Guild Wars 2

Ithilwen.1529:

I’ll leave aside the narcissism of the post for a moment. Communist Russia used to hold “self criticism” sessions. The were a kind of masochistic secular confession.

Yes, Chaos, having seen you in action you are very good. Here’s my suggestion if you want to improve;

Teach, I have never understood a subject better than when I was asked to prepare a class. Start by teaching how to make shatters hit.

At your suggestion, I invested in a gaming mouse. That eliminates the issue with shift + keys if I understand accurately.

Jump dodging is a habit I never developed since I double tap movement keys to dodge. This would perhaps help you avoid the jump.

Mainhand sword is very good at getting me killed. There’s another class suggestion; mainhand sword in PvP.

Hm.. You know, I do agree. I feel I learn the most when teaching and I enjoy teaching so much that I should be doing it more! Also.. The original idea of the thread didn’t exactly get communicated the way I had hoped. xD Narcissism was not intended! /hairflip

Silverkey.2078:

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Is it? Apparently I have a memory-loss crisis. O.o

And dude scrap that double-tap. Just go and disable it and never look back! You’ll adjust and be better for it (especially on jumping puzzles.)

Btw.. What build do ya run?

I run this. I really love this build and while probably not the best ever made, I feel quite useful using it.

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-R3SZ;1ZUF61I7-WV71;9;4TUV;0236156147;4UBo620;0Uwl6Uwl60T

I guess you’re right about double tapping, maybe I should do that sooner than later.

Embolism.8106:

Main thing for me is if I get bursted down to low health I tend to blow my Shatters to heal up (Restorative Illusions). It’s saved me a few times but more often than not I would’ve done better (read: survived) if I conjured a few Illusions before I facerolled my F keys.

And yeah I too tend to pay way too much attention to my skill bar when things get heated.

Yes, that’s exactly the situation I am facing! I forgot to try to do my staff rotation to get more protection, I forgot to actually generate some clones before shattering to get more healing out of it + some decent damage etc…

Speaking of, I took a look at your build, if you wouldn’t mind a few suggestions…

• The trait spread is interesting, but I don’t know if Illusionary Inspiration would be as useful as Mental Defense. It may very well be, but I think Mental Defense is worth exploring.

• Sigil of Renewal isn’t going to make much -if any- difference here. I’d recommend Hydromancy on Staff (its glorious) and maybe Fire on scepter. With Signet of Inspiration (and/or Illusionary Inspiration) you wanna grab Sigil of Speed. 20s of Swiftness on kill is no joke and easy to share. I share (with a very similar setup and WITHOUT pack runes) over 1 minute of swiftness constantly.

• You may not wanna hear this but .. I’d highly recommend swapping out either Harmonious Mantras for Deceptive Evasion (more damage/survivability) or Mantra of Concentration for Blink/Decoy. I know you’re a support build, but positioning is still crucial.

• Runes of the Pack or Altruism would offer as good as or better support as Mercy Runes.

Just some ideas!

Lookit and wallow in nostalgia!

I had thought the map was removed to be revamped and returned in a new form.. but it’s literally been years now and nothing.

Guys, seriously.. A new map is overdue anyways! Can we please get Raid back? Just dry it up (remove the water) a bit.

Is it? Apparently I have a memory-loss crisis. O.o

And dude scrap that double-tap. Just go and disable it and never look back! You’ll adjust and be better for it (especially on jumping puzzles.)

Btw.. What build do ya run?

Oh man…

(A little self-awareness game, highlighting your own mistakes. Maybe the flaws in your own play can help someone learn a bit about themselves! While my message to myself is for PvP, the thread is for everyone. )

Dear Chaos,

People call you good at this game, but you know in your heart you’re really not! You still random dodge for the sake of mobility from time to time, despite how much you advise against that very thing! Stop that, fool, no matter how cool jump-dodging may look. Speaking of jump dodging, you make it so easy to get immobilized in mid-air! The immob bug keeps locking you out of your skills!

Remember when you used to pay more attention to your skill bar than the actual fight? That was a bad habit that developed out of when you used to click all your skills. It’s a good thing this game allowed you to use (Shift+1 – 5) to replace 6 – 0 or else you may have had to go back to the clicker-days. When under stress (like when fighting Rylock) you go back to that habit, and when playing other classes (like Ele) you still do it all the time! Its uncomfortable, but keep working on forcing yourself out of that.

