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Moa got nerfed

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Moa needed a CD reduction in addition to the transform reduction but you take the good with the bad here, at least Moa is better balanced with chrono AND we can still CS elites.

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Moa got nerfed

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This is the smarter move, lazy would have been to nerf ability to CS elites.

EDIT: Though admittedly, it’s not as good for core spec w/out CD reduction.

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Bunkermes comeback????

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Have you thought of using Rune of Sanctuary instead of Radiance? What about Persisting Images over Medic’s Feedback? Interesting build though; variation on a theme. Always looking for alternatives, keep us posted on the results.

with sanctuary you already have stability and retaliation while with this rune the cd is too long. with radiance it buff your auras which is always nice

I was thinking the same thing at first (why radiance) but after looking at it you really get some great retaliation uptime (probably permanent) which fits well with the knight amulet, plus on top of that every chaos armor lasts almost 7 seconds due to the aura duration buff on #6, which is very nice.

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[Video] WvW Roaming - Return of the FLIMP!

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Yeah I think it’s good to showcase one or two good 1v1’s, my opinion anyway. Decent players can tell when the competition is noob and thus 1vX is much easier xD.

Not to diminish what you did there, any 1vX (even vs noob) can be hectic.

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[Video] WvW Roaming - Return of the FLIMP!

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It’s just your standard condie build with sc/sh + staff. He’s running insp/ill/chrono, probably a mix of rabid and dire based on the crit rate.

Thanks a lot Flimp!

looks at acc name

That’s a new one.

I asked him, not you, take a seat.

Goodness, such hostility for being literally exactly correct? It’s not like it’s rocket science to figure out a build from a video. It took me about 30 seconds of clicking to random parts in the video to figure out exactly what the build was, and anyone with actual knowledge about the class should be able to do that.

Always.

Making.

Frands.

.. Good stuff, FLIMP!

Hm I could be mistaken but I think I just saw a ghost.

EDIT: Yep, I did.

And Flimpy, great to see new content from you but can’t deny the cringe feels from your competition … then again it’s always a bit of fun seeing noobs getting stomped, well done.

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Moa Nerf

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Moa nerf idea number 2, change it into Engies version of Moa, watch as people still say its OP but don’t mention the engie skill.

Honestly, if mesmer moa worked like engi moa, it would be fine. The duration of mesmer moa makes a huge difference. Engi moa is more of a simple counter to transform skills (lich, rampage, etc.), but the short duration makes it more like a stun in terms of actual CC.

Everyone thought engi moa would be ridiculously OP when they first heard about it, but since it’s been released and people have seen what a difference it is, there’s not really much complaint about it.

No, mesmer moa should be at least double what elixir X does, otherwise it’s a worthless elite (it’s an elite after all).

I’ve been spouting these changes to my peeps for awhile now, but increase visual animation a bit, because let’s face it, it’s VERY difficult to see it in a chaotic team fight, decrease CD (to better balance core spec) and decrease duration of moa to 6 or 7 seconds and I think it’d be fine. Most people complain the most about the last 3-4 seconds of the current transform duration anyway.

You could go further to change some of the moa specific skills to polish it off if need be, but all this talk of nerfing ability of elites working with CS is rubbish.

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CS is not needed for PvE viability

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Hoping Anet doesn’t take the lazy way out and nerf the ability to double elite with CS.

Hoping Anet will actually take the time and put thought into balancing the current functions because it can be done without severely gutting the mesmer class if they actually nerf CS/elites the way so many are proposing.

I think with proper CD adjustments with both CS and Moa, along with some Moa adjustments this can be done. As for the other elites, please – there has not been any kind of major QQ about double mass invis, gravity well or time warp.

I honestly can’t believe some of the proposed heavy handed hammer nerfs I’ve been seeing. I don’t want mesmer to be OP, I want it balanced like (hopefully) everyone else, but the suggestions I’ve been seeing just don’t make sense.

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Reason why mesmer is dominating

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Actually the meta mesmer condition build is not dominating predominantly because of the GM traits (with the exception of chronophantasma), it’s more because of:

  1. Portal
  2. Moa
  3. Signet of Illusions
  4. Persistence of Memory
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Mesmer build that's killing me in 3 seconds

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Downed half a Zerg with gravity well, shield 5 and mistrust with perplexity runes, took maybe 3s but then they are mostly mindless 1 spamming morons who deserved to be floored by one guy in a kitten this full attack build.

Sadly enough survived to down me, while raezzing the downed. Still was hilarious seeing all the confusion procs.

