Guild Wars 2

DeathReign.7821:

Silvire.6540:

Anyone know if this build is still viable in PvP?

Also, I was wondering whether we should still be going for PVT – Power Vitality Toughness, or the new Power Precision Ferocity?

Berserker’s amulet is still the best option due to the awesome DPS. It’s supposed to be a glassy build relying on active defense, so having high offense compliments that. PVT, while increasing your passive defense by a lot creates a really large dent in your DPS.

I’m not the creator of this build (pyro), but I’ve played this build a fair amount in duels, and it really is very strong when played right (and still is).

Sorry, Berserker’s amulet… Ok got it, what about rings/back/trinkets?

I’m so sorry, I’ve been away from GW2 for a year and just came back, and everything is a blur right now. In other words… What stats should I be going for?

Anyone know if this build is still viable in PvP?

Also, I was wondering whether we should still be going for PVT – Power Vitality Toughness, or the new Power Precision Ferocity?

@Pyro, I really would like to just thank you for posting this build here.

I know it’s out of date, and the only change in the last 4 months was to shift the 5 points from Illusions into Inspiration… But can I tell you a story?

My Mesmer was my first character. I levelled her to 80, only to find PvP and WvW boring, unexciting, and always ending with me dying repeatedly.

I sunk my time into many other alts, into levelling a Ranger, which hit 80… And I was spending almost all my time on my Ranger. However, my Ranger suffered from the problem whereby I liked the playstyle, but hated the lousy numbers I was outputting.

So I decided to give Mesmer one more try. I Googled “Mesmer PvP Build” and this thread came out. 4 months old. I told myself, hey, what the heck, it sounds fun.

With my old Mesmer, in sPVP, I’d easily die 7-8 times a match, and kill people usually if it was an uneven fight, and they were outnumbered. I had NEVER killed another player 1v1 with my old Mesmer.

With my Ranger, I had better odds, I won maybe 40% of my 1v1 duels.

Today, I pillaged the battlefield. I went 4 matches in sPVP without a single death, racking kills so easily.

1v1s were easy as hell to pull off, just kept dodging, blocking, dodging, blocking, pop the stealth and stealthcast Moa (just for kicks, it’s funny to see a huge pink Moa running around)…

I went into a 1v2 situation multiple times. Every. Single. Time. I emerged victorious.
A few of these 1v2 situations I had to retreat, stealth, heal up and LoS around stuff, but my phantasms kept the heat on the enemy even while I was retreating.

I even went into some 1v3s. Alright, I lost all the 1v3’s I entered, but usually I’d manage to put at least one guy out of the fight.

@Pyro, I just wanted to say a huge thanks. For helping re-inspire me to the first class that captivated me. For helping me be awesome at PvP. (Alright, I know sPVP isn’t a good gauge, but it’s a start.)

But most importantly, for helping me rediscover FUN with the Mesmer.

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