Guild Wars 2

As most of you are already aware, us mesmers get all buffed up this patch so lets see how some more new innovative builds entering this contest.
Cheers!

@ Pyro: the biggest concern I have with this build is going up against warriors using signet of might which make their attacks unblockable. How would you deal with that?

Question: as Mimic “reflect” (not block) projectile attack, would the 6th rune effect proc?

StickerHappy.8052:

so one single enemy hits you for that 4 secs… how do you calculate the burning then? so every attack adds to initial duration of the first blocked attack?

i believe the burn stacks in duration.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Build name: Shatterlock
Originator name: Chaos Archangel
Tester partner name: -Warlord of Chaos-
Link to build thread: url=https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/PvP-WvW-Shatterlock-Lockdown-Burst/first#post3340752
Status: Freshly produced and waiting for tomorrow upgrade. =P

Hi Chaos, glad to have you and Warlord of Chaos in the contest.
I have updated the thread to include your build. I also put it straight to the scoreboard since I don’t see how this build would have any originality issue

Cool build, glad that u guys decide to join the BotM contest.
The choice of iDischanter and Phantasmal Haste in a shatter buid is most intriguing. I’d love to see how it plays out.

wait i always thought the 6th effect of the rune has an icd, and is it aoe burn?
This is awesome.

Xaylin.1860:

Considering the previewed changes – and maybe not yet announced changes – comming next week, don’t you think the application deadline is a bit early?

I just put it out there for the moment, would happy to extend it down the road if needed.
I’m sure the theory-crafting has been going strong already.

hi guys, just want to let you all know I’ve started rolling the Build of the Month Contest for this month: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/OMFG-Build-of-the-Month-Contest-December/first#post3330534

@ Chaos: could you please update your OP in the guild thread to include this contest thread of mine? Pretty please with cherry on top

bump
any more emblem? anyone?

Alright, that should be all the information about the contest. Come on guys, lets get this show on the road
As for myself, I need to take a break from all this editing.

—10. Miscellaneous—

—9. FAQs—

—8. How to get involved as a voter—

Everyone except the ORB members and the originators themselves can cast your vote on a build if they like it enough. Voting will be available when the application closes, that is, it will start on the build application deadline date 22th Dec for this contest.

To keep it simple, just post +1 to build name and share your thoughts on why you like the build if you can, I’m sure the originators will much appreciate it.
Also, don’t forget to check out the scoreboard from time to time to see how your favorite builds are doing.

—7. How to get involved as a tester—

To the testers in the guild, if you are interested in testing submitted builds in the contest, please post here and let me know about it.

I keep here a list of the volunteers to help you testers and the originators connect

- Warlord of Chaos – working on Chaos’ Shatterlock build
- skcamow – working on StickerHappy’s Phantasmic Interruptions build

Remember if the build wins, you shall have your own reward as well assuming you contribute enough to the build as deemed by the originator.

—6. The official review board (ORB)—

For this month event, the following people have been chosen to represent the Official Review Board (ORB)
Pyroatheist
Natsu Dragneel
Alissah

skcamow is an unofficial backup member of the ORB and will join the ORB in the absence of any official member. He will also act as a second point of contact in case you have questions to ask about the contest and cannot reach me while I’m away.

—5. Key dates and related news—

Key dates
7th Dec: Contest starts.
22th Dec: Registration ends, cannot submit your build for the contest after this date. Voting starts.
30th Dec: Stage 1 of the contest ends and Stage 2 starts.
15th Jan 2014: Stage 2 of the contest ends and the contest is concluded.

Related News
- 7th/12/2013: September BotM Contest officially commences.
- 12th/12/2013: Submission deadline extended to 22th from the original 15th/12 date. Contest is pushed further into January next year.
- 22th/12/2013: Registration closed. Finalized list of builds entering this contest. Voting begins.
- 30th/12/2013: Stage 1 ends. Stage 2 starts. 4 builds have shortlisted to proceed in Stage 2.
- 21st/01/2014: Stage 2 ends, BotM contest is concluded. Winner is Shatterlock build.

