Guild Wars 2

so i play mostly fractals and a few dungeons with a phantasm build and i realised i dont shatter very often i tend to only use f3 and very rarely f1 since shattering is our class mechanic i assume im doing something wrong. what should i be doing to get better at this are there certain exercises can just run through each day like fight x monster and use y shatter at z time?

thanks

As a phantasm Mesmer you shouldn’t be shattering unless f4 or f3 for defensive purposes.You loose out on alot of damage shattering them. Your not doing anything wrong by not using class mechanic its just phantasm is much more less involved style

Depends really. You can trait to maximise Phantasm damage, where you just keep your phantasms up and allow them to deal damage and don’t need shatters at all. Keep 3 Phantasmal Berserkers up for example with +30% illusion damage is nice damage. Builds where you have loads of clone generation are useful for shattering, since that’s what clones are for.