Speaking of, habits. Make it a habit to duel other classes more often, you used to suck at fighting other Mesmers until you had supcutie beat you into the ground for 3 hours (Jeezus I didnt realize how terribad my mic was. Supcutie had the patience of an elder dragon for putting up with that!) Spending a little time versing classes you don’t know too well like Engineer and D/D ele would be a massive help. Those ESL Monday tournaments -and all the gems they offer- are calling your name, get in there!

Now lets talk about Mainhand sword… For one, iLeap into Blurred Frenzy has become such a reflex that you keep doing it automatically. There is so much you can do out of iLeap, erase that reflex and start getting creative (at the very least that’ll help you stop wasting blurred all the time.) Blurred is a better defensive tool anyway, which is crucial since you don’t roll with Decoy all the time.

Also.. Get back up on your guide-writing fool!

- Signed, Chaos.

Frenchfry, I mean no offense whatsoever honestly it seems like you like to argue for the sake of arguing. And you throw hyperbole around like a major league pitcher.

You keep challenging people and telling them they’re wrong based off your… opinion? You’re arguing against proven facts and numbers with situational scenarios and your own ideals, but you’re not providing anything (no math, no videos, no references) to back your claims up.

Your own personal experiences are not the be-all-end-all, and you’re making it very difficult to separate fact from opinion. You can’t keep saying things like “tons of places you can do that.” or “plenty of quickness without shield” with no background to your claims. For one, the only other time Chronomancer has Quickness is with Seize the Moment, but that’s a pretty drastic change to the build.

So please, just a bit less confrontation would be appreciated unless you know your facts are solid.

Definitely… appreciating .. the effort.

Probably shoulda posted this in the guardian forum though, would get better advice and less criticism. (Granted the replies here have been surprisingly civil.)

Also, welcome to GW2!

Bigbosos.2063:

Chaos Archangel.5071:

• You don’t need HoT, but the new elites are pretty awesome. (Except Ele’s Tempest)

So I will be able to use the new Chronomancer build without it? Or I do need HoT to unlock that one?

You’ll need the expansion to use shield and any/all Chronomancer traits utilities and elite

As someone who plays 98% PvP I’d say the points of interest are…

• Chronomancer opens up new builds for Mesmer in all gamemodes, also offers interesting new mechanics and weapon (Shield).
• Recent “Specialization” patch has streamlined traits. Old traits (like clone death) are gone and replaced, Lockdown, Shatter and Support have been significantly buffed. Patch also offered more customization options to make your own unique build that can still be viable, however …

• Shatter is still considered the best build, but has more variations now. It’s no longer just Dom/Dueling/Illusions. You can now mix Dom/Dueling with any third traitline and be competitive.

• You don’t need HoT, but the new elites are pretty awesome. (Except Ele’s Tempest)

Sidenote: The thread about bouncing phantasms is sitting dormant, but I believe our main dev (Robert Gee) has seen it. Mostly because the change to iAvenger was actually one of the suggested changes.

I don’t think core Mes will see any balancing until HoTs release. When it does I’m hoping well get more tweaks. (And we were confirmed bug fixes such as Duelist Discipline)

INSTRUCTIONS (By Pyro/Fay)
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/external?l=http%3A%2F%2Fgw2skills.net%2Feditor%2F%3FvhAQNAseWncfCtfilfC%2BfCUrhlejyMAugMqeUb1XF9GitZD-TRBXgAAK%2FU3fIUfQv6PPKBJFQEDjA-e
chrono – chaos – illusions, sword/shield + staff, heal well, calamity, quickness, alacrity, then time warp.

Summon 3 illusions + quickly input f5 – timewarp – shield 5 – all four wells in that order + shield 5 + alll four wells again shatter constantly during rotation

Note from Pyroathiest (who originally posted the concept) – "Tested this in CoE so far. Results are incredible.

When we engage, we have alacrity and quickness until the boss dies. Additionally, I spread ~12 stacks of partywide might, 50% uptime on vigor, and still do quite okish damage ‘for a mesmer’. The warrior in my party was talking about how he hardly even used autoattacks, just continually rolled through weapon skill rotations."