—4. How the contest works—

Time frame:
The contest is conducted in 2 stages.
- Stage 1: the first 2 weeks from the day the contest commences; welcomes all submitted builds as long as they are original.
- Stage 2: after Stage 1, the contest will go into Stage 2 and this stage will continue to the assigned end date of the contest. Only the 3 builds with highest scores at the end of Stage 1 will be shortlisted and allowed to enter Stage 2. These builds will be thoroughly tested by the ORB to see which one is the best.

Application window:
Builds can be submitted as early as start of the contest. The deadline for submission for this month contest is 22th December.

Eligibility:
Only builds conceived and posted on forum after 7th October (the end of September BotM contest) are eligible for the contest.

Scoring system:
When a build is submitted, it will be briefly reviewed to make sure it’s an original build with a unique flavour, and based on well-defined ideas and purposes. If so, the build is then accepted to enter the contest and will get registered on the scoreboard.

Throughout the contest, people from the Crowd (which includes everyone except the participants themselves) can post their (popularity) votes in this thread for their liked builds. Such a vote will net the build 1 point.

Also, the build is automatically awarded 3 bonus points if a tester volunteers to dedicate their time to it during the contest. Only 1 tester for 1 build.

Around the end of Stage 1, the finalized version of the build will be evaluated by the ORB and each ORB member will cast their own vote for each build. Each vote from one ORB member will gain the build 3 points (instead of 1 point from a Crowd member).

Around the end of the Stage 2, the ORB will give out tests for the builds to perform and will rank them accordingly on a rating scale from 1 to 10. There are 3 members on the Official Review Board, so each build should go through 3 different tests. The tests will be arranged through in-game communication between the participants and the Board and their details are to be revealed by the Board members accordingly.
Note that some ORB members might purposely choose to test the builds by themselves and relay their feedback to the participants. As a result, the build can earn up to 30 points from 3 members of the Board in this final stage; that is equivalent to 30 popularity votes.

The best build of the month will be selected based on the total points it has gained from both the ORB and the Crowd throughout the contest. The build with the highest score will win and be awarded.

Reward system:
The originator of the winning build will receive a gem store item valued within the range 600 to 1000 gems. I will pm the winner in-game to work out the exact details of the award.

The tester of the winning build (if it has one) will receive a gem store item valued within the range 200 to 500 gems. Again, the exact reward will be discussed with them around then.

The reward will be sent to you by myself through the gifting system as soon as the final results come through. I will post a screenshot of the in-game completed transaction window to prove that the reward has been delivered. I will follow up with the winners to ensure they receive it. However, for whatever reasons that you don’t receive the reward, I will not be held liable in anyway. If that happens, you should contact Anet support team to resolve the issue.

—3. Scoreboard—

Stage 1 results (finalized 30th/12/2013)
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Chaos’ Shatterlock
Link to build thread
Current score: 5
Final score: 5
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Ross Biddle’s The Holy Hell (Advanced Scout)
Link to build thread
Current score: 1
Final score: 1
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Messiah’s Pooff Gone Retaliate V2
Link to build thread
Current score: 0
Final score: 0
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Arikyali’s The Mesmerizing Army
Link to build thread
Current score: 0
Final score: 0
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Dondagora’s The Smurf
Link to build thread
Current score: 0
Final score: 0
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StickerHappy’s Phantasmic Interruptions
Link to build thread
Current score: 3
Final score: 3
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Dekk’s Merry Mantras
Link to build thread
Current score: 1
Final score: 1
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Stage 2 results (finalized 21th/01/2014)
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Chaos’ Shatterlock
Link to build thread
Current score: 11
ORB results: 7/7
Final score: 25
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Ross Biddle’s The Holy Hell (Advanced Scout)
Link to build thread
Current score: 4
ORB results: 6/7
Final score: 17
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StickerHappy’s Phantasmic Interruptions
Link to build thread
Current score: 9
ORB results: 7/8
Final score: 24
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Dekk’s Merry Mantras
Link to build thread
Current score: 1
ORB results: 4/6
Final score: 11
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—2. Build registration info—

