Guild Wars 2

Everyone seems to have the same question :p

Mesmer gets my vote!

PvE
Soloing CM – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPM6tBpYACk
Soloing AC – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpox-LXW4c

WvW
Soloing WvW Towers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGW_9RwssX0
Outnumbered fighting gameplay – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKlnt96vdo

I have to say the Mesmer,

WvW
Soloing WvW Towers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGW_9RwssX0
Outnumbered roaming gameplay – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKlnt96vdo

And incase you fancy some PvE
Soloing CM – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPM6tBpYACk
Soloing AC – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpox-LXW4c

I have to say the Mesmer, excellent in sPvP, WvW and solo dungeons. Heres some proof to back up my statement.

PvE
Soloing CM – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPM6tBpYACk
Soloing AC – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpox-LXW4c

WvW
Soloing WvW Towers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGW_9RwssX0
Outnumbered fighting gameplay – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKlnt96vdo

I have to say the Mesmer, excellent in sPvP, WvW and solo dungeons. Heres some proof to back up my statement.

PvE
Soloing CM – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPM6tBpYACk
Soloing AC – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpox-LXW4c

WvW
Soloing WvW Towers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGW_9RwssX0
Outnumbered fighting gameplay – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKlnt96vdo

Wethospu.6437:

Added (except outdated AC P1).

Also:
CM Story:
Mesmer samski (17 mins): http://youtu.be/CPM6tBpYACk

HotW Story
Mesmer Jarelone (3+8+7 mins ): http://youtu.be/MVjdskEL0yg http://youtu.be/Y3Vrwlwq1HE http://youtu.be/Y3Vrwlwq1HE

Thanks for the add

I keep track of the old thread and didnt notice you had made a new one! New solo content coming soon!

Heres some of my videos that might help you out with ideas.

Soloing CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPM6tBpYACk

Soloing AC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpox-LXW4c

Soloing Spider Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-QZI4HpjM

Level 80 Champion soloing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl90qXtJOTk

I checked the thread and it looks like he closed it down its a shame as its one of my fav threads too!

Im guessing you mean this one …..

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/links/Old-don-t-post-here/first#post1858925

That is a good way to start earning cash from level 25 upwards, you will earn almost as much as max level players who solo farm mobs from it and it will give you some exp while you do it.

http://youtu.be/rl90qXtJOTk

Just wanted to see if I was able to do it and though I would share

Though I would share, I know guys have done harder content solo but its a start

http://youtu.be/CPM6tBpYACk

Well after trying to think of ways to complete the task I settled on the dye method seen here…

http://youtu.be/db4y8SvemiI

Ofcourse it is luck dependent but in theory it can reap massive rewards.

Though I would post this here in the hope it helps someone

After messing around while leveling my Thief a little bit I discovered that there is a nice earning potential for new players and people leveling up characters if they take a break for quests every now and again and try out gathering as explained here.

Guardian sounds like your best bet. They have alot of good builds and can be adapted for almost every playstyle.

Why not make one of each class and try it out in the mists to get a feel for each one then decide ?

I havent had a chance to check out pavilion or the new champion system yet but this is one of my main ways of farming gold.

Mate, save your laurels as best you can!

Try to spend an hour a day farming here. Its supprising how quickly the gold ads up and soon your money worries will be over.

Hey guys,

Sorry for the lack of updates I have had no internet access for the past 3 month.

Unfortunately it looks like the build has been nerfed heavily, I will test it out when I am able to play again but with the changes to the build since I have been gone via various patches I think its safe to say in its current format the build is gone.

Hey

Sorry for the delay in replying I have been really busy and I dont have regular access to a computer right now.

I really dont know mate unfortinatly I hope so but I’m unable to do any testing until September!

A few people have messaged me on YouTube with tweaked variations that are apparently still viable, two people are making videos and said they will inbox me their URLs for their gameplay so I will try link them in the threads when I get time to show people how they have adapted.

msyu.3689:

I see that you take staff (sigil of earth) / sword (sigil of ice) + focus (sigil of leeching). The description states that sigil of earth has a cooldown of 2 seconds and sigil of ice a cooldown of 10 seconds. According to the wiki (sigil > sigils with cooldown) “all sigils that have a cooldown share the same cooldown.”

