Guild Wars 2

You should feel special, WvW Vabbits are endangered species
I am from WSR btw. so I am never going to be able to play with them.

I am not sure about the aim of this build.
First I was assuming solo roaming PvE without any group, but from the looks of your traits and utilities it looks more like a support build.
Can you give us your thoughts about how you are going to use the build?

The choice of pain inverter is puzzling, because in general confusion is weak in PvE and you are going to get enough retaliation by jumping through your temp curtain.

Signet of Inspiration is another puzzling choice for solo PvE, who are you sharing your booms with?

Also I would loose the condition removal skills and use the Ether Signet as healing skill most of the time.
In most PvE maps the condition damage is so low that you do not have to bother with condition removal at all, just heal through it or dodge it.

+1 for Shatterlock

ChilRuption has the added benefit of Debilitating Dissipation (Chaos V).
In zerg you have a good chance to hit multiple opponents with each clone death.

Berserk + scholar / ruby should work fine for you. As far as runes gone some people go for Centaur or Traveler for faster movement.

What is the idea behind the build? Shatter or die … you still suffer?

In general I find Staff more useful for PvE than GS, but that is because I mostly have to run with pugs. In that case you are not going to down everything in matters of seconds and Mesmer value as utility class can shine.
Chaos storm for your team aegis is priceless. Also while rezzing downed members, staff 2 lets you dodge quicker than normal key dodge.

Usually I run with sw/sw+focus and swap to staff only when I know the team will need it. though.

It really depends what you are looking for.
If you want to go for the most optimal build or for build that you will enjoy playing.

PvE dungeons/fractals the optimal build is pure DPS phantasm Zerker gear with scholar , sw+sw/sw+focus(pistol)

For WvW the current “meta” are PU condition (rabid) builds because they are very forgiving.

That said WvW has a big build variety for Mesmers so feel free to experiment.
Look at the builds in the sticky thread. There are going to be some new popular builds due to today’s change so read the threads.

Also if you are interested, join our OMFG guild, even if people are not representing, they will respond to whispers and help.
I am on EU side so if you want help there feel free to contact me.

I just wish they already released the unaligned WvW map so OMFG can go out in purple force

+1
Count me in.

+1 Norn iWarden is amazing.
Also thank you for the funny and useful post.

Also consider that in a lot of the teams will be classes with far easier access to blast finishers so using torch would be redundant.

I have to thank all the EU Mesmers that showed for the event.

I loved my Mesmer in GW1 so I again went with human female noble Fleiraw Xaras.

And this weekend we even have a PLAN
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/OMFG-Storm-the-Tower-weekend/first

Yes, NA event will have to happen on different server.
I am guessing Anvil Rock is as good as any other

I will update the top post with the info. As far as times are concerned,
I would suggest 00:00 UTC (19:00 EST) as start time.

Although it is a weekend so people might want to start earlier.

I have event suggestion for this weekend. I am guessing most of us will be working/finishing the current Living Word Event and I would love to do mass zerging with fellow Mesmers.

Server to guest to: Whiteside Ridge (EU), Anvil Rock (US)
Place to meet: Tower of Nightmares
Time: November 16/17 19:00 GMT (EU), 00:00 GMT (19:00 EST) (US)
Contact: guild chat

PS: If somebody could suggest US server I will edit the post.

Also with the promised new WvW map it might be possible to organize something across servers.

I would also like to join, PDT+8 but on EU server, so we will see

Shatter in PvE is mostly used for burst damage (F1) or defense (F4) so you don’t have to worry about it. As your main damage is coming out of phantasms, you do not actually want to shatter too often.

How did this patch affect confusion?
I only see very slight buff for Mesmers:
•Confusing Images: Reduced the recharge from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.

So I will introduce myself as well again.
I am 50%/50% PvE/WvW, my Mesmer is Fleiraw Xaras and I am on Whiteside Ridge.
I am slowly working on my alts, so far I can provide Thief and Guard for testing.
Though they are a bit unequipped.

How about WvW overflow offering hosting on less populated servers? Just for WvW without the day limit penalty?

You did not mention it but with your weapon choice it looks like single target so I would assume bosses in PvE or dueling.

Also I want to clarify the traits, are they 20-20-30-0-0 ?
FYI. it is variation on Shatter Cat’s Condition 2.0

If you are using this build, keep staff + focus at hand for big group fights.
I hate to have to swap, but the combination is just deadly for the clockwork events right now. In that case you can swap Dom (IX) for Dom(II)

Pyro was so kind to already invite me in so this is just for basic info.

Name: Fleiraw Xaras
Server: Whiteside Ridge
Primary Playground: PvE/WvW
Role: Up for anything
Times:
Weekdays 20:00-24:00 PST (03:00-07:00 UTC)
Weekends all day

Even if I am not representing feel free to PM me and I will help/join if I can.

I am all for fight club.
Don’t be shy to bring your alt, even if you do not know how to play it. Learning works both ways. As you play against the Mesmer you will learn the alt and you will understand the class better.

I voted for Kiel because I liked her promised rewards more.

Skill that would probably be considered op: Ability to randomly swap Mesmer with its clones without visual effect (and should break targeting like stealth does).

Then we would be really able to hide among our clones.

Very nice guide, thank you.
From your setup I am assuming that this is build for solo roaming?
Another alternative in Dueling is Blade Training.