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Chaos’ Shatterlock

Build name: Shatterlock
Originator name: Chaos Archangel
Tester partner name: Warlord of Chaos
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
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Ross Biddle’s The Holy Hell (Advanced Scout)

Build name: The Holy Hell Build (Advanced Scout)
Originator name: Buton (Ross Biddle)
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
Notes: The Advanced Scout variation of the build is chosen for the contest
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Messiah’s Pooff Gone Retaliate V2

Build name: Pooff gone retaliate V2
Originator name: messiah
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
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Arikyali’s The Mesmerizing Army

Build name: The Mesmerizing Army
Originator name: Arikyali
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
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Dondagora’s The Smurf

Build name: The Smurf
Originator name: Dondagora
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
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StickerHappy’s Phantasmic Interruptions

Build name: Phantasmic Interruptions
Originator name: StickerHappy
Tester partner name: skcamow
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
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Bunda’s The Shmantra-er

Build name: The Shmantra-er
Originator name: Bunda
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: WITHDRAWN AT ORIGINATOR’S REQUEST
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Dekk’s Merry Mantras

Build name: Merry Mantras
Originator name: Dekk
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: FULLY REGISTERED
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Anarchy’s Phants Lock

Build name: Phants Lock
Originator name: Recursive Illusion (Anarchy)
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: DEFERRED TO NEXT CONTEST
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Osicat’s Hidden Cat

Build name: Hidden Cat
Originator name: Osicat
Tester partner name: N/A
Link to build thread

Status: DEFERRED TO NEXT CONTEST
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Handin’s 4-Signet Phantasm Warrior

Build name: 4-Signet Phantasm Warrior
Originator name: Handin
Tester partner name: Zen
Link to build thread

Status: DEFERRED TO NEXT CONTEST
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Me Games Ma’s The (Cor)Rupter

Build name: The (Cor)Rupter
Originator name: Me Games Ma
Tester partner name: Maei Era Subdolo (maei.7295)
Link to build thread

Status: DEFERRED TO NEXT CONTEST
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—1. How to join the contest—

So you have a cool mesmer build and you want to share with the rest of us. You’re confident that your build is original and you are the originator (inventor) of your unique build. Why not submit your build and enter this Build of the Month Contest to show the true potential of your build and earn yourself the Build of the Month Award?

It’s easy, simply post in this thread in the following format:

Build name:
Originator name: -insert your account name or mesmer character name here-
Link to build thread:

Even better, you can try to talk to people with tester rank in the guild and get yourself a tester partner. If you successfully secure a tester, you will get 3 bonus points, not a bad headstart in the contest huh? Such a tester will work solely on your build throughout the contest and can help you a lot to improve your build to perfection.

On a more specific note, you can follow the following steps outlined in details:

- /POST: Create a thread on forum to show as many details as possible about the build (just like they usually do already). Please follow this guide on how to present your build on forum.

- /ARRANGE: Arrange with a tester (someone with Tester rank in the guild) in-game to be your tester partner. You two will work solely on the build throughout the whole contest to improve, refine, and test the build to its fullest potential, etc. This step is not required since it can be hard to get a tester, but its strongly encouraged and you will get 3 bonus points if you can get one. Check Section 7 for a list of testers who volunteer for this contest.

- /SUBMIT: Submit your build, preferably in this format mentioned above.

- /REGISTER: Get your build reviewed and accepted by the Review Board to be fully registered in the contest.

—BUILD OF THE MONTH CONTEST (DECEMBER)—

LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT:
21st/01/2014: The contest has come to its conclusion. The winner is Chaos’ Shatterlock build. Please check the scoreboard for more details.
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Hi everyone,
And the contest is back.