What say you, think this’ll be one of the mandatory rotations for dungeons? There hasn’t been too much Chrono PvE talk lately, and was curious to know the expert opinions.

I thought I missed the fun! I hopped on around 3pm (which was like 8:30 in the future for ross) and no one was on. I went and heckled AlphaTheWhite for duels and we ended up 4 in a room beating on eachother. =P

Yeah, I think I phrased it wrong. It should’ve been “weekend after next.” Either way, an update!

So this coming weekend will be the last days to submit for the contest. Tomorrow I’ll post the letter that I’ll be sending to miss Sterling to make sure we all approve of the message.

Also, as far as judging goes, the victors will be decided by community vote.

AlphaTheWhite (Condi) & Chaos Archangel (Boonshare)

vs

Ross Biddle (PowerPhant) & DarkFaalcon (Condi..?)

We should do more of these!

Uh.. You’re backing yourself into a logical corner dude!

You just said you wont be happy if druid is bad, average, or great… What exactly do you want?

When Staff 4 Chaos Armor gave Protection but you couldn’t gain it from combos?

When everyone had reduced illusion cooldowns from iCelerity only costing 5 points.

When portal was on an (untraited) 60s cool down.

When scepter/pistol offered monstrous Condi (/cough) damage

When the meta wasn’t established and people were free to explore without judgement?

… When people made guides. (/cough x.x)

Jeez.. Has it been 3 years? I’m all old now.

Dude can we PLEASE get a timer and some indicator when were out of range of the entry portal?

Running to go port your zerg only to drop a failing portal is so embarrassing…

Tealots.6095:

Ross Biddle.2367:

So I’m doing alright then. Good to know.

Arrogance is another sign of a good Mesmer apparently…

You know, this thread was honestly intended to see how people analyze their opponents… And yet only one other person actually answered the question. =[

….for the ultimate 3 man PvP/WvW team?!

Reaper & Tempest, imo

Reaper – frontline damage. With their inherent tankiness and access to AoE chill/damage they’d be the perfect ones to keep enemies trapped within our wells. (when they’re not.. y’know.. fearing them away)

Tempest – Keeping enemies locked down should be no problem for us with a reaper, which means Tempests should be able to use their overloads in relative safety, and Warhorn/Rebound combined with our Alacrity could be devastating.

Thanks alot bhawb, very informative.

Also.. F5 only lasts as long as you have clones, since this build has poor illusion production, my window is only about 2 seconds or so. All the wells have a cast time, so it gets difficult to squeeze in more than two.

meow one twenty.4376:

I’ll comment more later, but simply you played him all game and he used a poor build for going against a Well based Chrono. It actually worries me how long he held out considering how much better of a player you looked.

Hm, with so much research and studying going on that weekend, I didn’t really take skill level into account; I was too focused on looking out for animations and trying to learn everything going on between the two builds. Next time I’ll look for a more mechanically skilled opponent.

Ravezaar.4951:

You play the Reaper as it were still a range class caster, you are WAY to defensive, even when u see the “real” Mesmer u stand off with Staff and on Reaper thats a bad gameplay imho. Some Wells u never even leave either wich makes me ponder quite alot, fine Calmity and Gravity is the hard hitters and granted you most likely havent spotted wich is wich yet but why stand so long in Wells ? You wont see any1 stand longer then wanted in a WoS.

The Mesmer is also imo all to Defensive but i dont know he was speced for any Shatter at all or just tried to 1v1 Necro as Well-o-Mesmer wich makes me also wonder whats up ?

I was the Mesmer, I was curious about Reapers’ abilities.

I was running a Marauder build using Chaos/Chrono/Domination which means…

Sword-Shield / Staff – Runes of Hoelbrak – Sigils of Fire/Energy/Hydromancy

• My interrupts put interrupted skills on a 15s cooldown.
• Interrupts immobilized the target, which is why it looked like they were standing in the wells.
• Each shattered clone strips 1 boon.
• I had protection allday errday.
• Movement-imparing skills (such as chill) are reduced by 45%.

No intentional condi damage here, and no condition removal. No stealth, and it wasn’t a dueling-focused build so much as a team support build.

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

Chaos Archangel.5071:

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

Chaos Archangel.5071:

(my response is from a pvp perspective)

GOOD MESMER

• Have different ways to engage a fight.
• Can run multiple builds, but have one mastered.
• Knows PU isn’t as cheesy as everyone proclaims.
• Can fight other Mesmer confidently.

