Guild Wars 2

Surbrus.6942:

nbennet.5827:

Or the mesmer was simply using Phase Retreat, the Staff 2 skill. It is a very short distance teleport, in a random direction, on a short cooldown.

Close. But to just clearify a minor mistake, Phase Retreat is not very short, and it is always directly behind the Mesmer, not in a random direction (hence “retreat”). I believe you are mixing up the Mesmer downed 2 teleport with the Staff2 teleport.

The rest of what you said is good.

Phase Retreat is not always behind the mesmer, it’s away from the target so if the target is behind you and you run forward you Phase Retreat forward.

Granier.7985:

Am I doing it wrong? I’m sure there are people who love to level mesmers. What weapons do you use? How do you get around my aforementioned complaints?

I mostly used sword/pistol and greatsword last night.

Ok, so the last week i have started my own mesmer and gotten to level 56 and I love playing a mesmer.

I’m using mainly the staff and going for Power & Condition Damage stats, offset I use sword and focus. The most important utility skill I use is the Mirror Images that creates two clones, this together with Phase Retreat from staff gives me 3 clones instantly that helps me stack conditions and if the mob dies fast I have 3 clones ready to get Mind Wracked.

3 instant clones getting wracked together with chaos storm and the trait that makes your staff number 1 skill bounce 1 more time makes tagging in dynamic events decent.

This have been working incredibly well for me since i started leveling.

You can watch this youtube video from MrPrometheus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-B3mkM7dqM&feature=g-user-u

He explains the build very well.

Edit: And by the way, the traits are not needed to make this viable, just build towards it as you level. I used this weapon combo from level 10.