If i want to run the join the melee train as a Mesmer, is it possible? And what weapon/traits/gear should i go for?
WvW not PvEeeee
You won’t have the survivability needed to be in the vanguard/melee portion of the train. As others have mentioned roll with knights gear and use GS. Second set should have Sword/X. Just before a ZvZ engagement you’ll want to peel off to a flank. If you’re tier 1 or are dealing with 60+ zergs I would not bother with shattering.
Here is my current wvw build:
But I hate being the target of their melee train everytime
You might not notice but everytime the commander push it basically pull the pants of the range down for us to get kitten. We cannot follow the Zerg because it’s too hot in there, if we don’t other melee trains will be coming for us and we spend most of the time running. I hate ittt
You’ll want sword/focus, and then your swap is somewhat up to you. Both greatsword and staff are valid choices, and they just define how agressive you will be on your swap.
As for traiting in dueling, you’ll want sword cooldowns for sure. Your other trait is actually a little optional. Deceptive evasion allows you to pop out clones real quick while in the middle of the fight, or you could take the 1200 range manipulations to allow for a long blink to save you in nasty situations.
When playing in there, you have to remember that your clones won’t survive for more than a second, so all shatters have to be chained extremely quickly in conjunction with your clone generation, or you’ll lose a lot of shatter power.
Thanks, im using this build right now and I’m wondering if it is good or not
Sword/sword + sword/focus with sigil of restore stamina and health. This will let me dodge infinitely in fight and stay at healthy level of HP
20/25/10/15 for glamour confusion, glamour recharge rate, apply conditions when clones are killed, and deceptive evasion
With Feedback/ Null Field/ blink or decoy or veil yea I need help on this
. Probably blink to keep up with the melee train
First off, using Feedback and Null Field on their Zerg to so some decent damage but the most important thing is to tag all of them since confusion will keep ticking. Then I drop iWarden for some more tagging since when my clones die it applies AoE cripple and condition and confusion.Then I just start following the commander, dodge to the commander if I’m behind and blur frenzy to do some AoE tagging. The more I dodge the more clones I create the more AoE conditions I apply, more tagging, more dodge.
Due to traits whenever I’m using iswordman it will give me Regen after it hit once.
It seems great on paper but wonder if it would work
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Haha, that’s my super secret.
it’s a hybrid build.
Better to experiment and find what fits your playstyle anyhow. The boost in vitality will help.
Really….
I’m kinda sick of being so squishy, is there a good build for Mesmer to join the Melee Train?
Thief damage is higher than warrior. Hell, someone said guard’s DPS is higher than warrior. It’s not the class that got you kicked.
In my experience, warrior tend to have the higher chance of going full zerker because of their innate defense (in PuGs). This is just a PuG perception, but most often than not it’s correct. So ask yourself, can you be just as useful as a warrior who is probably wearing zerkers in PuGs? Check your gear and skills :P
In the end, you can start your own party with “any class welcome” or just say “LFM P1” etc…
This is probably the best advice in this thread, thanks
Shoulda know you could make your own group
The main reason I left WoW not because of contents, they still pumping out good contents but because I was forced to be a Paladin. I hate Paladin I want to be a Hunter and a Rogue but raids don’t welcome those classes. I switch to GW2 because I thought things would be different….
Why am I being punished for being a Ranger and a Thief? Everytime I log into dungeons groups they always ask if I have a warrior or a guardian or not, if I don’t they would kick me out. Sometimes there some really nice people welcome me but most of the times they just want to clear the dungeon faster instead with another warrior
I tried WvW and they always make fun of my thief, always making me scout in towers for hours while everyone fighting on the battle field. When I ask them why they just said it’s the meta, Thiefs and Rangers aren’t very good. Most commanders told me in TS that either roam and take supply camp or control the siege, don’t follow Zerg you will just be easy rally. Said scouting as a thief is very good you don’t have a lot if action but it is important and thief are good at scouting. But I want I follow Zerg
Why am I being forced to roll a warrior just to play the game?
It sucks :/
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I wish that Anet could make the animation from Staff 1 more visible (bigger i guess) and faster, it just feels so weak. Make it like the GS one, please?
Feedback is ground-casting
Focus 5 is ground-casting
I don’t think these are buffs, at best a very small buffs, but it would help the life of a Mesmer so much
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Why? Is it because they got buffs again? It’s not very fun to play against the warrios. They are tanky, they have so much heals, so much mobility, a tons of crowd control, great damage and even stability. Anyway to counter that?
At least if they are that tanky make them do less damage like guardian ;/
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So after having bashed to death by everyone for using GS for dungeon xD, i recently switch to sword/sword and sword/focus. I did see an increasing amount in damage due to might stacking from allies and the cleave from sword and the vulnerability, but now i feel very squishy.
Back when I was using GS I was almost never touched, having only to use the heal spell and distortion like twice every dungeon, but now it’s just so rough. Any tips?
btw im running almost full zerker with some toughness on a few pieces. 20/20/0/30
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