Sounds video worthy to me. Always fun seeing noobs be noobs.

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CS is not needed for PvE viability

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Good number crunching and I understand your point, but …

Anet just needs to listen to the myriad of posts admonishing them to balance the game modes separately and we wouldn’t be in this position. It’s just a very obstinate choice to NOT do this and they seem to continue to be resistant to it for some reason.

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WTB Ranked Qs

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Unranked it seems is fun purely for experimenting with builds with either your main class or alt. In ranked there is more of a stake in the game (during seasons at least) so you see much less of this and matches seem more competitive. That’s the big difference.

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Dawn of the Mesmers

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all these classes op for 3 seasons while watch warrior be useless for the third one

Then we stop and consider which classes were useless for three years while warrior ran the show, and it doesnt seem bad at all.

Hmmmm.

Considering the reaper nerf, the jury’s not out yet on warrior for season 3 meta viability for pro league. For sure it’ll be much more respected in season play vs season 2.

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Video - Chronophantasma PvP Gameplay

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sink 4000 hours into mesmer

Wha?? Haven’t you heard, people can sink 50 games into mesmer and compete at the highest level in pro league. :/

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Certain builds Counter Certain builds.

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Auramancer ele, in a 1 v 1, can almost afk on the point if they own it against condi shatter Mesmer.

Unless they are moa’d which is a very common occurrence.

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Upcoming Balance Patch (April)

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EDIT: oops I think I just realised what you meant when you said minor – you mean adept major in place of persisting images?

I meant move warden’s feedback from current master tier to adept tier, replacing persisting images.

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Upcoming Balance Patch (April)

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Anyway, for some serious buffs to Focus I’d like to see

1. Reduced ICD between Temporal Curtain and Into the Void to 0.5s
2. The iWarden now pulses aegis to allies within its attack radius while attacking (5 allies max, 1 second aegis every second => 5 pulses total per attack).
3. Moved Warden’s Feedback to adept tier in Inspiration. Moved Restorative Mantras to Master tier.

I really really want to use Focus again in pvp and not feel as if I’m shooting myself in the foot.

I’m with you on the focus buffs. It’s honestly my favorite OH still to this day. I disagree about the swap of warden’s feedback/restorative mantras. Restorative Illusions is still way too compelling in that case.

Rather, I’d say move warden’s feedback to minor and remove the absolutely useless persisting images altogether. That would permit taking the focus trait + restorative illusions and open up more potential play for the focus. It still wouldn’t trump shield for OH in the current meta but I would certainly use sc/f – sw/sh.

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Upcoming Balance Patch (April)

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It’ll be very interesting to see how they balance mesmer without totally gutting core specs (moa, signet of illusions, inspiration line etc). If there’s any nerf at all of current specs, they’re gonna have to unfortunately focus on chrono again. Hoping we don’t get the hammer …

That said, I don’t think mesmer is in a bad state really aside from maybe bringing a couple other build styles back into play (i.e. power shatter). We have a place in most of the game except WvW where we still remain utility bots.

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Bring back the blind on Chaos Armor

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But Ananeos! I want to spam my skills at the Mesmer without worrying about silly things like mechanics! Blind is unfair because it means I can’t spam as easily!

Correct. Justly nerfed.

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Condishatter vs condishatter

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General advice fighting in PvP but certainly applies here – very important to try to daze or interrupt heal when they get to 50% (most players will pop around this time). Either chain daze F3, shield 5 or chaos storm. You want to save these important CD’s for those moments if possible.

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Portal Play Guide

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@caspian, nice write up.

One thing to add (this would be for anyone using a portal), whenever you’re about to enter an opened port, always best to either 1) dodge into or 2) other mesmer CD’s mentioned in the self medic section as you enter. This to protect yourself from whatever may be waiting on the other end.

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Where is this MMR Hell?

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Does the system this season really not try to average the MMRs of each team before matching them up?

It takes into account the MMR of your team, but does not for the team you’re up against.

See the season 2 preview:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/pvp-league-season-two-changes/

Pertinent portion highlighted below:

As we’ve mentioned previously, Ranked matchmaking in PvP during season two will now be based primarily on your current division placement and a predetermined “pip range” that extends from that spot. We’ll search for other players that fall within your pip range (which can extend outside of your division depending on where you’re currently placed) and pair you up with teammates who have a similar skill level to your own. We’ll then find you opponents within that same pip range and pair them against you, regardless of their skill level.

That indicates the team you’re playing against is purely matched up with your team by division only, not MMR.

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Would not have beleived it...

