Guild Wars 2

am i the only one who’s illusions at low level do 0-1 damage…ive tryed every weapon and the illusions just die instantly or do no damage at all…..making it hard to do story line quests because u get butt kitten by multiple enemies, and illusions do nothing….

That’s the way its supposed to work, clones don’t do damage. (That’s what SHATTER skills are for.)

And FYI, illusions are super strong once you start putting points into traits.

No, that that’s how illusions are set up. Clones at low levels are nothing more than meat shields for one or two hits and good for shattering. It’s only after you start getting certain traits that they become more useful. One clone that I know that is okay doing low damage is the main hand sword skill. They stack a debuff on enemies, but they do however cause you to become a close range mesmer. And then there are the staff clones that also give conditions.

Your phantasms on the other hand do excellent damage regardless of level.

As you level up, clones will start doing little damages. Clones aren’t there to dps for you. They are here as a distraction(1 hit less on you is 1 hit less), but can serve as little dps if you get the trait that inflict bleed on crit for illusions(Dueling 15 I believe). There is also traits that grant special effect when clones dies.

The beginning for a mesmer is tough. I’ve tried Ranger, Guardian and Mesmer so far and Mesmer was the hardest to play at the beginning. Keep going and it will become better.

thanks guys, ive been pvping and with a illusion build the nuke people down quite quick, i was hoping for the same when leveling, oh well, i guess it will just make me better having to kite the kitten outta mobs