For those who are new to the mesmer community on this sub-forum and the Official Mesmer Forum Guild [OMFG], welcome and if you want to be part of this event, please join us at this thread.

I shall go over the new and more streamlined rules in the next few posts. I’m trying out this new hotlink feature to make it easy for you guys to go through my walls of text.

—1. How to join the contest—
—2. Build registration info—
—3. Scoreboard—
—4. How the contest works—
—5. Key dates and related news—
—6. The official review board (ORB)—
—7. How to get involved as a tester—
—8. How to get involved as a voter—
—9. FAQs—
—10. Miscellaneous—

Quick notes about the changes to the rules (for those who are already familiar with the old rules)
- no more tester requirement
- no down-voting
- new way for ORB members to give points to builds in Stage 1

Alright, let’s get started.
I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of you joining this month contest.
Cheers.

I’d love the in-depth analysis of sustained dps from messiah. It could be used as a standard to evaluate hybrid builds.

Pyroatheist.9031:

That being said, if the mesmer stealths, the illusions will re-target onto a nearby target, then re-target onto the original target when they unstealth.

It seems to me that if the target stealths and moves out of range, the illusions will re-acquire a new target nearby and won’t resume the original target when they come back.
Is this true?

Ok, while the title says PU mesmer, i think most of us here are talking about the
Blackwater condition build specifically. This build (or any condition clone death builds for that matter), as Pyro pointed out, is based on counterplay, the more aggressive the enemy is, the more effective the build becomes.
Its a strange but nice concept and thus makes the build quite unique. As soon as you understand how it works, the build can be countered.

Lots of good suggestions here, but I feel we need to keep the effects related to the Goggles- theme.
Someone already mentioned seeing stealthed enemies with our special Goggles, so how about:

- Keeping the current effects: Immunity to Blind
- If u have Blind condition on you when you use the skill, Blind is removed and you apply Revealed (2s) on AoE radius 240 around you.

OR

The skill can now have secondary action:
- Utitily Goggles: same as current
- Supervision: (press the skill again) to supercharge your vision, you will lose the Blind immunity but will apply Revealed (2s) on AoE radius 240 around you.

takatsu.9416:

When i do play with zerg groups, i feel pretty good to be a veilbot. A good veil with the group coming from a good position/direction will change the entire fight in an instant. sometimes i drop a veil without being told to when theres another mesmer to back up and i can read the battle field well enough, and boom, they are caught so offguard. I’m proud to be a veilbot if i dont do other things. But i do other things so that’s cool too!

^This. Nothing wrong with being a good team player, if you don’t enjoy helping out your team and consider yourself being abused as a “veilbot”, then simply don’t run it.

@ Natsu: a bit off-topic here but how do u hotlink in the OP to direct to the specific post in the thread?

I can find many “fun” builds, but they are very weak and slow. I want something to remove all conditions and something to apply tons of conditions in one click.

Sounds like OP is looking for an iWin button on his keyboard.

ezd.6359:

While we have only one viable build 20/20/0/0/30 with over 9000 weak sides.

This is so not true. If anything, mesmers enjoy the best build diversity at the moment.

@ Menace: Thanks for the compliment.
@ Noss: The build in your link is not bad, just curious why you stop using it and switch to 30/30/10/0/0?

+1 to Xyonon’s Face of Prestige for its originality.

I wouldn’t mind giving 7 unidentified purple dyes to the winner. It’s just something to cherish as a spiritual prize.

How about we have a Guild emblem design contest? Hahaha

@ skcamow:

I certainly thought about how the new changes on 12/10 would affect the old 10/25/10/0/25 Clone Spammer build and the first thing came to my mind was something like this: 10/25/10/10/15 (yeap, can have both Mender’s Purity and iCelerity). I actually tested the build without using iCelerity and the difference in clone generation rate was hardly noticeable.

