Guild Wars 2

The portal change isn’t a big deal.

They mean the entrance/exit you are trying to use cannot be obstructed. They don’t mean you must have line-of-sight between the entrance and the exit.

Hopefully they’re referring to Sword: Mind Stab which originally only hit one target.

Osicat.4139:

I am experementing again with the spec and found a interesting gamestyle trating that basicly make it as easy to catch you as hold water with your fingers. I tormented some players with it the other day and toyed for 5 min versus 2 bs thiefs 1 shatter mesmer 1 Warrior and a hammer Guardian without be able to stomp any of em (guardian kept res) but they never got me to less than 50% hp (for shatter reset).

I post the alternative build and utility setup later if i feel its valid enought, I just need to see if it has any role that matters, a pure troll spec is usless in most cases.

Useless or not, I’d like to hear about this fluid build.

No, they do not increase condition duration.

Iruwen.3164:

Only problem with Vision of the Mists is that it’ll be inferior once Ascended weapons are out, while legendaries’ stats will be adjusted.

What’s wrong with transmuting VotM on to an Ascended weapon?

I see what you’re doing here…

Hey Osicat,

Thanks for your guides! All of your tips, videos, and comments are a big reason people call the Mesmer overpowered!

Gear Breakdown
To further us on our quest to be the best I’d like to see a more detailed breakdown of your gear. The [GW2 BuildCraft] site lets you put your weapons, armor, trinkets, and upgrades to get an exact stat breakdown.

For example, here is my attempt at your [original shatter cat ]

Being able to tweak each item and see the updated stats will help maximize each build’s potential. I think this would add a nice touch to your already helpful guides.

Focus
On another note, what’s your take on the focus? I’m running a [0/20/0/20/30 build] with (Sword / Focus) + Staff. I love Illusionary Persona and Warden’s Feedback so my build tries to tie them together.

A perfect burst of AoE would be something like this:

1. Cast Tempural Curtain
2. Begin Casting Warden
3. Trigger Into the Void (instant cast does not interrupt Warden)
4. Target(s) are gathered and knocked down
5. Warden spawns next to knocked down target(s)
6. Illusionary Leap + Swap to immobilize target(s)
7. Blurred Frenzy
8. Shatter after Warden’s attack

Additional perks for Curtain are speed, cripple, reflection, retaliation (leap combo), and pulls / interrupts.

Thanks again,
Knacky

Lysico.4906:

I run runes of centaur and sig of inspiration.

I am not slow and have perma swiftness.

No issues. And runes of centaur are not horrible as it helps you bleeds

Do Runes of the Centaur really help bleeds caused by Sharper Images? I was under the impression SI bleeds are generated by your illusions which do not benefit from your runes.

Dexxer.3174:

Shatter them ? And … not that iam dead after one shazter… you need about 5-10 shaatter to kill a good phatsm mesmer like me and my phatasms do 4-6 k damage every 3 sec EACH one your dead befpre i get under 50% … you theorycrafting … seems like you dont play the game… or maybe you just new to the game <r30/40

oh and about shatsm… is even worse.. he cant win a 1vs1 vs a shatter not a phatsm … he is just a theory fun build

Hey Dexxer, what build is giving you these numbers?

Others have claimed Portal is not triggering conditions. The post is on the gw2guru Mesmer PvE board under Glamour Based Build(not linking since their site may have malware atm).

Does anyone know if condition duration is transferred to our illusions?

Does condition duration transfer to clones (SI bleeds or WoC clone conditions)?

I’ve read bleed duration doesn’t transfer to SI bleeds so I’d be surprised if condition duration transferred. I know condition damage does transfer since I can see the bleed damage increase.