Guild Wars 2

Thanks for the post guys lots of good info here. I am going to run S/S + S/D and also carry a focus and a GS for when I want to run around or Anet wants to fix the Warden

I am trying to decide what phantasms are best to run during PVE/Dungeons. I know they are all very situational but what Phantasms do you feel gives the best damage output?

I am trying to decide if Focus is worth using with Warden being pretty bugged at the moment

^^sorry for the highjack

Thanks for the thread and some good advise posted. I want to try and give Mesmer a chance and not just dump it because it isn’t as obviously strong as warrior or Ele I think in the right hands this class can be great. In fairness I’ve looked in lots of class forums and everyones sure their class has been nerfed by the new patch so we are all in the same boat.

Good luck with your build

I am a new Mesmer player, played mostly Ele so im struggling to adapt to the play style of Mesmer. What’s a strong weapon set? I’m looking for mostly strong solo dps to level on my own so just open pve at present?

Gs?
Staff?
double sword?

With D/D you should initiate with your fire combos then switch to Air for its auto-attack which is by far the strongest AA of all the attunements. You can use Hammer but as the post above stated it works better with S/D.

D/D is all about your mobility and burst damage. Fresh Air is the best trait to take but you wont have that while levelling which is a pain.

Lets breath some life back into this thread seeing as d/d is certainly viable again.

I used this guide to start my first and D/D has always been my fav ele setup. I started using staff pre patch as found it more reliable but post patch with the evasion on fire 3 and extra blast finisher on water 3 certainly give dagger more options now.

So what’s everyone running trait wise on their D/D ele? Currently im testing 4/6/2/2/0 with fresh air and have been having a lot of success in pve.