The more glaring issue with either version is: it is still a roaming build and in zerg fighting, it offers little support to the team. Also, going only 10 into Inspiration for a support build doesn’t seem right xD. It was a really hard decision to let go of iCelerity and so I came up with this build.

From my experience, in zerg fighting, the reduced CDs for clone/phantasm don’t matter much because I will find myself creating clones through dodging (like mad >.<).

For roaming situation:
The reduced CDs are covered with Dueling IX and Inspiration VII nicely on weapon skills. Also, with Mender’s Purity (hopefully buffed) traited, I have 1 utility slot open up for Mirror Images, which is a godsend for this build (talking about a true mesmer condition burst).

Thanks for your feedback, and if you’re interested in running your variation of the build like u suggested, please keep me updated on how it works out for you.

@ Xaylin: thanks for your suggestion.

Given the trait setup (10/30/10/20/0), if I use Focus OH and run with zerg, Furious Interruption is actually an amazing trait.
But 10/25/15/20/0 like u suggest is definitely not bad with more defense from Chaos 15.

The role of phantasm in my build is surprisingly very helpful. From my experience, fighting against stealthy classes, once they go stealth the flow of your clone spamming will be disrupted; this is when I adjust the playstyle to be a bit more like phantasm build: summon 1 or 2 phantasms to have a lock on the enemy. And thus the need for Phantasmal Fury and Duelist’s Discipline for the CD reduction on pistol skills (in roaming version).

I will tinker a bit with Sword OH and Retaliatory Shield, but given this is a full condition build, I’m not so sure they could work well together.

Thanks again for your feedback.

WitchKing.5317:

The clone spammer has been re-born! haha, nice job keenlam

You totally ninja’ed me.
Thanks for the support <3.

How to defend yourself with this build (roaming scenario):

- The confusing factor: the explosions from clone death will make it hard for your enemy to pinpoint the real you while you move around and blend into the clones. This is not to say they can’t distinguish you from the clones, it just means they need to spend some time working on it which gives you the advantage.

- Mobility: with your enemy being crippled, you have superior mobility and can make use of this to kite around them. This will work very well against melee classes. As for ranged classes, you might try the opposite approach, invade their personal space and prevent them from maintaining their distance with your cripple and stun.

- Boons: Perma-vigor: lots of dogdes and lots of clones, enough said. You will have a decent uptime of Regeneration boon thanks to Inspiration 15 trait. Staff #4 and #5 skills will also grant you boons but you need to use these skills wisely because of their high CDs.

- Condition removal: either from the use of Mender’s Purity or Null Field, you have decent protection from conditions.

- Stun breakers: 1 or 2 stun break skills (Decoy, Mirror Images) are plenty to get you out of trouble.

- Shatter skills: while this build doesn’t support the spammy use of shatters, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use them when the situation calls for it. F3 or F4 shatter can be a life-saver.

—Key stats—

Condition damage is obviously the main offensive stat, the more the better.
Precision should be invested enough to get 40-ish% crit chance.
Health and toughness can be flexible depending on how good you are at using active defense to surive. For me, 19k health to deal with conditions and 1.7k toughness to survive big hit attacks. With these stats, it means this build is quite tanky for an average mesmer build.

—Weapons—

Scepter and Staff synergize very well with this build, thus they are chosen to be the permanent set of weapons.
As for OH, Pistol and Focus both have their places and roles in this build depending on the situation. As a rule of thumb, Pistol works better for single-target (roaming scenario) while Focus provides AoE control over multiple enemies (zerg scenario).

—Gear—

I use Dire weapons, Rabid armor and a mix of rabid/dire trinkets to get a good balance between offensive/defensive stats.
Of course, you can make it simple and go all out with Rabid and get even better condition damage by having higher crit chance.

—Sigils—

Lots of good options here:
- On-crit sigils: I personally use sigils that remove boons and cleanse conditions on me. Sigil of Earth for more bleeds is another appealing option.
- On-swap sigils: nothing synergizes better with this build than Sigil of Energy, those extra dodges will improve both your offense and defense capabilities.
- On-kill sigil: Sigil of Corruption is a no-brainer here.

