Guild Wars 2

Been playing this tonight in sPvP and it’s been a lot of fun, so I thought I’d share it since I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this.

Maybe it’s just for ganking newbs, I don’t know, but the AE damage is pretty intense and I got a few people asking me what the build was. I was finishing top player noticeably more often then usual, although on the other end you’re really squishy and I’m still trying to come to terms with that. ;-) (I usually play tankier builds.)

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The fun combo is going for a tripple Diversion shatter (Imbued), and following up with a 3x MW, and then throwing out your remaining interrupts.

The point of this build is basically very high burst shatter damage, combined with 3 sources of AE interrupts. You have Imbued Diversion, Chaos Storm, and Illusionary Wave to throw out to synergize with Halting Strike. (And Ill. Berserker for even more AE damage mayhem.)

Some experience playing a GC Shatter Mesmer is strongly recommended, or you’ll spend more time face down then anything else. ;-)

I’ve hit people for up to 3k on Halting Strikes, often manage to get 2-3 interrupts in one AE attack, and then adding MW it’s really quite a lot of AE damage.

This looks interesting. I have tried a build like this in spvp and I will say you have to give up some things. You probably will need shatter removes boons to remove stability which is very helpful. Secondly, you will need condi removal. Maybe change the runes to lyssa, hoelbrak, or melandru for the new stun meta and replace mirror images with null field for some defense against those necros. Finally, you can change your sigils to possibly energy for at least GS since using GS can be squishy but rewarding.

Added to the Lockdown Build List

I’ve been really digging in to these different Lockdown styles. Will give it a try and post impressions soon.

I don’t know why this build didn’t get more love when you posted it. I really like interrupt builds, but I needed AoE for point fighting, and you just put them together! I’ve been using it, and I usually finish near the top. Great build!

Only think I did change though was I swapped mirror images for arcane thievery for condi removal.

kaikalii.4198:

I don’t know why this build didn’t get more love when you posted it. I really like interrupt builds, but I needed AoE for point fighting, and you just put them together! I’ve been using it, and I usually finish near the top. Great build!

Only think I did change though was I swapped mirror images for arcane thievery for condi removal.

Yeah I figured I probably (unknowingly) copied someone else’s existing build and that’s why no one was commenting on it. I played it for several days and it can be a ton of fun with the right team, but it’s very squishy if you try to solo with it. When everything comes together though and you’re in a clumped up fight on a point, you can see some insane multi-target damage output, which doesn’t even factor in the damage negation from the interrupts. (And the multi-target vulnerability debuffing from Dazzling.)

It’s hard to pass up Illusionary Persona in a shatter build, but when you have solid team work going, this may be a stronger build for your team then a pure shatter build. As with any shatter/GC build though, it depends a LOT on your skill if you can make it work. (And your teams vs. enemy teams!) At times I was very frustrating playing it when I was on a less competent team, or facing tougher/organized opponents.

In general sPvP I prefer a bit more selfish build so I can 1v1 and 1v2, either a typical Shatter or Osi condie PU build.

Note: The really neat thing about the build to me is that it turns a fairly mediocre single target utility shatter, into a multi-target damage/utility shatter with a vengence! (I’ve had instances where I hit 3-4 people for 2-3k each off Diversion alone!) This basically means you have 3 AE damage shatters instead of 2, and of course CStorm and the Ill. Berzerker for more AE mayhem.