I just posted the snowcrows build because I have no significant improvements. The ghostly effect on phantasms should no longer fail to show up in low graphics settings. Fill with auto-attacks; try not to interrupt them as the last attack. Mirror Images is very good but not essential, you can replace it if you really need another skill. WvW? Interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time. That may work for some classes, but not for mesmers. Gain protection for 2 seconds when you gain regeneration. If you dont know anything about Guild Wars 2 profession, and you maybe are looking for a short comparison, check out our introductory guides: Mesmer plays around summoning Illusions, which are created during combat, and when used in certain ways, they can provide a lot of personal damage or team-wide utility, or can be sacrificed to deliver powerful attacks. Phantasms are temporary, translucent purple illusions in the caster's image, carrying weapons based on the skill that created them. Chaos (15 pts, IV) - This is where I start to gain some heartiness. [&DQcBHRgaKDUjDyMPzxJpAWsBawGPAY8BvAG8AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]. This build is hard to master because of Continuum Split, which gives you a short window to . Keep as many phantasms and clones up as possible, let them do all the fighting for you, and don't Shatter them unless you're about to die and you need Diversion or Distortion to survive and get away. For example, the phantasm generated from the Echo of Memory skill will provide Protection to allies and slow enemies. Key to this build is survivability and GW2 allows some pretty broken opportunities to negate damage. 2010-2023 ArenaNet, Inc. and NC Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. The first hit will Stun the first target for 2 seconds. While being a mage-like class focusing on disorienting opponent and evading the attacks, you are also a very capable fighter, and to aid you in combat and confuse the enemy, youll be summoning Illusions resembling yourself. Phantasms will now properly have all boons applied to them via player traits. I don't disagree with the mindset that the best build is the one you know how to play but you are being overly optimistic. There's only "best at" builds. When a phantasm is summoned, it will . Pistol - deals its damage faster than focus, but less damage overall. Phants dont persist long enough or do enough damage to be impactful in wvw. 20 seconds cooldown. Taking II as the minor trait grants fury to phantasms thereby increasing their crit rate by I think 20% which synergizes with VI allowing crits to cause bleed. What its all about (buffing, raw dmg, condition, stealing), spec theme basically. There's no "best build." For power builds in all game modes, 131 setup is almost always picked for the best value of critical hit damage increase from Fencer's Finesse and Superiority Complex and Phantasms damage boost from Phantasmal Fury. Causes the target to run directly away from the caster. While it is meta class, only a few Chronomancers are needed per squad. Fixed a bug in which mesmer clones and phantasms would shatter prematurely if their target went into stealth. Are phantasms any good for mesmer, or are they trash? Interrupts and tosses a character into the air. F1-4 skills are your Shatters, using any of those will destroy (shatter) your clones for an improved effect, although you can use them at any point in time, even without any active clones for the weakest effect. Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks. Phantasms summoned by this skill category often offer more utility over the ones summoned with weapon skills, Phantasmal Disenchanter is a powerful Phantasm and a great tool to remove boons from bosses in PvE, while Phantasmal Defender can be used in Open World in a clutch. Reduces outgoing heals by 33%. Which game mode are we talking about? For s***ter utilities, Blink, Decoy, Portal are really . Reduces the recharge of sword and spear skills by 20%. Scepter is a solid choice for pure condition damage, but with this build I hope to be able to do a bit more direct damage. Its weaknesses are having its survivability tied to its evades and blocks that must be timed, and the skill required to successfully play this build mainly since the heal skill is an integral part of the DPS rotation. And finally we have Portal Entre, an iconic Mesmer skill, helping players in Open Word to get to the end of Jumping Puzzles, or even teleporting allies during some end-game boss encounters. Illusions. There are two types of illusions: Phantasms and Clones. Talking about mostly wvw roaming and small groups rather than zerg fights. Since 2012 we are providing the Guild Wars 2 community with our website and our build editor, and we hope that you are satisfied with the quality of our resource. Phantasm Skills: These skills now correctly show their back items with the phantasm effect. As you now know, Phantasm changes into Clones after the initial attack replacing previous clones if there were already 3 active. Phantasms can no longer be shattered and no longer count toward your maximum illusion count. 15 points grants me 2 seconds of protection when I gain regeneration. ---------------------------------------------. I look forward to hearing any feedback from you guys! I cannot play without it. Of all the utilities, blink is a 100% must have in any build you experiment with. An incredibly fun and satisfying build to play. Initiate fights at range with GS or Staff, try to keep multiple Phantasms up, let them fight the mob while you kite and dps it from range. This will be your defensive trait line, adding multiple healing sources, applying Aegis, condition cleansing, and improving Signets and Focus. Prevents healing. If there is an illusion to overwrite, they will; but you always want to have 2 duelists (or 3) and a warlock if possible. A phantasm is an illusion created by the mesmer. All posted materials are freely distributed. Enjoy your Mesmer. It's typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness. Gain