Guild Wars 2

Consider, for a moment, where the Sylvari get their names.

Presumably, they’re named by The Pale Tree.

The Pale Tree is a tree that is pale, and is so grand in appearance that there can be no doubt she is the one being referred to when saying THE Pale Tree.

It’s a pretty unimaginative name, really, however fitting it may be.

So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising if she is similarly unimaginitive in naming her children.

Who could claim to be closer to nature than the Sylvari? Who better to understand and wield the powers of life and death?

Wise.8025:

2.6k heal… means your +healing is stacked

Well. That’s the number that seems to be thrown around the most on these boards… I don’t actually remember how much I get personally but it’s definitely over 2k.

2.6k heal, roughly 450ish range I think.

You guys realise Mantra of Pain has an almost nonexistent cooldown, right?

There’s none of this holding a mantra back so you can charge it on demand… The damage of MoP is enough to roughly compensate for the time spent channeling MoP. So you should be spamming MoP all the time.

Restorative Mantras is fine. A greater heal amount and/or larger radius would be nice, but it’s fine.

I only play PvE and WvW, but for what it’s worth…

Currently I’m trying this build:
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/mesmer#2|17|4150|4095|4481|4099|4514|0|0|0|0|30|1759|1815|1761|0|0|0|0|30|2319|1823|2232|10|1775|0|0|2|2|1|28047|28044|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

Using GS/Sword+Focus because WvW pretty much mandates using Focus.

Tbh if you’re taking Mantras to provide some healing support, Harmonious Mantras kinda gets in your way because it adds another second before you can channel MoP.

With Mantras, you have to really keep in mind that once channelled, you can use them at any time. ANY time, including when you’re autoattacking, when you’re ressing someone, when you’re dodging, when you’re CCed, and perhaps most importantly when you’re channeling another Mantra. After a while you can get into a rhythm of channeling MoR, using your MoP charges during the channel, channeling MoP, using the MoR charges during the channel, then repeating 10s later.

The new Altruism runes are really nice, providing Fury (~5s duration) and 3 stacks of Might (~10s duration) whenever you channel MoR or use up one of its charges (10s cooldown).

Mender’s Purity + Mantra of Recovery goes a long way in keeping Conditions off you. Having Mantra of Resolve on top of that means they can hardly touch you, but you can get away with slotting something else most of the time if you like.

Mantra of Concentration and Mass Invisibility are great for ensuring you can get a Mantra channeled under duress. Or just to help you get away.