Guild Wars 2

Just smal note.

Im reinstalled the game, still going strong on my dirtbike/enduro and spend most time in the forest atm but will casual play a little, dont expect to spent hours in theorycraft etc but might see some ppl ingame.

/Love Osicat

@All.

Feel I need to explan whats happening. Been crazy time last month and not realy had time to play alot. been testing some wildstar but alos been into GW some. Not had time to create build thu.

Atm Im taking a brake from GW2. Im not stop making Movies but have a new Project. I will start make adventure Biking videos and have some longer tripps planned. feel free to follow my progress here:

If you like subscribe to the channel, will be a mix of crazy stuff:

- How to create and Shoot a Sling (im kinda awsome at this as I been shooting with a sling sens childhood)

-Offroad driving with Bike

-wildlife adventures on bike

etc etc..

This said Im not totaly off gaming and will use the old Osicat channel for start post gaming videos as soon I got some more spare time.

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LOVE u All.

No they havent yet, on the good side Baltazar burn hit dont brake stealth and go thru block etc.

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New Video:

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Updated the build, + new Video:

Build: http://tinyurl.com/Napalm-Cat-2-0

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@DoomKnightMax, I personaly prefere a mix of zerker soldier and knight. But I think its best ppl mess around to se what works for them.

@All, Napalm Cat Updated to a more durable and effective build.

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Like Pyro say.

To call dueling line a crutch is like call the wheels of the car a crutch. There are not many car manufactures who “boldly” forgo the wheels when constructing a new car model, wonder why.

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Jesus crist, sorted and ty for tell. WHne I copy pastle from different windows the link sometimes gets weard in tiny URL. I copyed wrong windos/build. Its now sorted.

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Channeled and pulsing aoe + target focused.

1. Mark target, 2. Start channel, 3, target takes dmg + get boons removed + nerby targets.

This give it a tactical aspect as a player who get targeted need to move away from frindlys to not dmg them. Also it let you chanel on stalthed targets (like archers).

Trait GS should be reworded aswell, take 50 power away and give :

Bigger AOE on al aoe skills (phantasm & #4) and increace boon removal.

This go in line with the domination tree,s boon removal trait for shatter aswell.

Another thing. Would like to se one of the new GM traits reowrked, several is close to uselss.

GM trait = al clones and phantasm get 2 sec immunity to dmg after used shatter1-3

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@ Pandabear, its condi removal is stronger than ever, 2condis / heal and 3x used of heal mantra / 10 sec give superb condition managment.

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@Bryson

Yes.

@All. Hidden Cat updated to 5.0

Invest in travaler runes if you can and aim for roaming, it fill several builds needs, both hidden Cat and ghost works well. Will uppdate the sigils etc in some time but general, mightstacking x 2 (battle and strength) is extremly strong and u need 2 x stacking sigils, 1 on u stacking wep and 1 on u underwater wep.

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Powerbuilds still strong, especialy those who use power and mightstacking. I use dubble mightsingils on this build now, battle x 2 and strength X2 but firat I stack 250 power. Toying some with 40% duration Ford aswell.

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Sometimes I forget who of the clones are my caracter and panic mashing al buttons and not untill everything is dead and my clone despawn can I find myself again.

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Shattering is generaly risky as a delayed clone might get you revealed, but if you have controll and timing it can be used for cc or extra burst.

Some video form my last 3 days roaming with Judge as PU condi (Napalm Cat)

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New Video

Enjoy

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Mix of different favorite moments in ths build last days

Judge normaly never run bigger than 5-6 man, our normal team is 6 but often 1 or 2 is absent

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@Keenlam, Ssssss we dont talk about this thing here, nothing to see, walk along.

@Tropper, might be in order for me to explain how I often use the mantra charge for offence.

1 start mantra (in stealth or out of mele range)
2 just when mantra is about to chargé ready use blink to target,
3 mantra will instly be ready and you blink bomb target with aoe burn.
4 use mantra heal 1-2 times if u not 100% hp, save 1 charge.
5 when on target use torch prestige to blind target and restealth
6 let torch burn hit (many ppl cleared first burn)
7 when 10 s gone use last mantra if situation allowe as a instans burn.
8 chargé mantra agaim if possible in stealth and let burn hit.

This is how I try and often do, change stuff after situation

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Come back to me when you feel for so me wvwvw roaming for pure Pve there is some wery competent ppl to help you in this forum, pyro might give some tips, think he walked some in the dark side ( Pve) carvel’s tips seem solid 2.

Love this community btw

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BlackDevil.9268:

. Anyway, for those who want to believe this build is strong, I wish you good luck cause tofu will get annoyed by lots of things.

On phone so cant type loads but short, I do beleave this build is strong, I roamed in group and solo sens game released and in al kinds of shatter, power, tank etc builds. My opinion is that if you can manage out of combat speed this is one of the best roamongbuils atm. This is only my opinion but what I think, power PU is another wery strong setup esp with mightstacking.