—Runes—

Personally I can’t live without those Traveler Runes. Having said that, if out-of-combat speed is not really an issue for you, you can go with some other options that will further increase your condition dmg or condition duration. For example: Lyssa, Nightmare, Undead, Perplexity, etc.

—Slot skills—

Any heal skill could work here, so it’s a matter of personal preference.
I use Mirror so that I can run away and heal without getting interrupted.
Mantra of Recovery (with Mender’s Purity trait) can provide a quick burst cleanse to deal with condition spike.
And Ether Feast gives the best amount of health recovery because you will always have 3 illusions out.

For roaming: Decoy, Mirror Images, and Signet of Domination. All these synergize very well with the build providing 2 stun breaks, extra clones, extra condition damage, and 1 solid single-target stun. Mass Invisibility Elite skill will serve you well as a great way to disengage enemy.

For zerging: you might want to support your zerg with glamor skills like Null Field, Feedback, Portal, Veil. Personally I would keep Decoy so that I have at least 1 stun break. Time Warp Elite skill will bring you lots of love from your team.

—Consumables—

I see 3 things to buff here: Condition Damage, Precision, and Condition Duration. So just pick up the food that provides those stat boosts. On a defensive side, you can use Lemongrass if you are going up against really heavy conditions.

—Traits: 10/30/10/20/0—

Crippling Dissipation (Dom V), Confusing Combatants (Duel 25), and Debilitating Dissipation (Chaos V) are obvious choices here since they are the foundation of this build.

Dueling traitline:
- Phantasmal Fury (Dueling II): so phantasm can stack bleeds like crazy.
- Deceptive Evasion (Dueling X): is a no-brainer. It’s just so good.
- Duelist’s Discipline (Dueling IX) if using Pistol, if not then Furious Interruption (Dueling XII) is the way to go.

Inspiration traitline:
- Glamour Mastery (Inspiration II) if using Null Field and other Glamour skills; if not then Mender’s Purity (Inspiration IV)
- Warden’s Feedback (Inspiration VIII) if using Focus, if not then Malicious Sorcery (Inspiration VII)

—In-depth playstyle—

Scepter + OH is your default weaponset, switch to Staff if u need to tank and wait around for CDs.

Normal offensive rotation (1v1 scenario):
Always start the fight with your well-timed block as the enemy recklessly charges their first attack to burst you down meaning they now have Torment. Now with 1,7k condition damage you have, they will hesitate to move and this is when the fun begins. Start spamming clones with Scepter #1 to get their mobility severely hindered.
Positioning your clones is the key here and Crippling assists you with it. I now realise that clones produced near your enemy with Scepter #1 is such a good thing.

I can see this build requires a lot of kiting. But a careless opponent might get perma- crippled and might just blow all condition removal just to catch up with you in battle.
Even better, you have extra ways to lock down your foe in one place with Pistol #5 and Signet of Domination.

—[WvW condition build] Omni Spammer—

Hi guys,

Some of you might know the Clone Spammer build I posted a while back. However, given lots of changes have been made since then, that build is somewhat outdated, you can check it out in the original thread here.

This Omni Spammer build is the new and improved build based on the Original Clone Spammer build. It is at its core, still a clone spammer build fully utilizing the 3 key traits: Crippling Dissipation (Domination V), Confusing Combatants (Dueling 25), and Debilitating Dissipation (Chaos V).

The greatest strength of this build lies at its extreme versatility that allows you to switch certain traits to play different roles in WvW, hence the name Omni.

