Guild Wars 2

Osi. Why no updates for Shatter Cat Heavy?! Do you think shatter will still be viable with the upcoming crit damage nerf? I’ve tried both PU condi and power PU. Thinking of switching things up with shatters.

@Marsares- This build has plenty of burst. I started out not really knowing the right rotations and cool downs and osi gave me some pointers on burst combos (see page 1 of thread). After about a month of roaming, I’ve gained a sense of when to use what skills, when to burst, and roughly when skills will be back from cool down. When you get the hang of that, you’ll find opportunites to burst your opponents down. But like Lord Cheswold III says, there will always be those that will not die. Don’t waste 10 minutes of your life trying to fight these kind of people… -_-’

@osi- Overall, is sigil of perception or bloodlust better? I’ve been stacking precision since that’s what you had in your previous build (if I’m not mistaken). In your current build link, it’s now sigil of bloodlust.

Osi! The burst is amazing! It’s nice to have burst on both weapon sets. I’ve been testing it out in spvp. I found that the two combo chains well together if you use division into mind wreck. I start with greatsword 4, 2, dodge for clone, F3. That stacks vuln and gives me might which sets up for the next burst very well. Then I swap to sword/torch 5, 4, dodge, 3, 3, 2, F1.

What do you think of signet of ether? Do you prefer ether feast over it? Also, is staff viable in this build?

Hi Osi! Thanks so much for the advice. It’s really helpful. From the sounds of it, the bulk of our DPS comes from the phantasms and great sword? Would I not want to shatter my clones and phantasms with this build?

Hi Osi and fellow mesmers, I am new to mesmer and have little understanding of its play style. The first build I tried was a zerker phantasm which was pretty easy. I basically never shatter and try to stay alive while the phantasms mow down enemies.

I am now trying this PU build for the first time. Can you share some insight on basic things like rotation, when to stealth, when to shatter, when to use what weapon set etc?

Hey guys! I’ve been using this build for a while now and feel really strong with it. Although I am able to face tanking a group of invaders, I feel like I am still not using this build to it’s fullest potential. I find that I am mostly using my greatsword and not switching over to my sword/focus enough.

So my question is, what is the typical thought process when going into a fight? Why and when do I swap out of greatsword? From my experience, the greatsword does much more DPS than the sword. So is there a reason to swap if I don’t need the extra endurance and blocks?

Also, what are your thoughts about shield vs focus. I’ve been running around with a shield and find that I’m liking it more as I rarely have to use my focus moves. A combo that I’ve been doing is shield 5 to knock my enemy back, and then sword 2 to blink at them while they’re on the ground. Works pretty well.