NOT SO GOOD MESMER

• Will spam their rotation immediately, usually starting with greatsword.
• Cannot land a shatter burst without sword (I’m somewhat guilty of this. xD)
• Random dodges all day. (again, me)
• Has trouble vs other Mesmer.
• Uses greatsword at close range.
• Always engages from stealth.. Literally. Always.
• Does not shatter! (Worse thing to do as a Mesmer on any build!)

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What say you?

What’s wrong with using GS melee range? GS 2 actually benefits from being in melee range.

GS in general benefits more from being further away for several reasons:

- Since you lack any sort of real defensive skill, you benefit from kiting and remaining at range (which is why the GS trait cripples on each skill).

- All skills are 1200r (giving you an advantage against many other weapons, though moreso in WvW). Autoattack does more damage the further you are.

- You’re right that GS2 is better for closer ranges, but GS2 tends to be used in shatter-combos (such as GS2 + GS3 & F1 in about 1 second), and shatters in general are better the closer you are.

So when you see someone trying to spam greatsword auto right in your face, you know there’s a problem. =P

Dodge is your defense! And no GS 5 isn’t 1200 range. I don’t think a blanket statement like GS in melee is bad is a good idea. Cause there are tons of times where it IS useful. Not to say there also aren’t plenty of times where you want to use it at range.

Dodge is your defense period, no matter what weapon.

And yeah GS 5 isn’t 1200r, true, but it does emphasize the ‘you want to be ranged’ theme of the GS with it’s heavy push. You say “tons of times where it IS useful” in melee, but I honestly can’t think of many outside of a Mindwrack shatter burst where it wouldn’t be wiser to just switch weapons when up close, mind elaborating? There are far more ranged applications IMO.

@Ithilwen When each shatter is hitting for about 1.5-2k, landing even a 1-clone shatter is around 3-4k as long as you’re close enough for iPersona! 0-clone Diversion (daze) shatters are great for interrupts or to save you from attacks like 100blades, heartseeker, ect. And if you’re running a Domination specced build, it’s likely each shatter is stripping boons too.

Try out close-ranged shatters for your particular style. Don’t go out of your way for it, but let the opportunities come.

TheFrighteningFrenchFry.3275:

Chaos Archangel.5071:

(my response is from a pvp perspective)

GOOD MESMER

• Have different ways to engage a fight.
• Can run multiple builds, but have one mastered.
• Knows PU isn’t as cheesy as everyone proclaims.
• Can fight other Mesmer confidently.

NOT SO GOOD MESMER

• Will spam their rotation immediately, usually starting with greatsword.
• Cannot land a shatter burst without sword (I’m somewhat guilty of this. xD)
• Random dodges all day. (again, me)
• Has trouble vs other Mesmer.
• Uses greatsword at close range.
• Always engages from stealth.. Literally. Always.
• Does not shatter! (Worse thing to do as a Mesmer on any build!)

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What say you?

What’s wrong with using GS melee range? GS 2 actually benefits from being in melee range.

GS in general benefits more from being further away for several reasons:

- Since you lack any sort of real defensive skill, you benefit from kiting and remaining at range (which is why the GS trait cripples on each skill).

- All skills are 1200r (giving you an advantage against many other weapons, though moreso in WvW). Autoattack does more damage the further you are.

- You’re right that GS2 is better for closer ranges, but GS2 tends to be used in shatter-combos (such as GS2 + GS3 & F1 in about 1 second), and shatters in general are better the closer you are.

So when you see someone trying to spam greatsword auto right in your face, you know there’s a problem. =P

@Ithilwen: It could be that you’re trying to shatter too many clones at once? I dunno if you run DE or not, but if you do then you can often get by with a single clone summoning skill (like GS2 or Phase Retreat or iLeap) and dodging through the opponent, leaving a clone near them to shatter. 2-clone shatter bursts in melee range hit for pretty hefty damage and can be pulled off fairly quickly. Even 1-clone shatters can be rather painful and put you at an advantage.

Otherwise, Distortion [F4] is the number 1 shatter to get comfortable using. In any build -even Phantasm- a well-timed Distortion will save lives and keep you in the fight.

