Guild Wars 2

Helios.3598:

I occassionaly mess with the 0/20/30/20/0 build to trait focus or mantra but ultimately i feel the Inspiration tree is too weak currently. It used to be a must for glamour builds but those builds are dead.

I’m also curious as to why you choose Rampage over Rabid.

I used to feel the same way about the Inspiration tree, but after using Menders Purity with Mantra of Recovery I’ve found that it provides some much needed condition removal that doesn’t rely on one long cooldown. Restorative Mantras also gives an extra 2k or so healing with every Mantra of Recovery cast, and gives the player something to do while steathed by recharging Mantra of Pain for another 2k heal. Not to mention the benefit to a group that Restorative Mantras gives.

The Rampagers gear was chosen because it provides the precision needed to take advantage of Sharper Images, and the power it provides allows the GS and Sword to still do some sizable damage. If Rabid was used you would have less bleeds and normal attacks would hit like a wet noodle.

The Wyldfae Wizard

Build Links:
PvP
WvW/Solo PvE
Dungeons/FotM

Where to use it:

This build works best in PvP or WvW. It also works well when playing solo in PvE, but just about any build will get you by there. In dungeons you can play a support role by using Signet of Inspiration to provide boons gained from Prismatic Understanding and Bountiful Interruption to your allies, but you will have to sacrifice many of your stealth abilities for group utilities, and your bleeds could overlap with another condition based player in your group.

Play Style:

This build has four main components:

• Bleeding with GS illusions + Sharper Images and Sigil of Earth
• Condition bombing with Debilitating Dissipation
• Stealth defence with Prismatic Understanding
• Lots of healing with Restorative Mantras and Mantra of Recovery

This build gives the player great defense by allowing him or her to pop in and out of stealth frequently, and the player can use blurred frenzy to provide invulnerability while out of stealth. While in stealth the player receives Protection, Regeneration, and Aegis due to Prismatic Understanding, and the player can recharge mantras safely without breaking stealth. Also, Mantra of Recovery provides amazing healing with its very low cooldown of 10 seconds and over 7000 total health recovery with Restorative Mantras.

Offensively the player can stack a large number of bleeds on their target with GS clones, Sigil of Earth, and the Berserker Phantasm. The player can also “bomb” their target with extra conditions by rapidly overriding their clones using clone and phantasm generating abilities in addition to Deceptive Evasion.

Inspirations:
Fay’s Hecate Build:
This build showed me that Mantras can be both effective and fun.
Mei Mato’s Illusionary Bomberman Build:
This build showed me how a Mesmer can stack massive bleeds and was the primary stepping stone for The Wyldfae Wizard.

For the Hecate build, what ascended trinkets are recommend? Given that there are no valkyrie trinkets I’ve been considering either the berserker/valkyrie for more damage or the celestial trinkets for more defense/support.