Mesmer WvW | Large Group Sword/Focus, Staff | Assaulter Shattered mantras

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Summary

Frontline shatter build for organized group play.


I. Weapons and Skills

Knight's Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Soldier's Focus
  • Weapon Strength: 832-883
  • Power: 120
  • Toughness: 85
  • Vitality: 85
The Bifrost
  • Weapon Strength: 985-1111
  • Power: 179
  • Toughness: 128
  • Vitality: 128
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
  • Mind Wrack
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.
    Damage: 336Damage (2x): 454Damage (3x): 590Range: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
  • Cry of Frustration19¼
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, confusing nearby foes.
    Confusion: 3 s (65 damage on skill use)Damage: 80Range: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
  • Diversion29¼
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.
    Daze: 1 sRange: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
  • Distortion38½
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, gaining distortion for each one shattered.
    Distortion: 1 sRange: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
  • Mind Slash
    Slash your foe to make them vulnerable.
    Damage: 202Vulnerability: 5 sRange: 130
    • Mind Gash½
      Gash your foe to make them vulnerable.
      Damage: 202Vulnerability: 5 sRange: 130
    • Mind Spike½
      Stab your foe and rip a boon off of them. This skill does an additional 50% damage to targets with no boons.
      Damage: 280Range: 130
  • Blurred Frenzy½
    Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
    Damage (8x): 808Distortion: 2 sRange: 130
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Illusionary Leap¾
    Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them.
    Damage: 1Crippled: 1 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
    • Swap
      Swap locations with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.
      Immobilized: 2 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Temporal Curtain¼ 25
    Create a wall of energy that grants swiftness to allies who cross it while crippling foes who touch it.
    Crippled: 5 sSwiftness: 12 sCombo Field: LightRange: 900
    • Into the Void
      Destroy your Temporal Curtain, pulling your target into it.
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Phantasmal Warden1 25
    Phantasm. Create a phantasm that attacks your target and creates a defensive bubble, protecting itself and allies from projectiles.
    Damage: 30Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Mantra of Recovery10
    Mantra. Meditate, charging a spell that will instantly heal you when activated.
    Number of casts: 2
    • Power Return
      Instantly heal yourself.
      Healing: 3.260
  • Mantra of Concentration 25
    Mantra. Meditate, charging a spell that will grant you stability and break stuns.
    Number of casts: 2
    • Power Break2
      Gain stability and break stuns.
      Stability: 2 sBreaks stunRange: 1,200
  • Null Field ¼ 32
    Glamour. Create a field of energy that rips all boons from foes, and cures all conditions on allies.
    Duration: 7Combo Field: EtherealRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Veil ¼ 72
    Glamour. Create a wall that grants stealth to you and your allies.
    Stealth: 2 sCurtain duration: 8Combo Field: LightRange: 900
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Time Warp ¼ 210
    Glamour. Create an area that warps time, granting you and your allies quickness while slowing foes.
    Quickness: 1 sDuration: 10Combo Field: EtherealRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s

II. Traits

Adept Master Grandmaster

III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

  • Health 18252 (+2330)
  • Vitality 1149 (+233)
  • Armor 2735 (+899)
  • Toughness 1815 (+899)
  • Attack 2892 (+1034)
  • Power 1903 (+987)
  • Critical Hit 34% (+34%)
  • Precision 1640 (+724)

Secondary Stats

  • Condition Damage 300 (+300)
  • Condition Duration 10% (+10%)
  • Condition Duration (self) -65% (+-65%)
  • Critical Damage 38% (+38%)
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords -5% (+-5%)
  • DMG to Guards and Lords 1% (+1%)
  • Damage 989 (+5%)
  • Defense 920 (+0)
  • Experience from Kills 20% (+20%)
  • Ferocity 573 (+573)
  • Shredding Recharge Rate 30% (+30%)
  • Stun Duration (self) -25% (+-25%)

Boons

  • Aegis
    Block the next attack.
  • Distortion
    Allows mesmers to evade attacks for some time.
  • Frenzy
    Increases damage taken by 25%. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
  • Frosty Armor
    Chills foes that hit you.
  • Fury
    20% critical chance increase. Stacks in duration.
  • Haste
    Regenerate endurance at 50% effectiveness when under the effects of this skill. It's typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
  • Invulnerability
    Prevents the target from taking damage or receiving conditions. It is also placed on rallied players for one second.
  • Might
    X damage per attack increase. Stacks intensity.
  • Protection
    33% damage reduction. Stacks in duration.
  • Quickening Zephyr
    Prevents healing. It typically seen as a mechanic to offset a beneficial effect such as quickness.
  • Quickness
    Makes all skills and actions 50% faster.
  • Regeneration
    Regenerates X health per second. Stacks in duration.
  • Rejuvenation
    Regenerates health. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession through the Virtue of Resolve.
  • Resistance
    Resistance temporarily negates the affected target of all effects caused by conditions.
  • Retaliation
    Does X damage to an opponent each time they hit you. Stacks in duration.
  • Smiting
    Causes every fifth attack to apply burning. This effect is exclusive to the guardian profession.
  • Stability
    Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, or feared.
  • Stealth
    Allows the user to be invisible to enemy players and avoid being spotted by enemy NPCs.
  • Swiftness
    33% movement speed increase. Stacks in duration.
  • Vigor
    Faster endurance regeneration. Stacks in duration.