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This has been a bug since the Tuesday patch:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/PvP-sliding-bug-Video

Hopefully we get a fix soon.

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Balance issue ?

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With so many reapers in matches these days – if there are two or more – running svanir runes can be a good idea. Yeah, it’s stupid you have to adjust your build with a full rune set in such a way, but it can make reapers much more manageable.

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Pro League started (Shocker!)

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No shocker about mesmer being in a pro league comp. Every pro league mesmer streamer (even non-mesmer mains) have been playing this spec for weeks. Expect to see a lot more of it until we get nerfed again.

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Guide: How to win Solo Q by Zoose

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Thanks Yung one!

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Condi shatter meta - why?

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Why do people keep trying to force this build on others? It’s been proven time after time that it simply does not work with ZERO advantages over regular power shatter, yet it’s been given the black seal of approval of being meta on mettabattle. The only reason mesmer is ever used at all is moa and portal.

Inb4 “muh 16 confusion stacks”.

Because it works in the current meta. In previous metas, it didn’t work as well as power shatter. That’s the difference.

No one is forcing the build on you though, you don’t have to play it if you don’t want to.

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Mesmer Condition Removal Problem

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I run dueling/ill/chr (mistrust) with the heal well for cleansing (blink, precog, portal) against teams without reapers. I run insp/ill/chr with the heal well and shatters for cleansing vs teams with reapers. Ultimately, you need the removal, so you take insp. It sucks, but you do what you have to.

In this build have you tried running cleanse mantra with the heal well (would have to ditch precog ofc)? I’ve found it to be decently effective in most circumstances with a non-insp build, even with reapers on the other team. Adding a -% duration rune can also help.

heal well has longer cd so you would cleanse 1 condi every 30 sec versus getting healed more every 20 sec.
even when i run with insp i saw i hardly being condi bomb versus necro in team fight and also 1v1 cause of the pressure if the combo gets right F3 shield 5. if in trouble i just LOS while my clones pressure a bit
null field is better versus necro i think as it can shut down thier RS poison bomb and while standing in it torment wont do much dmg.

Yeah, personally when I run the mistrust variant I run ether feast + cleanse mantra. He just mentioned heal well so I addressed the question that way.

I’m also a big fan of null field but only if I have another source of condition removal handy (like heal well for example). Just depends on the build.

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Finally left mesmer and not regretting it

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Sorry to see you go OP, I remember you’ve participated in these forums quite a bit in the past.

I’ve found a handful of mesmer builds that work very well in most situations you’ll face.

  1. Condi shatter (as others have mentioned) – actually deemed meta worthy by most pro league players. There are a few viable variants and I’ve had great success with them.
  2. Paladin bruiser – I’ve mostly played this spec since the big amulet change and done well. This is strong in the current meta and a great addition to any current soloq team.
  3. Power shatter PU – This has to my surprise, been doing very well. I’ve built in literally every defensive mechanic with chaos/insp and a vitality rune. You make up for the dom/dueling damage loss by adding a berserker amulet and it’s a ton of fun. You can carry pretty hard with this spec in soloq.

I understand your frustration but sometimes a little experimentation can net you a fun build to play.

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Mesmer Condition Removal Problem

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I run dueling/ill/chr (mistrust) with the heal well for cleansing (blink, precog, portal) against teams without reapers. I run insp/ill/chr with the heal well and shatters for cleansing vs teams with reapers. Ultimately, you need the removal, so you take insp. It sucks, but you do what you have to.

In this build have you tried running cleanse mantra with the heal well (would have to ditch precog ofc)? I’ve found it to be decently effective in most circumstances with a non-insp build, even with reapers on the other team. Adding a -% duration rune can also help.

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condishatter build and tutorial [video]

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here is another 2 fights is sapphire before ruby reached
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1HMM-3PKUU&feature=youtu.be

first fight with 2 condi mesmer so 4 moa . ele was shut down. we did bad rotation. necro didnt watch far and lost it couple of times. ranger didnt watch mid and lost it . and i didnt watch close and lost it….and thief venom share didnt share and mostly died
and when i ping portal location to lord and write it on chat no one came….rrr

second fight mostly on far versus necro, ele, and on buff (just buying time for my team in 1v1 1v2 1v3 etc…)

Ah the joys of soloq =P.

I’ve been a scepter stalwart for such a long time but really gave sword a strong run and gotta say I think it’s better. You simply stay alive longer.

One other problem with scepter in a mercenary/inspiration build is you lose a lot of the damage from your CI burst due to no crit and no access to fury since no dueling. Of course there is the ranged aspect which is decent and the selling point if any.

