Guild Wars 2

Just curious, are there any good (or even enjoyable) hot-join mantra builds? I really like the Mantra’s on Gw2 but could never really find a use for them other than lowbie PvE.

I’ll get round to trying a build on my own, but I’m just wondering if there are any already to give me a base on what I should be looking for. I’ve tried mists but I cannot find any.

TIA.

I highly recommend Fay’s Hecate build. Really good burst damage that combines phantasms, shatters, and mantra damage/interrupts. It has served me quite well in sPvP.

I mean the general full mantra power build is 30/30/0/0/10 with the two mantra elite traits in dom and dueling and then the +9% damage for 3 illusions in illusion line.

I think it’s worth trying 30/30/0/10/0 and having remove condition on heal (since you use healing mantra that’s really nice) or shatter for vigor if you like to have your endurance up a lot to help dodge attacks. It also gives phantasms retaliation, which can come in useful since you often have them out and not shattering too much.

The thing about mantra’s in pvp is that it’s a really different playstyle, but I almost can’t play without them now. I use traited torch in my offhand which removes conditions also (great for the current condition meta) and allows me to recharge a mantra while invisible, which is nice.

I also recommend trying out the knights amulet or, for more power and toughness but no accuracy, soldiers amulet. That way, you aren’t necessarily super glass cannon but still have pretty great damage potential.

The great thing about mantras is you have stab for stomping, daze for helping revive allies about to get stomped and condition removal. Again it’s a different playstyle that you’ll have to get used to but it’s awesome.

kyro.3487:

I think it’s worth trying 30/30/0/10/0 and having remove condition on heal (since you use healing mantra that’s really nice) or shatter for vigor if you like to have your endurance up a lot to help dodge attacks. It also gives phantasms retaliation, which can come in useful since you often have them out and not shattering too much.

IMHO, vigor on shatter is a waste for this build – with the vigor on crits, you’ll generally have permanent vigor anyway. The condition removal on heal trait is tons better, particularly with the healing mantra (as mentioned).

For some ideas, I posted this build in the lockdown thread – 30/20/0/20/0 mantra shutdown. I haven’t had a chance to test it yet though. Note you’d want to go with DE vs pistol trait and likely decoy vs blink to help with mantra charging.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Lockdown-The-Underexplored-Playstyle/first#post2827202