Mesmer Holding Object = No Clones For You
It is a bug but not since launch. It used to work. I don’t remember when it changed but a friend probably does. He was using it(along with some other stuff) to solo level his mesmer while naked and unarmed.
They used to spawn clones with no weapon that did pretty much nothing.
Genesis Theory [GT] (HoD)
The problem is that if you are holding an object that is not a normal weapon… A rock / reflection crystal / rake / random other item in the world you can carry, that if you try to spawn clones they do not spawn clones.