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For anyone who wonder how to counter glasscannon thiefs as a shatter mesmer I have a sulution to add on top of al our tools. I got this screene today when a backstab thief accualy for once caught me when I dint play attention.
Rune of air proced, then I paniced (yes lol I totaly nerd paniced with a scream), did a roll + mirror immages and a mind wrack + clones. Then I changed to staff to keep fighting and he was dead…. wtf did I think and so did he probobly
I had to scroll dmg list after and here what I found:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll103/osianic/Thiefdead.jpg
If al mesmers used this rune thiefs would stop attack us totaly I think lol
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Consider you been of youtube-videos and game for a while right?
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Hi Isendel.
Regarding weapon choice Parthis cower it quite well and I leav the dmg wep by that. I just add that staff as a compliment to S/P is undervalued in terms of dmg.
Yes dmg from staff, its a fantastic defensive and controll tool but in mid fight a Iwarlock can hit for 5-6k and the buffs of “wind of chaos” ad a nice chunk of dmg (20% crit before a s/p nuke + shatters mmmmm)
About the build and power/crit. Yes massive crit is superb for dmg, so is power. But you shall never trait for stats, you trait for…. traits (im not sarcatic just a bad joker).
Atm you get the traits in dueling I describe in the guilde, wont rabble al again but the benefits and why I use em is in there. What is easy to miss in this build and in al shatter builds is the fact last 30 points is mabye te strongest dmg boost to the build. You deffo want those 20 p in there insead of in top as a shatter.
Last 30 p give: 300 condition dmg, 30% less recharge on shatters, 3% extra dmg/ clone, 50% hp = resetted shatters, 1 extra shatter / shatter, might on shatters and al shatters apply confusion. This is only the defensive part of illusion traiting.
In my oppinion 30 Illusion in the traiting that give most in terms of defensive and offensive skills of al trees we can go deep in, it also give room for heavy dmg gearing and still superb survival. This gets even more obius when you use the staff work in symbios with the Illusion trating, passive dmg bonuses and dmg and heavy defensive skills in 1.
SP/staff I say I run 80% with the s/p, swap for staff for the cd,s + energy recharge then back to s/p.
Hope this help you make up your mind. I give same recomendation as I gave otehr thu who unsure. Go up 1-2 hours / morning in a borderland, dont back down for fights 1 vs 1,2 or even 1 vs 3. Practice alot and you get better and better, this is how I came to the conclussion that staff is the best 2nd wep.
Im at work in middle of a 24 h work shift so cant check the game but Im 99,999% sure this is the setup I use
My keybining is a bit adjusted idd, im sure you can use what binds you like to get the build to work, I just use the one I have as i find its the fastes way to press buttons
In short. I use mouse for al looking and turning. W forward S backward A and D is straif left and right. C is look backvars instantly. weapon skills:
1: q 2: e 3: r 4: mouse 4 (button on side of mouse) 5: mouse 4 + shift. Heal : space + shift, utility 1 : Q+shift, utility 2: e + shift, utility 3: r+shift Elite ? f+shift.
shatters is on 1 2 3 4 .
Found this keysetup let me use al abilitys without ever click, can tab targets and use left hand for most stuff, al turning is by mouse and hold mousbutton down.
My dodge is on v or hold donw mouse 1 +2 and dubbletap direction.
Hope this help.
/Osicat
Ty Bennet alot !
Nothing make me as happy as somone who enjoy the movies and the spec as much as I do. It DO idd take practice and skill to play a shatter glascannon build in wvwvw but when you start to get the hang on it is hillarious. And the dmg you do is insane.
Keep the practice and work on master the dance of death Juke in —→ burst --→ juke out and again
Hi Green.
We re in a kinda good situation atm with players, as we also is a community guild and the social aspec is as important as pure game skill we dont overrecrute and try to take in trials a few at a time to better know eachother.
Still will discuss with the other officers and come back to you. Can you pm me or Parthis what numbers you are, classes etc and we better know.
Side note, happy you like smal group roaming etc Bets way to do the game imao. As you play a mesmer I would like to recomend my mesmer guild:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/guide-WvWvW-Shatter-cat/first#post681669
/osicat
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4- Extra
Tricks and tipps: Use a ghastly weapon as one main hand, use sigil of the night(10%dmg). When the weapon glow its night and its do 10% extra dmg, when it dont use another sword with sigil of force (5% dmg).