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Mesmer Condition Removal Problem

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You don’t need condition removal as a mandatory function to make Mesmer work.

Know your enemy first and foremost and learn to disengage when you need to.

This is false. I do not know on what MMR you play at but in High MMR matches, you might as well just afk if you do not have any cleanses.

Knowing your enemy is like 5% of the equation. You will never ever beat any condition class without a cleanse. It’s impossible. (Assuming equal skill)

Every class needs condition removal of atleast 1 source.

What you said makes you sound like a bad player who needs a crutch.

Again, I do not know what MMR you play in, so I am assuming you are facing average players.

And you’re clearly a bad player. Case in point, this thread.

Okay, 1v1 my ranger with no condi cleanse. Let’s bet gold on it. NO condi cleanse means no sigils either.

And please no PU.

I can understand the condition cleanse stipulation. But still the hate on pu???

If it’s a 1v1 why would you need PU? I don’t care much for PU because I love Bountiful Disillusionment too much now over it but if you have to rely on PU to win then you’re as bad a player as phokus claims Stickers is.

This is basically the definition of scrub logic. While stickers is right that you’re not going to see PU in most competitive matches, claiming that a win to PU is a false win is nothing other than creating false win conditions that have nothing to do with the actual game.

Oh yea. Lemme ask you pyro, am I delusional that Condition removal is required in competitive pvp matches?

Yay for rhetorical questions.

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why condi mesmer is a thing ?

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Mistrust is also a big contributor to why it’s being played so much now. Even though it’s spammy, random interrupts there ares such a plethora of sources (shield being the highlight).

I know not everyone is running mistrust but it’s honestly looking like it might become viable for top tier. I have my own doubts, have asked pro league players if they’ve actually tested in scrims and thus far no but I’m sure will be heavily tested over the next few weeks.

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Deathly Chill nerf

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At least Anet is still applying the shave philosophy to some things.

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Mesmer Condition Removal Problem

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To be fair we have slight condition removal on torch with the pledge but it’s only one per skill. Also with signets but it’s a large effort to create something viable with those.

Dishonorable mention for the iDisenchanter /facepalm, but again that’s a utility slot.

EDIT: And another dishonorable mention for arcane thievery

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Learn condi mes from the build’s creator

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All of your builds pale in comparison to my Immortal MLG Butterfly Doom Mysery Serious Butterflies build of the Butterfly, based around the next expansion’s elite spec. I’ve already claimed it, so anyone running the next elite spec must pay me 10g.

Sorry Ron Ron, I claimed that one last week.

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condi mesmer in the finals

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omg guys team pz with condi mesmer

is it the beginning of new era?

Highly doubtful, he was very ineffective first match and 55 was smart to have the necro follow him around to completely counter him. We’ll see how the rest of the matches go.

dont know he manage to decap couple of times with portal. only 1v2 killed him with 2 rev. the sword i think is the problem as not much condi pressure.
and hardly team fight . so tactic failure

Only at first before they caught on and stuck the necro on him.

He’s definitely playing decap role which would be much better with a thief. He was doing OK in 1v1’s vs rev but once there’s a necro or scrapper around, could be RIP.

Couple more matches to go, we’ll see if they can improve.

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condi mesmer in the finals

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omg guys team pz with condi mesmer

is it the beginning of new era?

Highly doubtful, he was very ineffective first match and 55 was smart to have the necro follow him around to completely counter him. We’ll see how the rest of the matches go.

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Returning Player. Gimme an update..

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I found the trait I was looking for. It was Masterful Reflection, and I see it was removed…(bleh).

Wasn’t removed, was merged with a few other shatter traits in the form of Master of Fragmentation in Illusions.

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My reconceived Chronobunker build

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i dont know if you saw Helseth last stream going condi standrd build illu/due/chro sw/p+staff
with NO condi cleanse OMFG and handling necros 1v1 and 1v2
now i saw his condi burst wasnt so hight but still he manage to pressure them fast and again with no condi cleanse
didnt catch his amulet .

i just wish condimes would be a thing …..

He had a Mercenary Amulet when I saw him.

I remember seeing him playing his condi build and seeing a necro and saying “that should be an easy kill” and indeed killing him in no time. Helseth can just play against most classes with being barely hit. But it is unranked soloq, he would not do that so easily against a player near his level.