(my response is from a pvp perspective)

GOOD MESMER

• Have different ways to engage a fight.
• Can run multiple builds, but have one mastered.
• Knows PU isn’t as cheesy as everyone proclaims.
• Can fight other Mesmer confidently.

NOT SO GOOD MESMER

• Will spam their rotation immediately, usually starting with greatsword.
• Cannot land a shatter burst without sword (I’m somewhat guilty of this. xD)
• Random dodges all day. (again, me)
• Has trouble vs other Mesmer.
• Uses greatsword at close range.
• Always engages from stealth.. Literally. Always.
• Does not shatter! (Worse thing to do as a Mesmer on any build!)

What say you?

Click here for vid link

Hey guys, posted this vid(which I’ve got more vids I needa upload of said rev smacking me up with sword /hammer) to go along with a few questions I had..

• What build were they running?
• What would you have done differently?
• How should a rev approach a chronomancer?
• How should a chronomancer approach a rev?
• What is a sample ideal Rev pvp build?

Thanks for any info provided, and special thanks to my opponent who helped me learn what to expect when facing a revenant!

Kodama.6453:

Chaos Archangel.5071:

• What would you have done differently?

Maybe don’t use minions against an elite spec with tons of aoe?

That’s.. Much less informative than I had hoped.

Could you elaborate? What would you have run and why?

Dristig.9678:

Minion spec looks like a bad idea against a Chrono. Also, even if you do use minion spec the Blood Fiend seems like a terrible heal choice against a condi heavy class. When you fight a condi heavy class you are giving up a HUGE heal if you don’t run Consume conditions.

I was running a power build, marauders actually. And in his defense, he didn’t know I was a Chrono until right before we started, I put out a call for fuels in the mists to try and get a fight vs every other elite.

Hey guys, posting this here because I had a few questions for yall…

• What build was being run here?

• What would you have done differently?

• What is your mentality in a matchup vs Chrono?

• What should you look out for when vs Reaper?

apharma.3741:

Equip a torch.

Press 4.

“poof” you went up in flames. Not red flames but purple flames too.

Wait 3s.

“pow” you appear in flames again.

Complete with 90s comicbook-style sound effects!

One thing worth mentioning.. With alacrity, healing well, and mantra of pain (not even considering quickness) heal spams.. We far outshine nearly every other class in burst heals. F5+ Healing well+ precog+ mantra + F5&repeat is a beefy 10k burst heal every 30 or so seconds, compounded with more mantra heals and well heals inbetween bursts.

Each healing well + mantra heal is 5k, and the healing well recharges every 20s or so while the mantra is constant.

I wouldn’t count restorative mantras out just yet, it adds insane survivability for yourself and a team that doesn’t believe in personal space.

So, Rev is shaping up to be pretty awesome.

I’ve been lurking the forum, mostly because of the amazing communication between dev and players (also, hoping this communication doesn’t stop after HoT release!) as well ad the potential for a solid support revenant in PvP.

… But I can’t help but wonder, what does the Ironhammer stance do?

Is it support? Defense? Why ever take it over Ventari/Herald? Which would be the best for a pure support revenant?

Yea. Warriors got fire. We got time control.

Freaking time control!

So skcamow, what would you consider highest priority for a bunker Mes? I’m thinking…

- mantra heals (restorative mantras, MoPain or Recovery)
- Protection boon (chaotic dampening)
- Blur/Block (sword/shield well of precog)
- condition removal (uh..)

That’s kind of the beauty of the upcoming Chronomwncer tweaks. We now have enough meaningful support abilities that you can ask the question:

“Are we going for defensive support or offensive support?”

I’m focusing specifically on bunkering here, which is why mantra heals are so crucial. The build I have in mind is pure defensive sustain, and so there’s no real need for boonsharing if it comes at the cost of our defense.

Zeromis had made a bunker build in the past with pretty good results. But that wasn’t even with all the upcoming changes. So yeah, Bunker Mesmer is a thing, and it can work but it’s overshadowed by other bunkers.

However..

With Well of Precog (x2 with Continuum Shift / x4 with Mimic & Continuum) and Mantra of Pain/Recovery and Mental Defense in a Chaos/Inspiration/Chrono build we’re on to something.