random boons while you are in stealth. Bright and flashy, the Mesmer has excellent potential for greatness and is a staple in Raids. *** For weapon Sigils, use Sigil of Bloodlust in 2H weapons and Sigil of Bloodlust and Sigil of Force in 1H weapons. Mesmer is not about the build, it is about the mindset. +50 power while wielding a greatsword. dekou 9 years ago #2. Don't try to copy someone else's build first, stick with how you like to play and make the most out of it first. In short, you need to suffer a lot through trial and error to learn how to suffer little. There is no better way to do this than watching Mr. Prometheus's Comprehensive Mesmer Guides [1], [2], [3], [4]. Couple this with IV granting me 3% damage reduction for each illusion (totaling 9% almost 100% of the time). Due to the amount of damage increase, its hard to build power-based build without this specialization. This extremely powerful skill is used to spam your Phantasms four times in a row. Condition Virtuoso. Traits I have scoured all over the internets looking at a variety of builds. I also gain the 10% faster CD on summoning skills which allows me to get my phantasms out faster. Other than that, feel free to experiment. - If I bursted everything, am I able to recover from a long cool-down wait? Lie the title say .What is it as I am so used to GW Mesmers not GW2 Mesmers .What is the best in traits ?I use a great sword as well as wand and off hand . At any point in time, the player can have an any number of phantasms alive limited only by skills that summon them. Agony is an effect unique to Fractals of the Mists that removes a percentage of the player's health every second and reduces received healing by ~50%. Dueling 15: Get the bleed on crit and fury for phantasm's.. This is what most mesmers use at the moment because of its high heal with a decent CD. There is a lot of Synergy in the choices I made in terms of traits and I will go into that now. A max of 3 illusion. !Make sure to stop by http://www.addiktgaming.net to check out all of our content.Follow us on Social Media!www.google.com/+AddiktGamingwww.twitter.com/addiktgaming Crippled is a condition which decreases movement speed by 50%. Guild Wars 2 Thread starter Blackend; . This ability fires a single shot that hits up to three enemies. Shattering is the purposeful destruction of your Clones (not Phantasms) for a specific effect. Stacks in duration. Prevents the target from taking damage or receiving conditions. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Phantasms grant regeneration to nearby allies. In PvE Feedback and Time Warp sometimes are used situationally, Feedback for a few end-game encounters, and Time Warp as a niche addition for a few boon-providing builds. Dodging is overpowered in the right hands. You said you came from gw mesmer to gw2 mesmer. Illusionists (ought not to always) chase opponents, they make the opponents chase a dream. Active effects of Mesmers skills are not tightly bound to the theme of the passive effect as its usually the case for other professions. A wide variety of meta, great and good GW2 builds and guides for PvE, PvP and WvW. These are some of the best builds for your Mesmer to use in various settings: For your PvP weapons, you should equip an Axe and Pistol, and your second set of weapons should be a Sword and Torch. All rights reserved. And don't worry about balance patches, any unfavorable balance patch can be mitigated by altering some armor/trinket stats here and there, maybe swapping out a certain type for another, while not touching your build skills/traits at all. Physically pushes foes away from the player and interrupts them. Thank you! - And finally, if my opponent did this, am I able to do this in response? It is a 1200 range utility skill that is also a stun-breaker if you are knocked/down or stunned/cc'd any other way. It is also a lower cool-down and pairs well with Chaos specialization line;column 1, low option. A mesmer's mask creates an image. You have likely seen this combo before and for good reason. When you reach 80, the following two dungeon meta builds will feel very familiar to you, you'll just have to get used to using offhand Focus instead of offhand Sword. Because there are no defensive support builds for Mesmer, Inspiration in PvE is rarely played, only Open World builds can benefit when swapping to it to defeat particularly strong enemies, traits like 322 are very good for that, Sympathetic Visage and Restorative Illusionsfor additional condition cleanse and heal, and Illusionary Inspiration for decent healing. Instead Signet of Domination and Signet of Humility are CC (Crowd Control) skills with the elite not only being great PvE skill for massive Defiance damage, but also extremely powerful competitive Crowd Control, as you cant Stun Break out of transformation. A practically must-have skill for any PvP build is Blink, but youll also find multiple uses for it in PvE, even in instanced content. While the attacks of phantasms cause more damage and are more durable than clones, they are not near identical duplicates of the mesmer and hold little value as distractions. The farther away they are, the more damage you deal. Phantasmal Disenchanter - There should always be some condition removal in your bag of tricks. With this build, your goal is to keep phantasms up and not shatter often. This beautiful legendary axe glistens with radiant energy and each blow from the weapon unleashes particle effects. While it has low burst, its DPS is very high. This build is more offensive, less defensive than the one above, and may not be able to solo Champions and tough Veterans as well as the condition build, but is better at Dynamic Event farming and dungeon leveling. Illusions inflict bleeding on critical hits. This is a DPS oriented s***ter build. Slow is a condition that reduces the activation time of skills and abilities. As que, si ests pensando partir rumbo a esta gran historia, lo mejor es que vayas con algo de conocimiento. Harlequin's Smile ("harlequin's smile") It takes bravery to face your fears and seize your victories. You can try to run more tanky builds, especially for WvW commanders. Your donations are a substantial source of funding and allow us to keep the website alive and free of ads. Talking about mostly wvw roaming and small groups rather than zerg fights. Each skill would have an instrument (I havent decided which) and each of the 5 notes would sound differently. Dead illusions do no damage, and cost expensive cooldowns. