Look foward to it, always enjoy seeing the changes to builds after updates.
Ele, then Guardians and Rangers, Ele is by far the easiest to take down.
You really need that Precision from Rabid, altogether better stats for a Blackwater Build.
Wow, my post was deleted in my last post, buts it’s funny about how it was in relation to your issue with “intellectual property” Menace and the issue you had with it… on topic I hope this does no happen, whilst I agree Mesmer needs out of combat mobility, I sincerely hope it doesn’t come in this form, people already whinge unjustly about PU builds, let’s not give them a real reason to cry for nerfs. +1 to you Jester, great post.
They at least allowed Mesmer to play some different builds, I hope they don’t get over nerfed, Confusion needs to stay in the game, mindless tards pressing one in a zerg deserve their fate, I hope it is only 6/6 that gets an ICD, Engineer and Warrior doing better with Confusion than Mesmer is wrong.
I made the switch to Torment Sigil for my Glamour build, but Rune wise Perplexity offers more in zerg play:
Great footage Dawdler, also look foward to see your next video Doiid, I would love to upload some zerg footage, but due to Australian latency issues and laptop I find it too hard.
Nice vid, some good footage.
Male Asura, short as possible, Yoda esq, love blurred frenzy, hovering like a boss.
Nice work on the sticky :-)
Perplexity is the way to go rune wise, however Sigil wise I have just changed to Tormenting recently, and have no regrets, your precision will be high with rabid armor to allow consistant procs, 1 vs many, the AoE Torment is awesome especially with our high in combat manoeuvrability.
Who says I haven’t? Anyway my question was answered thanks for the input, all, I am happy with the Sigil, in the zerg build.
Yep, in Zerges clones, phantasms don’t last long anyway, normally dropping on spawn due to AoE, with the build I use for Zerg play, it procs consistently and adds to AoE for tagging. If I run Shatter build I would use Superior Sigil of Fire once stacks achieved on Perception, this is no different for Zerg Condition build, once Corruption maxed switch to Torment.
AoE Torment 30% chance on crit.
Not talking about a rune… Sigil is what we are discussing, the one that goes in your weapon…
Yeah, my recent experience (I only run this Sigil when rolling with Zerg) is that due to the high level of conditions being output by Zerg, the AoE natureof the Sigil and the Confusion I am putting out (all about AoE), makes it worth while, a good analysis, thanks for the input.
Had some great success last night, procced consistently with Rabid Gear, between Confusion and Torment was a great mix, good assistance in the Zerg, was very happy with the results. Thanks for all the replies.
Cheers, was thinking same thing would only use after full stack achieved, I more thinking build wise of use in a glamour/confusion build for zerg use, I know with Rabid I can proc Superior Sigil of Fire reliably so I will give Torment a try and see how I go.
Cheers.
What build are you running Zen? Sceptre, Torment Runes & Sigil?
Heard it was AoE, thought might have been useful. Cheers.
Has anyone experimented with Superior Sigil of Tormenting in a condition build? Is it worth it?
Cheers.
WvW Roaming – Condition
WvW Zerg – Glamour/Confusion
Nice video, some great fights.
Haha new skill “Thread Resurrection” finds a three month old thread and resurrects it, the Mesmer is unable to do damage until thread dies again.
Gotcha, I should read more carefully :-)
Confusion Glamour was super effective pre nerf when run with a group of Mesmers, especially in mindless zerg mentality when people spammed 1 due to lag and killed themselves, I understand what you are saying Pyro, and I never would have used it roaming, yet mindless zerg mentality allowed it to be very effective, and those same mindless people who didn’t understand how to counter it and whined incessantly were responsible for its nerf. Instead of learning to play, they were rewarded by their whinging by the nerf.
Just do a search, there was a thread discussing this recently.
For Zerg work I run Rabid Gear, Sceptre, Focus, Greatsword, Perplexity Runes and a modified Glamour Confusion build, I/Warden & I/Berserker are useful to take out oil, people up on Structures when you get LoS, Glamours tag people, I know a lot of people moved completely away from Glamour. Builds, but like Selan said, the Triforce that Kylia came up with is a great start, experiment from there, I never lack for bags/badges.
