Guild Wars 2

Great responses and much appreciated. I have been happy with my build, but I see some merit to what Pyroatheist was talking about—so I am going to try that and see how it works. My only concern is the generation of clones/phantasms…I have been spoiled by dodging to make them if I needed to.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the fast replies.

@Kaiyanwan: The confusion is probably due to me trying to figure things out. Also, it is situational; meaning sometimes I shatter and sometimes I keep the phantasms up. I usually only shatter at the end of the fight. And yes, I miss having the focus for the cheap run buff.

@Crossplay: That’s kind of where I am at. I really like the idea of a GS wielding mage. The staff is so common from a lore perspective. Part of the reason I took on the Mesmer was to use the sword; which looks awesome.

@Leshay: I like your build. I purposely left out elasticity because I didn’t think I would get much bang for my buck…but I might be wrong looking at what You have built…I’ll give it a second look. You’re rotation looks solid.

With regards to your build, I think that at 80, a spec of 20/20/10/0/20 would perhaps be more ideal for me. I use staff more as a backup than as primary. So the GS bonus from 20 in the Domination line would be more ideal for me.

Hey all…I have been really chewing through the various builds. I really appreciate all of the effort behind the videos and various philosophies on the builds. I don’t think any are without merit. But I found it surprising that that there were no recommendations for a GS/Staff build. So I started to think maybe there’s something fundamentally wrong with it that I am missing.

I’ve been using the following progression with good results. This isn’t set in stone but it is for the typical mob(s):

This build also assumes 20 in Dueling for Deceptive Evasion (create a clone on dodge)
- Mirror Blade (2)
- Berserker (4)…pop Mirror Image or a couple dodges
- (optional) MindStab for groups
*****SWITCH to Staff
- Winds of Chaos on auto
- Phantasmal Warlock to swap out a clone
- Chaos Storm over mobs and phantasms/clones
- (optional) Null Field + Phase Retreat for combo application of Chaos Armor

Back to GreatSword for rinse/repeat. Most mobs are done pretty quickly. I have learned this offers great group utility (without having to open inventory and swap weapons) and of course works great for solo.

So what am I missing? I know most people recommend sword/pistol or sword/focus for alternate weapon. I am not saying mine is superior or inferior, but it feels on par.

Here is a link to a build I have going right now. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

http://www.intothemists.com/calc/?build=-NZ-g;1VPkz027cV-71;9;4JJ99909-19-4;04;00k