Guild Wars 2

weapons: two swords / staff.
utility, elite skills: screenshot.

motivation: counter blade – illusionary riposte causes daze on target. so i wanted to build a mesmer based on this skill. and i am bored at confusion mesmer because it was too weak. and confusion is too short and i must wait until foes use skills.

pros and cons: i tested my build in WvW. and i killed many enemies. almost i didn’t lose against everyone because i can daze and stun many times. and i can kill everyone who trys to run away. most people don’t know i can cause daze/stun many times. they think they can run away from me. this is so funny. and people come to me while i daze/stun him in WvW. and i spawn phantasms that do a lot of damages while preparing mantras and it is 1,200 range. and i can remove conditions myself. or i use arcane thievery with a trait reducing recharge of manipulation. Phantasmal Warlock has highest damages in this build. and Phantasmal Swordsman is the second. i don’t use Illusionary Elasticity for one additional bounce instead of Protected Mantras because i use phantasmal warlock than Winds of Chaos. i can cause many conditions on foe at once with daze/stun. and Phase Retreat+chaos storm is very good combo. sometimes people said my mesmer buff is awesome. and Mantra of Recovery is very good. i can heal a lot myself every 7 seconds.
but sometimes i must use scepter when i die too much to get close to some monster or enemy. or i must use greatsword when i can’t attack or do damages on some objects like a huge flying stone. i don’t use Restorative Mantras because this healing is too slow and small amount.

playstyle: i spawn as many phantasmal warlock as possible when i fight boss. spawn phantasmal warlock and swap weapon, and daze+blurred frenzy. spawn weapon, and winds of chaos and phantasmal warlock again. time warp elite skill is very awesome when i spawned 3 phantasmal warlocks and i use Mind Slash or winds of chaos in time warp. i dont use other skills in time warp because i can attack 2 times faster.

and Ether Bolt is too bad. i disable auto-attack on it because it destroys my one of 3 phantasms.

if you are newbie and it is too hard to build a good mesmer, try this build. i can do a lot of damages and interrupt foe many times.

i use scepter+sword in pvp and WvW. confusing images is better than blurred frenzy.

forice.3165:

i use scepter+sword in pvp and WvW. confusing images is better than blurred frenzy.

A two seconds invunerability every 10 seconds > beam of confusion stacks.

The only problem i see with this build is running SO many mantras…the problem with mantras at the moment is that,once all the charges are used up in combat,you are kind of screwed. You have about a 2 second recast time for each mantra which means 6 seconds of combat you are focusing to recast those mantras,reducing your damage and leaving yourself vulnerable.

Lurid.6074:

The only problem i see with this build is running SO many mantras…the problem with mantras at the moment is that,once all the charges are used up in combat,you are kind of screwed. You have about a 2 second recast time for each mantra which means 6 seconds of combat you are focusing to recast those mantras,reducing your damage and leaving yourself vulnerable.

so i use trait increasing armor while casting mantras.
and i have 3 daze and 1 stun and 1 daze(counter blade). total 5 interrupt skills. they can’t even attack me while my phantasms attack them. 3 daze is very powerful in pvp. they are interrupted so horribly. as i said, i dont need to attack because my phantasms are the main killers. and you dont need to prepare your mantra everytime. when you are in combat, dont prepare your mantras. you must use other skills. and you can use mantra while recasting other mantra. you dont need to wait for 6 seconds to use other mantra. i played this build all day. i never lost 1 vs 1 in pvp. and i killed every enemies who tried to run away from my team with daze/stun unless they use stealth.

i think this build is best in PvP. i saw many mesmers who use greatsword in WvW and PvP but they couldn’t win me. and they couldn’t do as many damages as me. i use chaos storm- phantasmal warlock – phase rethreat(combo finisher-chaos armor) – swap weapon- spawn phantasmal swords man – confusing images – counter blade. and i use daze/stun while casting those skills. you can’t win this unless you use stealth or trait that removes conditions or immune conditions and counters interrupt skills. but even if you use stealth, i have 2 counter skills. i can block you and spawn clone. i dont even use shatter skill.

i can recast mantra when my phantasms are in recharge. but i recast mantras behind walls or some safe place. i never fight against over 2 enemies. if you see that everyone uses skills at once when i stunned or dazed enemy, you will think this build is very easy and powerful. but i am bored at this build. i am leveling fear necromancer now.

after i used 3 daze and 1 stun and when enemy trys to use skills, i use counter skills or confusing images(5 confusions do many damages).

and i killed a warrior who had every boons. (he had about 10 boons.) he came to me alone(i think he thought he can kill me). but he couldn’t even attack. he just died horribly.