The trait skill Masterful Reflection (Illusions IV) grants reflection when you use F4 distortion. According to the wiki, this means reflecting projectiles and not relfecting a percentage of the incoming damage (retaliation). The wiki also states that it doesn’t affect the 2 seconds evade on Blurred Frenzy (sword 2).

(Perhaps it should also be noted that the sigil of earth is not applied to the mesmer’s clones according to the wiki (sigil > on-critical sigils).)

I would also like to ask you for advice, about swapping out Blinding Befuddlement (Illusions IX). I do not think it’s useful anymore since you can only apply 1 confusion for each chaos armor. I also don’t think Masterful Reflection (Illusions IV) would be needed. So would it be wise to take Illusionary Person (Illusions XI, shattering illusions creates the shatter effect on you as well) or Imbued Diversion (Illusions XII, Diversion hits multiple targets)? The first choice because of an extra second Distortion, the latter choice because of an area wide daze from Diversion. (About the daze from Diversion, perhaps it should also be noted that according to the wiki, the duration doesn’t stack and therefore it is good to create different distances to your target so that the illusions have a higher probability to chain a daze.)

Hey

Regarding the cooldown for sigils, I completed a little testing and i’m not 100% sure but it seemed that sigils with a 2 second CD all share the 2 second CD and sigils with a 10 second CD all share the 10 second CD. When testing running around in the mists you are able to get sigil of earth procs weapon swap and get a proc from your sword 2. This maybe from sigil of earth kicking in a 2 second cool down then coming off cool down in time for your sword sigil to activate though.

Yea the sigil does not work with your clones unfortunately but Sharper images and Winds of Chaos gets you a fair few bleeds.

Regarding Masterful Reflection it was probably a slip of the tongue when commenting I explain my meanings in the comments of the YouTube video when someone picks me up on it

I have been theory crafting a little bit due to the recent changes but I am unable to play the game until September now so cant put anything into practice You logic seems sound so maybe you could try it and let us know your findings ?

kirito.4138:

@Samski
what do you think of the Befuddlement changes in the recent patch? Maintaining Chaos armor still worth while?

With this and the confusion change the build has defiantly taken a hit, i’m unable to play the game for the next 4 month so cant do any testing

Just going to throw the spec I play :P

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Condition-Tank-Mesmer-Guide/first#post1888678

In PvE Mesmers seem to be better when they kite but I am mainly a WvW player.

I have started trying my hand at PvE and usually use Greatsword.

I preffer Berserker gear when soloing dungeons but Rabid gear can work….

Soloing AC Story

Soloing Queen Spider with zerker gear in Explorable AC

Soloing Queen Spider with Rabid gear in Explorable AC

Runes and Sigils
Video Guide Part 4

For a full overview of Runes and Sigils please watch Video Guide Part 4 for the text based guide I will only cover my main recomendations.

Main Weapon = Sigil of Earth

GIves a chance to cause Bleed on crit, has an internal cooldown of 2 seconds but due to Illusionary Elasticity will almost ALWAYS been on its internal cooldown!

Armour Choice 1 = Rune of the Undead

This is my current and recommended rune set as the added damage and survivability is more useful in combat then what you get from Rune of the Centaur, once you learn your hunting spots 100% swiftness can be lived without.

Armour Choice 2 = Rune of the Centaur

Swiftness when casting your 5 ability is nice, cast temporal curtain and upon gaining the swiftness boon cast your heal and you will have swiftness 100% of the time, nice to get around the map quickly, added power to help with your staff 1 skill white damage, increased bleed duration but it only works with Bleeds inflicted with YOUR Winds of Chaos NOT the Bleeds caused by your Clones!

Consumables
Video Guide Part 5

For a better break down of Consumables please watch Video Guide Part 5
For the text based guide I will only cover the ones I use.

