard. As you know with Retreat, staff and Save yourself guardian can keep permaswiftnes but it require constant use of skills. After 6 month i got sick of it. Now i am kinda rich in the game and lazy ie prefer to use traveler:) I got lucky had 17 traveler runes when Anet converted it from MF to current state.
Well mesmers are not that bad at trash skipping, you just need a skipping set dedicated to skips and you’re fine (Centaur Runes is the way to go for perma swiftness with the Healing Mantra)
I don’t know if this was said elsewhere but thought I’d throw it in incase it would help anyone, http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Endless_Toymaker%27s_Tonic you can use these in WvW and PvE to give yourself perma swiftness by using the #6 skill, return counts as a heal for centaur runes. You could really use any endless tonic but I think these are the cheapest currently.
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