Someone posted something about this in the PvP forums as well:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Lord-Helseth-s-condi-build/first#post5987606

Helseth was switching between mercenary, rabid and even viper. The build isn’t anything new, we’ve all played it before pre-HoT (just not with the new amulets) and he even stated as such on stream. It reminds me of the build countless used to run, just without signets.

Much of the build premise centers around chronophantasma and double duelists which creates some intense single target pressure, hence why it can easily 1v1 just about anything assuming good skill.

I think the difference (why people were all of the sudden very curious about it) is that he’s very good and makes even sub-optimal builds look decent. To Silverkey’s point though, this would would be farming fodder for the enemy team in a competitive environment.

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Lord Helseth's condi build?

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It wasn’t anything serious. He was just trying to find something decent to run given power shatter isn’t very appealing. He also claims to have a new build as yet unrevealed. Hard to tell if trolling.

As for the build, he was running dueling/illusions/chrono, DE in dueling and duelists discipline, chronophantasma for double duelists. The build was iffy, he said it himself as he frequently waffled on the pistol decision, thinking shield would be better.

I don’t remember what he ended up with but really its nothing too different than many of the viable mesmer condi builds that can currently be played in soloq with core or elite.

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RESTO MESMER BUILD (Heal/Bunk is back!)

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This idea has been heavily tested since the patch with the new amulets with some results posted in various threads over the past couple weeks.

Mender’s will get you killed in any coordinated team fight, you’ll rarely if every 1v2 against decent players. One good burst and you’re gone.

I’ve found paladin to be much more successful. The reason for this is that although well of eternity and now restorative mantras scale decently with healing power, the base heals from both (with no healing power) is still very good, not even close to being worth enough to give up the toughness from paladin. Also, restorative illusions does not scale well with healing power, so the extra healing power from mender’s is not really useful there.

Finally – more of a team gripe here – having to take mantra of pain means you waste a precious utility slot that really needs to be there for portal (for any serious team spec), especially considering class stacking will be disallowed at least in pro league. For soloq of course you can get by without portal.

My 2 cents FWIW

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Anet, where is the shave?

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At this point Anet needs to focus on either

  • Increasing alacrity higher than 33% (not gonna happen) or …
  • Start looking at decreasing CD’s of so many of our skills to even mention, from weapons, utilities to traits.

I think they can salvage this to some degree while still keeping alacrity firmly in the controlled place they seem to want it for all game modes. They just need to give us something.

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So, our best build?

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Yeah paladin bunker definitely works (mentioned that a few posts up in this thread). This is my favorite version for anyone wanting more ideas:

Tha Paladin Mesmer

Of course precog haters can go with blink; I know it’s bad post-nerf but I’m still finding it at least a bit useful, at the very least for more alacrity.

Highlights are lots of alacrity/boon sharing, impressive personal uptime on quickness (due to leadership runes) and the typical sustain bunker chronomancers bring to the table.

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[NA] Competitive Team LF Revenant or Druid

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Hm I think we’ve gotten off topic a bit.

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So, our best build?

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Paladin chrono “bunker” definitely works, as well as condition builds, of which there are many workable variants in my experience, both core and elite.

This is soloq specific, we shall see in the season finals what actually makes meta for mesmer/chronomancer (if anything at all).

Kortham Raysplitter (Yak’s Bend)

PSA: King of Fires

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Funny thing is I can’t see the fire shield so

Yeah it’s a bit hard to see but don’t go by that visual, you need to keep an eye on your bar for the fire shield indicator.

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Entering berserk mode also detonates the aura.

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FYI torch skills also detonate fire auras.

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Duelling Trait Swap Recommendation

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Desperate Decoy can be deleted in favour of something better.

Wholeheartedly agree with this.

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I wouldn’t be surprised to see people trying to make a bunker spec work but I honestly don’t think it’ll fly with no toughness.

I think something like this might work:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQRAse7cn0nBVphlfCufCEgilTjq+Zz2vlMAWgg68JiisD-TpwZABAUGoz9HAA

Not as a pure bunker but for teamfights. That being said, you might as well just go Druid or Tempest. Restorative Mantras is a nice perk but it’s nothing I’d create a build around.

The issue with bunkery Mesmer builds is that we hugely rely on boons and Chaos if the Alacrity nerf turns out to be too severe. Which just won’t work as soon as a Necromancer is around. So basically, Thieves counter our bursty builds, Necromancers counter our tanky builds.

Yeah I’ve got a bruiser put together using paladin/leadership, much akin to the old bunker and going to put it through the paces over the next few days. Of course I’m optimistic as always but I know I’m up against some pretty stiff competition.

Kortham Raysplitter (Yak’s Bend)