Food = Super Veggie Pizza

Increased Condition Damage and longer Condition Duration for your Conditions, alot more cost effective that Rare Veggie Pizza

Crystal = Quality Tuning Crystal

Increased Condition Damage and more cost effective than Master Tuning Crystals

Chaos Armour Chain
Video Guide Part 6

As said earlier you are able to keep Chaos Armor up for over 1:30 with this chain.
Chaos Armor -> Chaos Storm -> Null Field -> Feedback -> Chaos Armour -> Chaos Storm -> Timewarp 1 -> Timewarp 2 -> Chaos Armour -> Chaos Storm -> Null Field -> Feedback -> Chaos Armour -> Chaos Storm.

Video Guides for the following…

Weapon Skill Bugs

Utility and Trait Bugs

Dealing with Runners and Escaping

Weapons
Video Guide Part 2

For a FULL break down of each weapon please watch the Video Guide Part 2, for the text based guild I will only go through what I currently recommend.

For the main weapon you have to go with the staff. Winds of Chaos (staff 1) gives you steady condition damage, nice boons and powerful clones. Phase Retreat (staff 2) gives you a clone and nice mobility and your leap combo finisher, Phantasmal Warlock (staff 3) Does not offer very high damage but it is an easy to cast illusion for shatters and to help keep your illusions at 3 if your foes keep killing them, Chaos Storm (staff 4) the life blood of the build in so many ways gives great conditions and great boons, Chaos Storm (staff 5) gives good conditions and boons but most importantly a Combo FIeld.

For weapon Swap I used to recommend the Sword and the Focus to try and help with people running from you but now I recommend the Scepter and Focus for help with Burst from Confusing Images off the Scepter and the ability to pull Theifs out of Shadow Refuge with Temporal Curtain.

A Tip when fighting Theifs….their Steal ability against a Mesmer gives them the skill Plasma that will grant most boons in the game, it gives them Stability and Aegis. A bad theif will pop this as soon as they can a good Theif will save it until they need to Shadow Refuge, the Stability will prevent Temporal Curtain pulls for the first few seconds and the Aegis will stop it for the rest of the duration, when fighting try to remember if you see alot of boons flash up on their target icon, if you havent noticed them pop it then it might be a plan to keep your staff equipped for the added survivability when they come out of stealth instead of weapon swapping, failing a temporal curtain pull and taking a full damage backstab.

For underwater combat I recommend using the Trident, it synergises so well with this build that I have been able to fight and win 1v6 while underwater!
1 v 6 Underwater combat Video

Skills
Video Guide Part 3

Heal Skill = Ether Feast
As you will have 3 illusions out most of the time I suggest Ether Feast as it heals for more with the more Illusions you have out. The reflection ability of Mirror is useful but too situational for me so rather get the extra raw health.

Utility Slot 1 = Blink
A Stun Breaker and a teleport, helps with mobility and can help confuse your enemy by blinking behind them and quickly spawning clones then auto attacking letting them guess what are clones and what is the player.

Utility Slot 2 = Null Field
Rips Conditions from Allies and Boons from Foes, gives an extra combo field and can act as area denial but forcing the enemy to move as noone likes standing in Purple circles unless they know they are friendly.

Utility Slot 3 = Feedback
Reflects projectiles back at the enemy and can cause confusion from the projectile combo finisher in an ethereal combo field, acts and a combo field and gives additional area denial.

Elite Skill Choice 1 = Time Warp
Gives Quickness and gives you a combo field that you can Phase Retreat in twice! Good for helping with Stomps in a 1vX situation.

Elite Skill Choice 2 = Mass Invisibility
Grants Stealth giving you a target reset if fighting organised parties and can help stealth you and get stomps off.

Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Condition Tank Guide

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Due to Military Deployment this guide will not be maintained as well as I would like until late September 2013 but I will do my best to keep checking and answering questions.

Condition Tank Mesmer Game play Footage

Mesmer Outnumbered fighting

Condition Tank Mesmer Burst Potential
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT9HxcoBE4M]Basic Walkthrough of Condition Tank Mesmer Fighting

Condition Tank Mesmer Soloing a WvW Tower that has Defenders

Condition Tank Mesmer Intro and Traits
Video Guide Part 1

The Condition Tank is a Guild Wars 2 Mesmer build based around solo roaming in WvW using Conditions to kill enemies. It utilises high mobility, high survivability and moderate to high damage. The build also keeps Chaos Armor up as much as possible and with the perfect chain allows for Chaos Armour to be up for over 1 minute 30 Seconds!

