Guild Wars 2

im trying to find a good build for PVE mesmer. ive been looking on the forums and people say Power is best to go with but ive also seen a few posts that say Condi is better for the longer run and for soloing.

just could use some pointers to get back into mesmer and playing the game.

im not a big competitor, so if its not the best build in the world thats fine with me. as long as im not dying and i can dps decently. i enjoy using Staff/GS for my weapons (always the most fun to play for me) so what build would be best to build around those? I know staff is Condi and i think GS is more power so possible hybrid build? i really just wanna have fun but still be able to help out in dungeons, world events, bosses etc

any help would be appreciated!

Actually GS is power and staff is the hybrid. The phantasm of the staff hits like a truck but is power damage based, so is chaos storm. But the aa and the aa of staff clones are mainly condi dmg.

Even if you love GS and staff so much, I really recommend to use a sword / shield for supporting your allies and deal decent damage. Ranged weapons in guild wars are always weaker but safer ofc.

I cant use shield yet because i havent gotten the exp so what instead of sword? and what about scepter?

and if im going sw/? and not shield should i go sw/pistol for bleeding? or sw/torch for burning and stealth?

go sw/focus for utility:
- perma swiftness combined with Signet of Inspiration passive
- curtain pull for crowd controll and easier cleaving
- aoe phantasm – awesome for any kind of pve, it also uses combo fields and does more damage with those

Since u dont have the expansion, the focus is the best option. The vanilla mesmer is the slowest class without perma swiftness (u have to use the focus and SoI sacrificing utility slot)

This helped me alot in starting my first mesmer ^^ https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Guide-The-Leveling-Open-World-Compendium-1/first#post5342280

Jacob.4280:

go sw/focus for utility:
- perma swiftness combined with Signet of Inspiration passive
- curtain pull for crowd controll and easier cleaving
- aoe phantasm – awesome for any kind of pve, it also uses combo fields and does more damage with those

this