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[Suggestions] Future Elite Specializations

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Mesmer – Tormentor
Weapon: Hammer
Utility Skills: Turrets (spirits)
Mechanic: Sacrifice up to 3 spirits (F5) to summon your guardian.
Use the hammer to buff your guardian.

You have 1 healing spirit, 1 damage spirit, 1 CC spirit, 1 boon stripping spirit and a elite spirit. All those spirits are very weak and are not the focus of this specialization.
What makes this specialization interesting is the guardian.

The Guardian:

Design: Should only be an upper body with a head and two arms the rest of the body is inside a portal from which it arises. Chains should come out of the portal to bind it.

Gameplay: The Mesmer uses his hammer to buff the guardian. The guardian does most of the damage and is the real threat. The hammer is melee focussed so that you can’t hide and let the guardian do the work. The guardian can not move and it’s auto attack is a melee cleave which hits up to 5 enemies.
Every skill of the hammer gives the guardian a new buff called rage.
Rage increases the damage and attack speed of the guardian (you punish it with the hammer so it gets stronger).
Rage stacks up to 25 times so you try to keep it as high as possible.

You can’t have spirits while the guardian is alive but all the spirit utility skills change while the guardian is alive.

Changed utility skills

  • Your damage spirit changes to a strong ranged attack with a cast time.
  • Your healing spirit changes to a healing over time spell for you and your guardian.
  • The CC spirit changes to a gravitation aura for your guardian which pulls enemies towards it.
  • Your boon stripping spirit changes to a teleport. This is the only way to move the guardian.
  • The elite skill is a barrage of fists similar to “Hundred Blades” (warriors second attack with a greatsword).

Note:

  • You can only use the hammer with this specialization. The hammer chain skill 1 is going to be able to be used against the guardian. It doesn’t hurt it but increases rage by 1 per hit. It also does damage against foes in range.
  • The utility skills are going to use stacks of rage.
    Example: Rage will decrease by 15 stacks if you use the elite skill.

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