I have been theory crafting myself for the same reason.
For max raw damage in a group I am considering 10/10/0/25/25 full zerker setup.
Baseline phantasm damage traits are: 3/2/2,8/3,10
Weapons: GS/SW+FC
Utilities: Ether Feast/Feedback/Null Field/iDisenchanter/Time Warp

This build should give you max. damage without overriding condition damage from other teammates.
The traits and utilities are just raw template and you should adjust them based on the content you are going into.
For most fights you should not need to boost the health of your phantasms as anything will die before they will get killed.
Also because of the recent change phantasm retaliation trait it makes more sense to pop up new phantasm and let it die quickly than prolong their “suffering”.

If you go into healing gear (Mage/Cleric) instead of Zerker you can switch the traits to as @Chaos Archangel suggested. Your boons won’t last that long but the mantra heal should be effective enough.
In that case I would go with GS/Staff and also slot in the Illusion 8.

One thing I love about Mantra condition removal is that it works even when you are feared.

Or to punish spam attack, give us interrupt on hit to CA from staff #4.

EDIT: I am sure somebody had to mention this earlier, but making staff #4 blast finisher would create great synergy with the rest of the staff.

How does sword add to your mobility am I missing something here?

The only “mobility” skill sword gives you is iLeap that gets you closer to the enemy.
With GS it is better to keep your distance to squeeze more damage out of it.
And unlike scepter #2, sword #2 kills your mobility, you cannot move while “evading”.

I tried a variation of #LordByron’s build, with GS/Sc+P
Going for critical bleed and confusion from glamours.
It benefits from the Illusion condition +dmg and I loose the focus utility + combo leap chaos armor.

You gain 6 confusion + 6 bleeding for each of your phantasms.
The switch to scepter was painful but as said in dungeons you want your phantasms to be far away from the mobs.

PS: Seeing 25 stacks of confusion next to the usual 25 bleeds in Temple events made me a proud Mesmer

@Pyroatheist: Silly me I did not verify the tooltip. When both are equipped the tooltip says 24 (for Torch) but in reality it is 18.0

Great idea, going to work on the app

EDIT:
I did send you PM but got some weird forum error so if you do not get anything, could you PM me back?
And if you get it multiple times I am sorry.

Thank you for the update.
I have a few comments about the War Maestro, Illusion variant.

In that variant only GS skills 3,5 will be affected by the Dom X trait.
(After the patch the bonus from IC and weapon specific trait do not combine on clone generating skills.)

If you do not mind longer recharge on the wave skill you could use Dom VI for faster boom sharing.

If you want to go for more damage I would suggest to switch to Duel (II, VIII).

Dom III gives you 1.15 damage coefficient, if you look at the scaling table (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Critical_hit).
With full Berserk gear the avg. damage will be the same and you will have additional damage from the bleeding.

Also in a more offensive setup I trade Chaos IV for Chaos V. It is more pain insurance than source of damage, but it fits the Mesmer way.
You killed my clone, you are punished.
I can spam new clone, eat some punishment.
I can either shatter or you will eat some punishment anyway.

EDIT: The bug is only in the description IC + weapon does combine.

Btw. since IC doesn’t combine with the weapon specific trait the 20/20/0/0/30 shatter should not use GS 20% trait (unless you really want faster GS 3,5)

I would actually like to see the scepter on clones create clones as it does on players.
Clone refreshing waves, with the Chaos(5), Dueling(GM) … (I can dream, right?)

Against single target there is no contest iDisenchanter + sword clones and watch their boons melt and also the conditions put on you.

Other options:
1. Consumables to reduce condition duration
2. Phantasmal Disenchanter (another illusion to die)

Did they fix the extra bouncing trait for the clones while they were at it? :P

I am experimenting with 0/25/30/15/0 illusion death condition spammer.
You can dodge-pop clones while in stealth and it doesn’t break it.

EDIT: So the build performed well enough. But I feel like 0/20/30/20/0 for the +200 on scepter is better than the confusion on clone death.

Does anybody have any data what counts as inactive for the purpose of trait “Wastrel’s Punishment” ?

1. Not attacking
2. Attacking or moving
3. Stunned, knocked back,
4. …?

Yes the patch did hit all those builds that had 5-10 in Illusion. Unmodified it is 20% nerf for these builds.

But that doesn’t mean these builds become unviable because now they can take the 5-10 points and use them in some other trait line to somewhat compensate.

And in PvE the interrupting became at least occasionally useful.
The pirate mobs in the new dungeon are very nice source of booms

I think they are aiming the Interrupt based builds for mass combats.
There you have better chance that you can interrupt somebody who is performing skill and does not have stability.

IMHO it is still work in progress, lets wait for the next patch …

The BI is like a roulette wheel sometimes. I tried it in the new pirate dungeon on the mobs and when lucky got 25 might in one pull of focus wall.

But other times I was not so lucky. So at best it is a toss up.

Personal preference but as Mesmer I feel there is no other choice: Twilight Arbor
The best skin at least for female Mesmer.

You can get Rabid if you want to go as Condition Based build or Magi if you want to go the Chaos Maestro etc. healing support way.

Right now I am playing with 0/10/30/30/0 [VI, V, X, XII, V, X, XI] Staff/Sword+Torch, MoH, MoP, Feedback, SoIn, MI

But it is still work in progress after the changes.
Previously I was using Sword+Focus, inspiration II instead of V and Null Field and TW to get more fields for Chaos Storm generation.

As we are talking about PvE I would recommend to get rid of Blink. You can live without it.

Most of the time you do not have to worry about stun and you can always swap it in if you want to use it for running.

Thinking about group PvE/dungeons 10/0/30/30/0 with BI for the mobs and swap to PU for boss fights.

I think Chaotic Dampening is now mandatory for a staff build if it wasn’t before so we do not really benefit from its move down.

That one might work better for 20+*/x/20+*/x/x going for GS now that iZerker is fixed.
I will have to experiment with it a bit.