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Main weakness of this build is it pure damage, not a lot of defense, so you may find it hard to survive overpulls or difficult Veteran or Champion mobs. Hey guys! 70: 0/20/20/10/108. Heals yourself after 2 seconds of channel, heals 650~ extra for each illusion. Duelist is the strongest of the phantasms, and with 8 shots to proc bleed, he is a nightmare. Causes 50% of attacks to be glancing and reduces endurance regeneration by 50%. Note that it's very similar to the above. Since 2012 we are providing the Guild Wars 2 community with our website and our build editor, and we hope that you are satisfied with the quality of our resource. Knocked down foes fall to the ground. Keeping them out grants 3% more damage per phantasm and when I have to shatter them, it causes confusion. Fractals? Each of the available shatters serves a different purpose, Mind Wrack will do high amounts of direct damage to nearby targets, while Cry of Frustration deals condition damage with Confusion. Best builds for the Mesmer in Guild Wars 2. I choose to look out from behind a _____. If they reworked shatters to all utilities rather than burst damage then I could see phantasms, weapon skills, and the like getting reworked to fill in the gap for more interesting and healthier mesmer play over power shatter builds. Recommended Viable Beginner Legacy All Any Profession Elementalist Mesmer Necromancer Engineer Ranger Thief Guardian Revenant Warrior Your weapons should on both slots be the Staff, and they should both have Superior Sigils of Bursting and Superior Sigils of Energy equipped to them. For armor Runes, youll want x6 of the Superior Rune of the Nightmare, x11 Malign +9 Agony Infusion, and x7 Spiteful +9 Agony Infusion for your Accessories and Rings. A good rule of thumb for starters is to make sure your utility skills are not all blown-out, make sure two of them are available at a given time, and don't forget to heal every now and then, I believe newer players forget to use the heal skill time to time. Browse our growing collection of Guild Wars 2 builds for PvE content such as raids, strikes, and dungeons. Victims also can't turn. Thanks to shield 4, sword 4, sword 2, and normal evades, the boss only hit me with one attack, which was not worth evading because I was in the middle of spamming my phantasms and was going to use my heal skill shortly after anyway. Your Accessories and one Ring should all be Assassin stats, and your Backpiece, Amulet, and one Ring should be Berserker. Bleeding is a stackable condition that deals damage over time. Healing Skill should be the Signet of the Ether as it heals you passively when illusions are summoned and reduces phantasm skill cooldowns. Due to its low cooldown, you can use it again after the Split. Illusion-summoning skills recharge 20% faster. Remember, take your weapons that you like, and the skills that you like, and imagine every scenario you can possibly encounter, and the ones you don't want to encounter, and ask yourself what you could do if the scenarios you like or don't like pop up, and how you can turn it to your favor. Good examples of standard playstyles, I think gear is the most flexible part of building a Mesmer (maybe not Virtuoso though). Your weapons can vary, but youll want to run a Sword and Sword combination and a Focus in your second weapon set. Site & Original Content 2012 IntoTheMists.com Guild Wars 2 2011 ArenaNet, Inc. All rights reserved. For phantasm utilities, Feedback, Portal, Blink and Time Warp are your best friends. This is my first build and I thought the Reddit community a perfect place to get feedback. Your weapons should be Sword and Sword and a Greatsword in your second weapon set. Teleport (alternatively, flash) is a mechanic that causes the user or target(s) to instantly move from one location to another. Minotaur Steak / Griffon Egg Omelet - budget options. @Moradorin.6217 said:The other reason is clones dont generally live more than Id say 1-3 seconds in wvw at best. Chronomancer is an elite specialization for the mesmer class, bringing some of the best utility, crowd control, boon removal and some condition cleanse for large WvW battles. The majority of your damage comes from casting your phantasms then using Signet of the Ether to reset their cooldown and casting them again. In competitive game modes Bountiful Disillusionment is an amazing addition to standard traits, or you can switch it up and enhance your defense with Prismatic Understanding or Illusionary Defense. Phantasm damage has been increased by 15%. Ascended power food is the best option, but really not needed for open world. Stacks in duration. This build revolves around spamming Phantasm skills to both do damage and gain boons. Anyways, that is how I think, good luck with finding your build! * At low levels it's generally better to focus on reducing illusion spawning cooldowns than increasing illusion damage, at least prior to getting Deceptive Evasion, but feel free to experiment with using Phantasmal Fury here instead of Blade Training. It plays differently from the other specs. is the profession mechanic of the chronomancer specialization that allows a player to "rewind" time. Feb 20, 2023 power . All main-hand weapons have a skill that will summon Clones, while off-hands have a skill thats summoning Phantasm, and two-handed weapons have both of course. 20: 0/10/0/0/0 *2. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Each Mantra offers vastly different effects when used, from damage or healing to Crowd Control or its prevention. 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