So here’s the link to the build:

My default roaming setup: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAraWl0zKq3UzgGbNJipCB3JFQn0RqQpV6Budh5GA-jUCB4iCi0CgUgQEJA5QFRjtMsIasKZJVdDTHTQWKAYmGB-w

Zerg support setup:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNArdWl0zKqHVzqGbNJipCB3JFM3yRqQpV6Budh0GA-jECB4iCi0Cg0HBKHqIaslhFRjVJLpqbY6YCySBAz0I-w

—Basic playstyle—
The build is based on the idea that you keep creating clones and get your opponent to get trapped in the AoE clone death explosion cycle to inflict conditions while you yourself also put on tons of conditions on them. If they kill your clones, they get punished. If they don’t, you still actively kill your clones (no shattering here) while keep pressuring to get the same effects.

The following posts of mine just go in details about the build (warning: long walls of text).
Appreciate any thoughts and feedbacks from you all.
Thanks and cheers.

Just want to send my quick thanks to everyone who joined me on this guild event on Anvil Rock server (NA). I had tons of fun. I hope the event went as good, if not better on the EU side.

What is the time frame for the event on the NA server side?
Anvil Rock server yes?
I’d be happy to be part of it.

Just wondering if someone can give some feedback on the effectiveness of this build in WvW and what gear setup to have a nice balance between damage and survivability.

Thanks.

Pyroatheist.9031:

This thread comes up like once a month. Just search for the old ones and you’ll see why it’s a bad idea.

/giggle

O_O /facepalm

Mesmer is really strong underwater. I’m not sure what OP’s whining about.
Trident can stack bleed like crazy and give u perma-vigor
… and spear hits like a truck with evade built in.

Hi Pelswick,
Nice build. Solid phantasm build with a nice take on mantra.
Lots of stun-breakers and decent defense against conditions.
I will try a wvw version of this build. I also like the fact that this build is more trait-dependent than gear-dependent, which makes it easy for me to play around with my set of gear.

Lol, even the description says heal by a “small” amount. That doesn’t sound “grand”(-master) to me.

Off the record guys,

It feels like to me that there has not been much interest in the contest because since the last contest, there is simply no major change to our class (the mantra change was not anywhere near ground-breaking).

Also, I hope in December people will have more free time with all the holidays and be active in-game and on-forum.

So yeah….

Hi guys,
I have discussed with Pyro and with regret, I have decided it is in everyone’ best interest to defer this contest until the next big class balance patch comes through in mid-December.

If you are planning to join this contest, please don’t feel disappointed but rather take your time:
- to polish your build,
- read and understand the rules I set out for the contest
- get to meet people in the guild so when time comes you will have little trouble getting a tester.

I know its an awfully long time to wait until then and believe me I myself can’t wait for it long enough. But I hope the patch will bring us great changes and opportunities to theorycraft and come up with interesting builds.

Again, thanks all for your continuing support.

Thanks Jon for joining our discussion about mesmer class.
Lots of good ideas to improve the scepter weapon from posts before me.
Just want to add my contribution on this topic.

Scepter is a unique weapon we have because its capability to generate clones (our precious resource) on AA.
But here also lies the problem. The only effective way to make use of the clones is through clone-on-death traits.
In princple, clones created can be use for shattering, but because AA slow attack speed and scepter clones attack at range. All this makes it less effective for a quick, on-demand burst (as opposed to Sword clones).

So in my opinion, all those weaknesses scepter has:
- slow attack speed
- scepter clones are near to useless
- single-target nature (like Jon mentioned)

These are different symptoms of the core issue the scepter has: its low versatility.
Scepter is currently pigeonholed into clone-spammer condi builds only (where it’s quite good, i might add).

So in order to address this and make scepter more worthwhile for a more variety of builds out there, here’s my suggestion, it might be OP and need some balancing, so here’s just a concept:

Ether Clone will spawn not only Scepter Clone, but also other types of clones as well:
has 25% chance to spawn one of the following types of clones instead of scepter clone:
- sword clone (clone that uses sword AA chain)
- spawn a staff clone (clone that casts Winds of Chaos)
- spawn a greatsword clone (clone that casts Spatial Surge)

Otherwise, just make Ether Bolt and Ether Blast combo finisher: projectile (20% chance) then I’m happy.