Feel free to dissagree but melting faces in wvwvw roaming atm.

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@Cyric, sure by al means be the guy ,).

Blackwater build link is perplexy, in q about updates post patch he specifyed its still perplexy. Baltazar with aim on 100% + on staff burn have another aim and playstyle.
Condi removal on hela is a rather big improvment for condi management espesialy with a trait change to 0-6-6-2-0 and mantra x 3, al in line with current roaming meta and higher condi preasure.

Video’s 1vs1 focused fights is intentional as I wanted to show how i mean to use the gamestyle and traits, not show off, music is added as its how I like to do stuff and make it more watchable.

About guides, builds, traits etc the only difference btreen a guide or someone test some traits in home is the textguide and videos. Noone can ever take cred for trait in a sertan way, there is always someone tested and played a trait setup before you. A guide the you can take cred for how well you explain for ppl who new to the class/build etc how
to play.

Goal is always to help the messmer community and this is best done when we do it together by condtructive diskussions.

Videos is also helping, some to explain how to use a build (like this) and some more for show what the build is capable off, others are made just for max entertaning value. Sure is, you can nerver please all, even if you get like some of my viss close to 100 likes and 20k wievs there is always some disslike or ppl negative. Not alot to do about.

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@Theblankcalendar, ofc, I wouldn’t reccomend spend al u gold on get acccended weeps on condi build anyway unless u have gold just lying there to use.

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@Harris&Hitsutai. a lot better if you want better condition management is accualy to go 0-6-6-2-0 and have 3 uses on the mantra / charge. If you want hardcore this can be combined with condi clens mantra and that give 6+3 x 2 (18) conditions cleared and ~17 k healed in 20 sec.

Personally I sometimes combine mantra x 3 with signet of domination, still hardcore heal and condi clense but not a real dmg loss.

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Hmmm, I wonder what I can contribute with.

In a shatter build I feel it’s hardest vs high burst direct dmg thiefs with evades.

In phantasm spec I feel it’s hardest to fight high stealth uptime, condi pressure and who keep my phantasm output low with blinds.

In condi clone spec I don’t really feel so pressured by thiefs unless it’s a more than one opponent fight, then thief is deadly. Short bow in open world usually make me smile and I not lost a fight vs that tactic in long time in condi build.

Best tactic vs a good Mesmer is basically be a good thief, both classes get a lot of “low skill high reward” on the forum but after some time I say it’s extremely easy to notice when you encounter a good thief, or a good Mesmer.

Manly I find thiefs be the most fun opponents to encounter in open world roaming as if it’s a good one it will give good entertaining. I would not go so far as Hype thu and say thiefs have a class advantage vs mesmers, sure maybe in tpvp due to how the gamemode look but in wvwvw roaming I can say for sure I do not feel like a underdog vs thiefs.

Big change for mesmers vs thiefs last patch was the 3 x use in heal mantra aswell. It’s give 50% more healing and well played it let you keep health up a lot better.

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sendmark.4731:

So to prove a point in this thread – today I fought someone a couple of times while they were using pretty much this build, and I was using Doiid’s build. As expected could easily keep him at range and wait for eventual mistake to burst him down. He did manage to gank some pve ranger who I couldn’t quite save though.

On TV today:

A blue colour fighter in taekwondo idd win over the red one, this prove the fact that blue is superior to red in taekwondo for ever. No need for any red to try even, blue is just better.

@All, I understand this thread now is more about PU condi be or not be, I’m dine with that I can only talk for my self and in my world I so far eat ppl alive in wvwvw, even builds and classes I struggled with in other builds.

For the q about why not go 4-4-6 instead of 2-4-6-2 it’s al about condition management, the torch traits simply don’t clear enought and even more important, they can’t clear when you cc,d. Heal mantra with condi clear can be used instantly and 2 times in 10 sec, far superior to the torch clear. Also I don’t want to be forced to waste my offensive prestige for a condi clear and use it defensive.

Might be of interest I been roaming with a engineer some lately, this build combined with he’s and he’s magnet pull and immobilize just melt ppl and not really seen a lot escape. I have a feeling some ppl judge everything out of 1vs 1 while this game is a rather team based pvp game.

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@Eldenbri, biggest difference between this and phantasm PU in wvwv is the lack of weakness. A good player will normaly target your phantasms if you play PU phantasm, meaning theyr main soruce of dmg is gone. Example a thief who kill off your phantasms to gain stealth. Thie get more of a problem he bigger the fight gets and hwne you in a 5 vs 5 your dmg output from phantasms is alot less than in the 1 vs 1.

This build you apply dmg independent from your phantasm and its mostly AOE. Its alo a better teamplayer build.

