Guild Wars 2

hey guys im new to guild wars 2 im looking to level my mesmer and was relatively curious what would be the best wep combo and build for my mesmer to play as till 80

i was also wondering if anyone had any suggestions towards whats more favourable towards stats etc for mesmer when leveling for gear

Been a while since i lvled(luvs my tomes of knowledge). That said, anything with power will do. Take sword/X and gs. Mesmer becomes strong with traits. For pve I recommend starting off with Domination.
As for gear, take the things you get on your travels. There is no need to update every lvl. I usually went for new gear ever 10 lvls (mostly karma stuff).
Leveling mesmer can be very frustrating at times.

Hope this helps a little

Levelling to 80 is a chore with Mesmer but once you start getting Traits it gets much easier and much more fun.

I mostly used a Staff because of the bouncing and your clones add to the conditions that just melt early/mid game enemies. It’s not real flashy and doesn’t appear to do much but with all your clones using staff attacks and stacking those conditions, you’ll go through battles quickly.

Also use your shatters once you get them and remember that you get a shatter effect centered on your character as well, sometimes it’s good to fire them off if you’re in a dire situation… your own shatter can save your life at times.

I’m not pro Mesmer, just relaying my personal experience getting to 80.

I am also not a mesmer professional but levling mesmer and playing him solo in PvE to do map completion plays easier then other classes for me.
Did it with staff + Sword/Sword combination. I recomend staff and thus learning to use it´s nr2 teleport which is great.
No special equipement till 80 just what i got from levling and drops … Keep power/precision up and if you have condition damage too fine.
Then do a bit crafting and if you like to train PvP you can get books there.
Basicall my build works with illusions and is based on doing lots of critical hits shattering no very often to maintains three illusions out.

I probably spent 95% of my time with Scepter/Sword (Illusion primarily). Most of the time was fighting single/dispersed enemies in somewhat mobile fights, so having piles of single target damage and multiple blocks was a lot better than the other options.

That being said, Scepter/Sword isn’t particularly useful if you’ve got allies along – the blocks are useless if you’re not being attacked, Torment is weak in a static fight and the lack of (useable) AE makes the Great Sword a decent choice for such situations.

My leveling guide is in my signature.

In the end it is all about preferences, but I would highly recommend a power build with power weapons.

I started with dueling, and used great sword, and sword/sword or even torch. I was going domination as my second traits line and it was good so far.

Just an update I think the third one you want to go for leveling is illusions. These 3 basically increase your dps from you and illusions.