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I haven’t done the math yet but we definitely got an increase in dps and utility because of our new F5 skill. Although yes the cool down is long we don’t really need it for trash mobs and having a Mesmer in the party no doubt ups the party’s dps because of quickness. Also because of the new F5, with an ele in the party we can all use our favorite speed run dungeon skill twice… The broken ice bow #4. Now although mesmers aren’t the ideal profession to be using an ice bow damage wise I think the chronomancer may be better than our standard dps thief. This is because when you use an IB 4 (ice bow 4), you are no doubt doing more damage than your standard rotation especially since after your done casting, damage from the IB4 is still doing damage. However during that cast time you aren’t doing any damage. So what does this have to do with anything? Mesmers dps is split up into about 40%/60% damage with 60% coming from your phantasms. So while you are casting IB4 you are also doing 60% of your damage while most classes (except for maybe guardians with symbols or ranger with pets, which are almost negligible) are doing no damage. Now combine that with being able to do it twice because of continuum split… I believe you will see some big burst damage coming out of the Mesmer. Plus if your party is good with defiance stripping after your second IB4 you theoretically should be able to get off a second deepfreeze. Just in case the boss isn’t dead yet. Also while testing i came up with a decent dps rotation which I will post at the end. now combine the fact that mesmers and bring reflects and long amounts of quickness and now some alacrity (6 seconds because of a continuum split/well of recall combo meaning you can use hundred blades faster, meaning you stack more might faster) it may be a contender for a meta speed clear group. Of course we all know after that rotation is over Mesmer dps is pretty much **** but we are just going to hope the boss is dead by then anyway. I’m not saying that because of this post Mesmers should be part of the meta, but it should at least be taken into consideration.
That was long. Now time for dps rotation. Some things to note: we are taking chronophantasma so after our F5 shatter we still have our phantasms up. Also I am using s/f s/s build. Let me know what you guys think:
1.Warden phantam
2.Swap weapons
3. Swordsman phantasm
4.Signet of ether
5.swordsman phantasm
6.(Wait about 1/4 sec for your third phantasm it land attack)
7.F5 shatter
8. Time warp
9. Ice bow #4
10. Drop wells here if you have them, if now use ice bow 3
(At this time you will be running out of time for continuum split)
11. Deep freeze if defiance is down
12. Drop wells again
13. Ice bow #4 it finish boss off
Also note in this rotation it helps to bring along mantra of distraction to help strip some defiance. Only using it in the middle of casting other skills.