Survival correct played for al PU builds with good/correct gearing is always exelent, biggest difference in a 1 vs x is that when I fight a 1 vs x on this and slowly kiting backwars suddenly notice 1-2 downed and i sometime to my own supprice been able to go back and get a stomp.

I say for sure this is the strongest roaming PU build I played. Its also wery wery flexible, as you now can change traits out of cobat i sometimes drop domination 2 and go 0-6-6-2-0 or even 0-2-6-4-0

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BlackDevil and Hollywood, no dissrespect but I would love if we culd try move back on subject and focus on the condi PU builds, feel like your argument leading the thread away.

@Xavi, Armour = full dire, accesorys and weps full Rabid is what I use atm, I have a dire staff aswell I use some days when I run 0-6-6-2-0.

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@Mydnght, With on demand I mean the build apply high dmg conditions based on your active gameplay ( mainly from combo of wepswap and combos of septer chain alternative chaos storm + aa just as torch or heal burn hits). Previous PU builds lacked kitten demand dmg and needed your opponent to kill clones, trigger septer block and hit when confusion was up.

2 Big changes in the patch turned this 1 you can now have dubble on demand condition sigils, 2 Balthazar runes with 10 sec cd turned condition.

The build by this not giving up the on death traits and septer block torment, meaning a enemy who try pressure you will take a lot of nasty counter dmg.

@Boss Riddle, thing is that the build only lack mobility OUTSIDE of combat, in combat enemy usually in range for a 1200 y blink meaning you can blink past a enemy and use staff to keep in front of him. Also, if chased by a team you faster with a staff than with a focus not taking into point the focus phantasm is bugged. This as you can constantly blink away from the chasers.

For speed between point a – b I use focus in my bag.

Still ofc, I love if ppl find new ways to play the setup, I can only talk for myself and what I find true, still staff terrain climbing (up rocks and ramps) is sick in mobility terms.

I have tested 0-4-6-4-0 some thu with trait on extra dmg on septer, it’s close to hied proof du to low cd on septer. Also tested 0-6-6-2-0 with mantra x 3 and portal, that one is sick in terms of survival/dmg due to 2650×3 heal and 6 condi clenses every 10 sec.

Would love see a speed signet thu, leaving speed for mesmers undependent on what runes/weeps you use.

@Whiterose, do “what easy” =" bad" and “what’s hard” = "good"for you so why don’t you play without traits? I sure it would land on the “good” side.

Or we can do like this, let everyone play what build they like, then let the game designers decide what traits to be arable to chose. I think that sound fair. Or ofc if it make you feel elite, go round and tell ppl what and how to play. Maybe make a thread:

The allowed spec to play for mesmers By WhiteRose

Personally I only show what work for me, I sure I do countless mistakes in my builds and Would not dream of say my build is only " fair" or “correct” way to play.

I find it rather arrogant to tell others what they can and can’t play to stay “cool” and prefere to just show what work for me (even if it’s not cool, just good at kill stuff).

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I seriously want this fixed, it’s a build breaking bugg and with it sorted we will se a whole new breed of mesmers.

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This is a hardtracked problem as some days it work perfectly, then it suddenly bugg out. Only thing working for me is basicly to turn game of and log in again, its not fun to do with 25 stacks thu

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NICENIKESHOE.7128:

Pyroathiest.4168:

I’m definitely thinking that the torment sigils just don’t match up to double energy. Other than that, looks pretty good.

I concur with you on this one. Kind of regret buying torment sigil since one stack per 5 seconds isn’t doing much by itself. Any suggestion on sigil choice that applies more reliable condition? I already have the energy sigils on me.

Fine things al is free to do their own thing But personaly I feel an extra condition up in the line is more worth then the energy. Not for its dmg but for teh snowball effect. Enemy who et 2-3 high dmg conditions clear those and handle it. Player who get 2-3 high dmg stacks and 3 other conditions have wery hard handle it.

1st attack, blind, burn, poison torment, bleed, vouln, folowed by confusion and if he kill a clone cripple. ITs a long list and hard to manage.

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Vs heavy cleansers, make sure to not stack burn from torch on top of heal burn. Let 1 st burn hit + staff burns! then when cleansed use heal for a new burn + staff.

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Yes, hidden cat works well as it’s more poweroriented build and mightstacking than crit focused. The might give a fair amount of condi pressure aswell.

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Haha cheers Xavi, I knew it,

Tbh I find mesmers rather quite , pink and butterflyich

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@Pyro, cheers mate and just as you say. I would feel wery bad post a build I feel is inferior, tbh unless I feel a build is extremely strong at what I design it foor I would feel ashamed for post it. Play to win and build to be as strong as possible.

Example, if you have access to night vision goggles and your enemy don’t, will you turn those of to have a fair game? Maybe play fair if it’s football but now it’s roaming and I see no reason to turn my off.