The high mobility comes from both Blink and Phase Retreat, Blink gives you a Stun breaker and gives you a targetable teleport that can be utilised to get up or around line of sight objects making it hard for your prey to cause you damage, Phase Retreat gives a basic teleport in the opposite direction to your target that is on a 5 second cool down due to the traits Illusionists Celerity and Chaotic Dampening. In addition to these, Null Field gives you the ability to rip slowing conditions from yourself as well as swiftness from enemies. Chaos Armour also helps with your mobility by slowing attackers down helping you get a little breathing space.

The high survivability comes from stacking toughness from Rabid stat gear, Ether Feast Healing for higher amounts due to having 3 Illusions out most of the time, Illusionary Defense reducing damage by up to 9% due to having 3 illusions out most of the time, Chaos Armor granted from the Staff number 4 skill giving Protection, Chaos Armor Blinding foes and granting regeneration, Feedback reflecting projectiles, Null Field stripping conditions from you, and finally stacking Confusion so your target has to decide if attacking you is worth taking damage.

The medium damage comes from your Bleeds caused by Winds of Chaos, Sharper Images and Sigil of Earth. Burns caused by Winds of Chaos. Your staff clones also cast Winds of Chaos by default further increasing your burns and bleeds.

Your high damage comes from stacking confusion from Cry of Frustration, Chaos Armour and Blinding Befuddlement and Confusin Images.
Burst Damage Video

ghand.3946:

I always save my elite to. I’m to scared that I will have wasted it lol. I’ll be more trigger happy with it though. Like the build also. It’s fun!

It’s better to need it and use it then save it and die

Wethospu.6437:

Any reason why you did it with two different gears?

Anyways, added my Warrior Arah p3 Solo (excluding Corrupted Light), music still editing.

Most of the Mesmer solo stuff is done with berserker GS builds, after soloing her I decided to try with a condition build to see how it went

Berzerker Gear Mesmer Solos Queen Spider.

Rabid Gear Mesmer Solos Queen Spider.

Hmm i’m skeptical that you give each character its own key press or mouse click, everything seems highly synchronized and when they jump in the youtube clip there are often two jumping at the same time.

How do you get them to move with you as to my knowledge there is no /follow like in WoW ?

I’m Biased as I play it but I have to say Mesmer, no end to the fun you can have….

Two easy gold farming spots

Mesmer Soloing AC Story.

There are a few bugs with this rune set

Here is a video of some testing done with it.

Added my 1vX video to the OP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKlnt96vdo

Kazhiel.8194:

I have trouble in general using my elite… It’s like the very fact it’s called an elite makes me try to save it for just the right moment, not waste it! And then generally use it too late or not at all xD doing a bunch of duels is helping to move me away from that mindset tho and better find the right moments and the right elite for different fights and have been switching things up. I’d never even learned moa morph until two weeks ago lol

It’s better to use it and live then save it and die, I used to be in the same mind set and keep trying to save it until it was absolutely required but by then it was too late and I would die :p

Rhaps.8540:

I’m sticking with TW for this build atm at the very least because it’s another combo field for chaos armour. And yeah, it took a while for me to get used to spamming it like any of the other fields but I set a personal rule that I must use it at least once per fight/before I die. It’s worth doing as people know and fear that big wobbly pink dome.

I still love timewarp for the extra chaos armor but chaining 11 seconds of stealth has saved me alot!

I made a thread on this a while back and a video of me testing it….

My findings were that the blind does seem bugged along with the protection aspect of the spell. I’m guessing that the protection aspect may just be shoddy tooltip text misleading people on how it is meant to work.

With the blind though the graphic does not seem to show but if you trait for Blinding Befuddlement (confusion on blind) you will tend to find you get more stacks of confusion leading me to believe it does trigger.

@Rhaps – Glad your enjoying the spec I have swapped sword out for scepter now to add more burst to the build but maintain its survivability as I am slowly coming to terms with the fact that runners will always be a challenge to catch with this build. I’m also testing Mass Invis out instead of Time Warp right now.