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ghastly_weapons
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sigil_of_the_Night
How to use staff for fast travel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IqzGCcbHko
6 – Thanks
The following people have al been a great inspiration or helped make this guide. It would not been what it is if not for them:
Furelise – for be wonderful and criticize/watch al my movies before posting. Also for listening to me talk constant about Mesmer in rl and save my kitten in dungeons ingame
Amayasu/Parthis, GM of Judge and my personal sword guru, aslo helped with spelling
Rivan Judge – helped with spelling
Judge guild – for still dare to use my portals and for be a fantastic guild in RL and ingame
Nero – Inspiration and help with spec, helping with tPvP Mesmer questions
Flimp – Condition play style inspiration
Ordibble – Tip about sigil of night
Winterfell – Inspiration
Zumi – help with spelling
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Yeah Easymodex, still i do not use feedback. Hmm I wonder if I somehow should try a vid where I brake down the fight etc, bit still I want my vids be entertaning as well as show accurate and real fights, I try avoud clipp to moutch.
I will try give a good answer and I understand its hard jump into this spec in wvwvw from a toughtness/vitality spec. I spend several hours / day in wvwvw both solo, duo and with judge strike team so it come kinda natural how to reAct and survive.
Also note this is my ideas and thoughts, some other might found other ways but this work for me.
In a 2 vs 1 or 1 vs 1 I try to controll my opponents as moutch as I try to avoid dmg etc. As its a reactive spec its alot easier to react and avoid dmg ifbyou force your opponets moves. If the opponent doing a ruch use a shater 4, let them bost 3 sec, hit a shatter 3 and a sword 2. this way you not only negative their attack, you take owerhand by daze and sword dmg. After burst stun pistol and get a shatter 1 + confusion to prevent actions.
This is just a example and like a juggeler trying to exlain how to catch the balls and throw em up in different situations its hard.
Best way is to practice and I recomend what I told a new guildmate who asked about same questions as some of the one asked here. Take a few hours on the mornings, go to the borderlands, (not spvp, to be good in wvwvw do wvwvw) and go to the south camp. Take Every fight offered with 1-3 players. You will die ALOT in start but after a few days you be beter and better. suddenly you notice you react on enemy skills not even cast yest just cause you know they soon will be cast.
The skills you have to use defensive is:
pistol stun, sword swap, sword frenzy, staff 2, staff chaos armour, staff chaos field, portal, skill who summon 2 clones (it brake stunns), blink, dodge, shatter 3 and shatter 4, 50 % hp = shatter reset trait.
I find this matter hard explain as I dont realy think of how I play, I just practice alot. I try help more if I can, keep the questions. And do the solo practice rubs, it work
/ love osicat
Kk done some testing, I got a unbuffed 1179k hit vs a thief with fire aoe. So I guess around there alittle more in wvwvw with al buffs is wat you can get. then add x 10-15 players on that…
Sorry to hijack the topic, but what is portal bombing?
This is Portal bombing we do it ALOT
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Hi Nihmindu.
I sure other might hvae other answers but Im running in a guild who half day have smal groups of 1-3 players roaming for fun in wvwvw cap camps and seek fights and on several evenings / week do serius portal bombing vs zergs.
I promised myself to not spam this foums with my vids so I start gather em in a thread “effective solo mesmer in wvwvw”, feel free to see the 2 vids I have there. I also if you go futher into my channel have some serius portal bombing movies, lates is best “Guidlwars 2 Judge VS France working”.
Generaly I say that with Rune of AIR you have less problem with movment same time as you have a great dmg potensial (doubters se latest film :P). The shatter spec is EXTREMLY viable even vs several opponents and can with ease handle high toughtness enemys aswell as thiefs, elementalists etc.
Build, films al is in the vid. For janks and sieges I always carry a focus in my bag aswell as a GS, for those times I get stuck in a tower or want to get ppl of a siegeing cliff etc.
Any questions just ask or make a post in the thread
Gl and grats on come back to mesmers mate Have alot of fun
/love osicat
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