Especially if you go Bountiful Disillusionment and Chaotic Dampening with staff, now you’ve got an ~75% uptime of Protection along with Blur on precog along with Alacrity shrivelling our cooldowns.. AND considering the changes made to the shield?

Yeah, I’m seeing some major potential here. Lets see…

PERSONAL

• Shield blocks
• Heavy Protection Uptime
• Mantra Heals
• Alacrity

TEAM

• Alacrity
• Slows
• Mantra heals

I’m not seeing Signet of Inspiration being worthwhile here, so I’d likely go

- Well of Renewal / Blink /Well of Precog / Mantra of Pain

- Cleric Amulet

- Runes of Mercy / Altruism / Hoelbrak / Dwayna / Water (idk)

- Inspiration (Persisting Images, Restorative Mantras, Mental Defense) Chaos (Illusionary Defense, Chaotic Dampening, Bountiful Disillusionment) Chrono (Alls Well, Improved Alacrity, Chronophantasma)

;D I think we may have a thing here…

If you wanna frighten me, you’re gonna have to meet me in the arena Smallfry.

Keep in mind that our outgoing boon duration is higher than our incoming (3% for each boon on us, in a boonshare build it averages to 15% boon duration)

Fury it isn’t uncommon to stack 30+ seconds of thanks to the dueling minor trait and bountiful disillusionment. (BD)

Might comes from (BD) and everyone and their momma squirts might all over you anyways.

Retal is a bit trickier, it comes from temporal curtain’s light field and chaos storm (both of which are somewhat unreliable. Retal is the least plentiful boon besides aegis)

Aegis comes up pretty often, surprisingly, but completely uncontrollable. Chaos Storm and Signet of Inspiration combined means aegis every 15s at least.

Perma swiftness, though, is definite. Sigil of Speed grants 20s of swiftness per kill. Combined with chaos storm, chaos armor, and signet of inspiration along with temporal curtain and on average I share 1 minute and 30s of swiftness (not including duration increases). It’s not uncommon for me to give out 2 mins of swiftness on a boonshare.

Perma regen comes from phantasms chaos armor and signet, I never actively attempt to grab this so I can’t explain the mechanics behind it but chaos armor is almost constantly activated on me, so dancing around two of my phantasms tends to be enough.

Edit: And here’s a thread dedicated to the discussion, with builds and all.

Hey Frenchfry, here’s a video of a boonshare Mesmer (Dueling/Inspiration/Chaos) in a match. The first fight in the video should be enough to demonstrate what boonshare can do.

I can gain near perma protection in just about any battle (with maybe a few second intervals without), if I made the effort I can easily share 15+ seconds of protection to the team every 25 or so seconds.

This isn’t including Chronomancer, and if I made a change I’d throw a well in place of null field and time warp and my heal. Swapping to chrono boonshare would make me lose out on dueling, thus fury sharing unless I use Runes of Altruism. On boonshare Mesmer, I can have perma regen/might/fury/protection/swiftness along with high uptimes of Aegis/Retaliation and a decent amount of Vigor. There are several burst boonshares in the clip.

On Chrono, you can definitely have perma-protection, and alacrity sharing isn’t very difficult either, as you can see in the videos here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Tik-Tok-Chrono-Well-Support-Lockdown/first#post5481932

This isn’t even considering the upcoming changes, where one single Well of Recall will grant 7s of alacrity to the entire team.

And for a slice of greatness, check out 1:24: and 4:35 in this clip to see what a boonshare Mes can do with a guardian (any kind of guardian, really) nearby

Should be good for this weekend, actually.

tobascodagama.2961:

Not to derail the derail, but do we know if the Blur from this skill applies to Phantasms?

Because, if it does, that’s potentially as huge as Chronophantasma for improving the usefulness of Phantasms in PvE…

Blur (as well as the other well effects) and Alacrity both affect Phantasms as long as there aren’t other player characters. The 5-target cap will always prioritize players, but otherwise they will affect phants.

As an update, due to the fact that I’ve been having a rather insane few weeks, I’m gonna push the final date for the contest will be next weekend. The winners will be decided by community vote.

Sorry for the silence, but I’ve had nearly no time to post.

It’s an interesting concept, but you can’t have a trait that literally only sometimes works for one skill.

@Alpha: I’m not 100% certain since I only did a rough and rather carless observation, but I think Blurred only lasts as long as you are actually frenzy-ing. The blur icon fades faster when using the skill under quickness.

