need advice
If you’re going power shatter mesmer, it might be better given how you strip a boon per illusion. This means no boons on your opponent to keep them strong or safe.
I’m using a condition shatter mesmer, so I use the torch trait. However, given how torch is more of a condition weapon than a power weapon, it might suit a power shatter more to use a focus, sword, or pistol in off-hand.
This is just my PvP experience. Hopefully someone with WvW experience might give more specific or universal advice to this matter.
i mainly play sword-torch / gs shatter but here comes the thing
until now i went with the torch reduce trait but i see some people using shattered concentration , is that really better ? i mostly go roaming in wvw if thats impotant to know
i basically took the torch reduce trait cuz 30 seconds cd is a little bit too long if u ask me
It really depends on who you end up fighting. Considering you’re roaming in wvw, you’ll be encountering primarily condition roamers, which actually means that the torch trait (for condition removal, not for cd) is better. On the other hand, if you find yourself hitting a lot of guards/eles/etc that are covered in vigor, regen, prot, swiftness, might, etc, then shattered concentration is absolutely essential to do any damage to them at all.
If you’re going power shatter mesmer, it might be better given how you strip a boon per illusion. This means no boons on your opponent to keep them strong or safe.
It is not 1 boon strip per illusion, it’s 1 boon strip per shatter if I remember correctly.
If you’re going power shatter mesmer, it might be better given how you strip a boon per illusion. This means no boons on your opponent to keep them strong or safe.
It is not 1 boon strip per illusion, it’s 1 boon strip per shatter if I remember correctly.
It is 1 boon strip per illusion.
If you’re going power shatter mesmer, it might be better given how you strip a boon per illusion. This means no boons on your opponent to keep them strong or safe.
It is not 1 boon strip per illusion, it’s 1 boon strip per shatter if I remember correctly.
It is 1 boon strip per illusion.
but I think the mesmer itself can strip a boon too. So 1 mind wrack can has 4 boons striped
If you’re going power shatter mesmer, it might be better given how you strip a boon per illusion. This means no boons on your opponent to keep them strong or safe.
It is not 1 boon strip per illusion, it’s 1 boon strip per shatter if I remember correctly.
It is 1 boon strip per illusion.
but I think the mesmer itself can strip a boon too. So 1 mind wrack can has 4 boons striped
I think you need Illusionary Persona for that.
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The difference between having shattered concentration and not having it when fighting something like an Ele is night and day.
I’m not good enough with arcane thievery to use it as a substitute – if you take torch trait it’s a good idea to take arcane thievery as a boon strip substitute because you’ve got extra help with condition cleanse from the torch.
Otherwise shattered concentration plus mantra of resolve is my preference – just makes it much, much easier to deal with boon heavy classes – especially elementalists.