@Xavi, I stack condis with a staff, the chaos storm + burn aoe,s let you stack 14-16 stacks in 1 pull at the coyotes in south.

@All, I will make a small instruction video for some basic combos I use in this build depending on if the target have condi cleanse or not. Also a thief gank tactic I used with extremely good effect.

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Ps, Kitten the kitten Karma, regret Almost I posted this build, I got ganked by a duo of 2 Napalm cats from Auora glade earlier 2 night. Used al my clenses and bam, 6 new conditions and 18 sec of burn on me S:

Khenzy.9348:

I know I’m going to get trash talked by other Mesmer players but… Osicat, can you please stop promoting PU builds or similar like these? Where perma protection, near perma regen, heavy stealth, AI (and other stuff I wont even mention, you know you class already) just outclass everything you encounter? Making these junk builds popular is definetly not good for the game as a whole.

Flame away fellas.

When I sitt down and try create a new build looking at al sigils and runes around I try build a build as strong and flexible as possible, with harmony in al different traits.

Example:

A build i making need condi clense, mantra heal + trait give condi clense, add baltazar runes the condi clense both give heal and dmg = a player who mele hitts you and put condition on you you can heal to 1 heal dmg taken, 2 drop conditions apply, 3 counter attack with a 6k burn.

This harmony and build making in the end fits perfectly with PU, why woud I cripple my caracter and not take the best possible trait cause it have bad rep?

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CratZ.6270:

I find it ironic that you play music where they sing about not taking the easy road and then showing mesmer gameplay….

Aaaa but are not a mesmer suppose to take every opportunity to troll those who are trollable? I thought, always it will hit somone and tossed the dart into the dark

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I used to care, then I stopped care what other classes thought of me.

Then after fought endless of cowardly running warriors, guardians etc, or been hunted by packs of guildgroups of ppl who dont want anythinge else than jump into the 1 vs 1 I just doing to jump/dance/laught I started to care again.

Good roamers usualy dont hate mesmers and I often have good convs/wave and emoting with other roamers. Them you treat with respect-

Pve,er in big groups are the biggest haters and ivadin wvwv from time to time. Al this ppl who hate us now feed my heart with their tears, I can spend endless time to troll ppl. Jump inot a 3 vs 1, down somone and stomp, then fast throw a ram on him and stealth + blink, favo emote.

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You stack 25 power with your mh, make sure have a sigil of bloodlust on your underwater wep. When you have 25 stacks change your wep for a sigil of choice. As you have a wep with singil of bloodlust ( u water wep) you keep the stacks.

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Hi mate, have a look at Hidden Cat. Can be found in the shattercat guide. Adding a video aswell. Power PU at its finest.

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HTc-GuHlfKs

Hi, yes, still viable even if il prob uppdate the sigils and keep stacking on water wep.

Vid:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HTc-GuHlfKs

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@all, link to complete build can be found in My guide or on My HomePage, build called “Napalm Cat” and inc food, buffs, gear etc.

@All again, I get repeated q about My choice of sigills. I try explain. Most classes and some more than others clens based on numbers of conditons, say a traited torch mesmer use clens he clear a full stack of 1 kind. To make as hard for enemy as possible to manage my conditiond I try stack as many different as possible. Both Torment and poison have extremly long durations and by swap wep often i put a carpet of condis on target. Look extra on the necro fight how many different condis i repetably put on him.

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@Fade, i do feel from hard testing the 2×2 condi clens in 10 s cd is nedded to be able to play as offensive as I do in this spec. I even sometimes run a 2nd condi clens mantra for 1vsX.

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Ty for info, dont know why it bugged. Sorted now.

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Btw Pyro, you experienced the dubble dmg burn bugg? Seen it several time last night, see the burn ticks on the 2xranger fight in this vid and notice the last burn tick.

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Toxic buff for 10% condi uptime, 40% uptime food. Fun thing is to eat the food, then hover over staff burn auto, then add the 10% buff and how’re again! the burn dmg go up 100%.

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I use staff on low cd and 1200y blink, with focus in bag it’s enought to not die and get away. Class need badly a speed buff thu not tied to a servant runeset or to focus. We need a trait or utility"

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So I just posted my version of Baltazar rune build, it have wery high burn dmg, ~870 / tick and I stack up to 16 sec on targets, it also use both poison and torment 100% uptime. It also have the condition dmg more on demand compared to traditional PU builds who often need your enemy to fight back to take dmg.

Did set a thread for it and posted the build etc in my guide.

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So post patch I now run thru most rune setups and sigils. The firts of the two most solid builds I played so far is Condition Baltazar build with superb on demnad burst 10-20-30-10 with 2 sec burn on autoattack for staff, 100% uptime on poison and torment.

I will go deeper into it in my build, note this is not a defensive played PU build where a enemy can ignore you and survive.

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