The build is for mindless Zerging, no good solo, I generally don’t die that often.
Congrats Natsu on the win.
Congrats Natsu, thoroughly deserved.
Just to clarify from my perspective I don’t think they need a nerf, no one has stated they will be, generally when the vocal minority whinge so much bad things happen, hence why I said “if” they are nerfed. Just my opinion. Thanks for the replies.
Yeah, some good points, think I will suck it up and see, hopefully they don’t get nerfed into oblivion.
Yeah, I understand where you are coming from, I just use my inventory minimised and switch to focus for out of combat mobility, or swap it back while invisible and blinked away if combat becomes unwinable.
Still love the Confusion in Condition heavy builds though.
Out of interest if Superior Rune of Perplexity gets an ICD on 6/6 in the upcoming update, will you consider switching back to Superior Undead or stay with Perplexity?
I think I would keep them, they still seem a strong option for condition builds.
Thoughts?
Great job Chaos, now let’s hope it gets stickied.
Isn’t this your 2nd nerf perplexity thread? If you don’t suceed try’s a different tact and create a new thread right? Funny thing is your build is one of the poorer examples of how to maximise perplexity.
Confusion is playable again now, after the whining hordes of 1/1/1/1/1 spammers in Zerg mindset, caused its over nerf, Engineers play better perplexity than Mesmer, and. Mesmer is meant to be the confusion class. Everyone should just man up, learn to play, and stop crying themselves to sleep on their kitten shaped pillows.
Sorry Natsu :-) that’s what happens when you start to reply to a post then your kids bug you, you forget what you were doing and when you remember and finish your post and submit it it’s a page later :-)
They nerfed confusion into the ground because people couldn’t L2P, and kept spamming 1 in the Zerg, so I feel no guilt in running a rune that allows me to play a confusion based build again. I roam, I duel Engis & Warriors running this rune set, I get stronger by learning how to combat them.
Have a look at Lazy Kai’s guide to PvE, you can adjust from there, he gives solid advice for levelling, Dungeons & WvW you can read any of the other excellent threads for.
Try combining the Naga with a Razer Nostramo, I don’t even touch the keyboard now, use the Nostramo top four on left for shatters, fifth is for tab targeting, button is for dodge, Mouse skills are 1-10 on Razer, loot is set on top second side button, weapon swap on side of Razer unused 12 button, once you get used to it there is no going back.
With Arcane Thievery and Far Reaching Manipulations, I have found that at least for Roaming I don’t miss traited Torch, also can add Null Field which also allows for traited Pistol to get combo field and condition removal.
Understand your logic though.
A good point Dietzen.
After playing your build for so long and enjoying it I have changed it up slightly, using Sceptre/Torch & Sword/Pistol, 0/30/30/0/10
Traited Far Reaching Manipulation, Duelists Disciple & DE, Debilitating Dissipation, Bountiful Interruption & PU, and by putting the last 10 in Illusion I pick up all shatter skills cause Confusion & Master of Misdirection to extend Confusion by 33%.
Have enjoyed the changes and moving away from Staff for a change.
Great videos Vash, full respect you have a great deal of skill, keep them coming, I enjoy the breakdown of what you are doing, I generally watch good videos multiple times, to try pick up how to increase my own skill level, and yours definitely fit in the multiple watch category.
Thanks for sharing, hope to see more Mesmer POV videos in the future.
+1 to Natsu’s Blackwater build, high success rate in WvW roaming can take down 3 vs 1 on most occasions.
“Seal Clubbing Time”, was my Monks name in GW1, but swapped around in GW2 and my Guardian ended up with my GW1 Mesmers name “Cares Less”.
Ok thanks, haven’t noticed him active on the Mesmer forums, always interested to see his opinions on the current state of the Mesmer.
Does anyone know why Kylia has been so quiet on the Mesmer Forums? Has he moved onto another game, got bored or just enjoying real life for a while?
Cheers.
No OP your just another troll doing what you do best… Why come to Mesmer forum and make such a statement unless you are an attention seeking kitten stirrer. Cya.