Heat sync was completely ripped from the Mesmer anyway, and totally stepped all over Signet of inspiration. The difference here is that Mesmer can’t self-generate many boons especially not the way ele can. (Based on my own research, I’m actually kind of lying, but that’s the general consensus so Ima totally run with it.)

I’d rather see Heat Sync reworked instead of nerfed, maybe like an inverse plague signet: “Turn up to 3 conditions on allies into boons.”

Absconditus: It’s 1s blur per pulse. Each pulse is 1s behind each other like every other well.

@Frenchfry:

Calamity – 5k damage bursts + cripple/weakness
Recall – 7s teamwide alacrity when traited and AoE chill
Action – Decent damage, aoe slow/quickness makes this a mini time warp.
Renewal – Glorious AoE heal and Condi removal (supcutie manipulated this with F5 for double heal bursts)

Will have an update on this later tonight, been a frantic couple of weeks!

With it being a stunbreak, it’s very interesting.

3 seconds of blur for your entire team is very nice especially for guaranteed stomps and safe rezzes. Its hard to say, because right now all the wells are awesome at this point, and each one could find a place in any build.

Fay.2357:

I think I’m gonna cry, it’s so beautiful.

I believe in Geesus!

Dude.. I… I don’t even know what to say.

Its all so perfect! Thanks for listening to us!

The greatsword looks like a lot of fun in this build, stacking slows and cripple like that could be pretty brutal.

One thing I noticed is that you’ve got no condition removal. With that in mind, I don’t think Protected Phantasms gives enough benefit compared to what Restorative Illusions could do for you. Also, Illusionary Inspiration may not be the best grandmaster option since this build doesn’t generate many boons. Mental Defense gives you a phantasm that may one day save your life or at the very least more illusions to shatter for Restorative Illusions or Distortion.

Well of Eternity – Now grants resistance per pulse rather than granting vigor (Why are we promoting DODGING in a well we need to stand inside!?)

… What say you!?

I woulda taken delayed reactions, but the key focus of the build is the wells and what they provide. It’s actually possible well support could be a thing in pvp, so I was more interested in exploring the possibilities there. This build is actually very similar to the chrono-lock build with only slight adjustments to traits/utilities.

Chaos storm is the only random interrupt in this build. CS is almost always procced by stagger-shattered Diversion (sending 3 clones at different distance to shatter one after another for a series of dazes) and with Alacrity + Chaotic Dampening, Chaos Storm returns nearly every other weaponswap.

The main reason for interrupting, though, is Chaotic Interrupt, which was a big help with trapping people within wells. In one of the duels with the minion Reaped (which will be notated soon) I managed to chain-intrrupt someone and trap them inside of all three wells for their full duration. Insta-kill!

So over the course of the beta, with the unfortunately limited time I had I dug deep into Well Support, blending it with the lockdown I’m already familiar with to create an interesting style that stayed familiar with what I’m already good at (lockdown & support) while adding a new layer (Alacrity/Wells). The result was this build:

Tik Tok
(Totally not the real name. Please don’t call me Chao$)

Dom / Chaos / Chrono
- Confounding Suggestions , Shattered Concentration , Power Block
- Master of Manipulation, Chaotic Dampening, Chaotic Interruption
- Alls Well, Improved Alacrity, Chronophantasma

I’ve got a lot to write about and little time this week, unfortunately, but I wanted to atleast get the thread up and post the videos of duels/gameplay with this build. So far I’m liking it a lot, but there’s a slight damage lack that.. could easily be fixed with Greatsword had I been so inclined.

NOTES

• I LOVE all the AoE I provided. Call me the Mesmerentalist, because I was almost never never without an obnoxious clock beneath my feet.
• Lack of DE takes getting used to, but Chronophantasma is deceptively good strong illusion production when combined with Shield.
• Damage is lacking a bit when Well of Calamity doesn’t land, but it is a support build.
• The lockdown is way strong. Well of Action & Calamity make excellent control wells.

VIDEOS

duels vs Revenant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlad7H3kQpU

duels vs Tempest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v79G5_Ipo58

duels vs Reaper (coming for you Holts!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RA4WRF-XOE

RANKED match vids

FINAL THOUGHTS
(Coming soon)