Misc – Added the burst damage video to the OP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y0-D_bay64

There are a fair few bugs with the rune set…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPxBZo6qK84

Glamour is the way to go in my oppinion, your able to cause massive problems for the enemy and help your team out with all your utility.

If playing solo you can still be effective by soloing supply camps and towers pulling enemy away from the main combat zones.

Its very situational and goes from being highly useful to shatter fodder.

The guys above have it covered with alot of its uses, if you know your target will move quickly and is melee you can use it on your run up to them kittenter fodder, as it finishest its cast use sword 3 and a dodge and then you have your 3 illusions ready to shatter.

Sorry for the delay in replying guys I have been busy with work

Aberrant.6749:

Mist is power based… it’s a shatter build with high mobility

Ryn.6459:

Samski, here you have the link to Osci’s Mist:

http://tinyurl.com/cyjj4c4

I did some tests, and… meh.

I have had a chance to check the build out and doubt a hybrid would work very well due to the builds being designed around completly different things. Both are very strong

Lord Jim.3971:

I’ve been running this build for the past couple of weeks and its excellent, enjoyable to play and great for WvW roaming. I tried it with Centaur Runes, you mentioned switching to them in one of the videos and they are pretty useful it makes running away from the Baruch “small” camp capping groups much easier.

However, at the moment I’m trying Melandru plus the -40% condition duration food, and so for its rather nice, it reduces our vulnerability to conditions hugely, great for shrugging off slows when escaping and helps make the tanky part of the build a little more tanky.

Thanks for the build and the videos are very informative, especially for any newer Mesmers, the snippy comments in the first few posts are totally uncalled for.

Thanks for the feedback glad your enjoying the build I have never actually tried the Melandru and -40% condi food! That does sound good, it will help shred perma stealth pistol theifs too!

I think the people in the first few posts on the thread were overlooking the builds potential as noone had pointed it out before or tried it to my knowledge but more and more people are trying it and loving it

I just had a chance to check out the Mist vid by osci, I couldent find a build link for it but is it a power based build ?

Condition Tank Mesmer seems like it might fit the bill. You can get almost all the gear from the Karma and Badged you will get form WvW now and the 60g can be used on weapons and sigils and stuff.

Glamour is the best large scale WvW build IMO if thats what your asking ?

I run that same build for Mass WvW/GvG.

Run it with undead runes but with a sword on switch.

Here is some footage of it in action.

Amadeus.5687:

@Samski as an Engineer player I disagree that out skill set need a tweaking, if you actually get hit by that combo (you can’t put down a Concussion Bomb and land a magnet before it explode), but even if you could actually do that combo, you deserve to die if the Engineer managed to do that combo and you didn’t
A; Had a stun break
or
B: Had a condition removal

I’m on your side

I dont play engi so saw that the bomb was on a time delay so though you might have time to drag them with magnet.

I agree that all players should have condition removal and/or a stun breaker as part of their build.

If you see confusion stacks on you then remove them or stop attacking…….

IMO Getting instadowned by confusion is just the risk Glass Cannon scrubs run the risk of doing, shame they cry the loudest.

Edit – Perhaps the enginner skill set does need tweaking but it would be the cooldown of the spells the chain togeather not the conditions they produce, Concussion Bomb → Magnet → Pry Bar → Static Shot = 12 Stacks of confusion on 15 second cooldown……Top tip for anyone getting beat by this, when you get pulled by Magnet get ready with your condition removal or stop attacking!

Mesmer gets my vote, especially if your not running with voice comms or in a guild raid.

Veil, Null Field, Feedback and Time Warp on demand when you need it will help alot IMO. Also you can swap out to portal if needed to help get people around the map.

This build for mesmers is very strong in WvW and sPvP right now, it doesn’t do too badly in PvE either.

Videos in the thread so you can see gameplay.

For WvW This Mesmer Build is powerful and has good kiting/damage avoidance as Stella’s the ability to take hits if needed.

Condition Tank Build is very strong for roaming and small scale team play.