Conditions

  • Agony
    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%.
  • Bleeding
    Bleeding is a stackable condition that deals damage over time.
  • Blind
    Causes the target's next hit to miss instead.
  • Burning
    Inflicts X damage per second. Stacks in duration.
  • Chilled
    Reduces movement speed and skill recharge by 66%. Stacks in duration.
  • Confusion
    Inflicts X damage each time a foe uses skill. Stacks in intensity.
  • Crippled
    Crippled is a condition which decreases movement speed by 50%. Stacks in duration.
  • Fear
    Causes the target to run directly away from the caster.
  • Immobilized
    Immobilized is a condition which prevents movement and dodging. Victims also can't turn. Stacks in duration.
  • Poison
    Inflicts X damage per second. Reduces outgoing heals by 33%. Stacks in duration.
  • Slow
    Slow is a condition that reduces the activation time of skills and abilities.
  • Taunt
    Taunt is a control effect that forces the affected target to run towards the source of taunt with all skills except stun breakers disabled while using their auto-attack skill.
  • Torment
    Deals damage every second; deals additional damage if moving; stacks intensity.
  • Vulnerability
    Increases damage the target takes by 1%. Stacks in intensity.
  • Weakness
    Causes 50% of attacks to be glancing and reduces endurance regeneration by 50%. Stacks in duration.

Control

  • Break Stun
    Stun break is an effect which can break control effects on a character.
  • Daze
    Interrupts and prevents the target from using skills for a period of time.
  • Float
    Forces the affected target(s) to move towards the surface.
  • Knockdown
    Interrupts and causes the foe to be unable to move or use skills for a short duration. Knocked down foes fall to the ground.
  • Launch
    Interrupts and tosses a character into the air.
  • Pull
    Shortens the distance between the user and the foe by drawing one of them to another. If a foe is pulled, this can result in an interrupt.
  • Push
    Physically pushes foes away from the player and interrupts them.
  • Sink
    Forces the affected target(s) to move away from the surface.
  • Stun
    Interrupts, immobilizes, and incapacitates foes for a short duration.
  • Teleport
    Teleport to target location.
  • Teleport
    Teleport (alternatively, flash) is a mechanic that causes the user or target(s) to instantly move from one location to another.

Fields & Finishers

  • Dark Field
    Dark Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Blindness
    Leap Finisher: Blindness
    Projectile Finisher: Life stealing
    Whirl Finsher: Leeching Bolts
  • Ethereal Field
    Ethereal Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Chaos Armor
    Leap Finisher: Chaos Armor
    Projectile Finisher: Confusion
    Whirl Finsher: Confounding Bolts
  • Fire Field
    Fire Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Might
    Leap Finisher: Fire Shield
    Projectile Finisher: Burning
    Whirl Finsher: Burning Bolts
  • Ice Field
    Ice Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Frost Aura
    Leap Finisher: Frost Aura
    Projectile Finisher: Chilled
    Whirl Finsher: Chilling Bolts
  • Light Field
    Light Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Retaliation
    Leap Finisher: Retaliation
    Projectile Finisher: Remove Condition
    Whirl Finsher: Cleansing Bolts
  • Lightning Field
    Lightning Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Swiftness
    Leap Finisher: Dazing Strike
    Projectile Finisher: Vulnerability
    Whirl Finsher: Brutal Bolts
  • Poison Field
    Poison Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Weakness
    Leap Finisher: Weakness
    Projectile Finisher: Poison
    Whirl Finsher: Poison Bolts
  • Revealed
    Revealed is an effect applied when stealth is broken, for example by entering combat or exiting a Shadow Refuge circle prematurely.
  • Smoke Field
    Smoke Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Stealth
    Leap Finisher: Stealth
    Projectile Finisher: Blindness
    Whirl Finsher: Blinding Bolts
  • Super Speed
    Activate your slick shoes, enabling you to move at superior speeds.
  • Water Field
    Water Combo Effects

    Blast Finisher: Area Healing
    Leap Finisher: Healing
    Projectile Finisher: Regeneration
    Whirl Finsher: Healing Bolts
Combo
  • Blast Finisher
    Blast Combo Effects

    Dark: Area Blindness
    Ethereal: Area Chaos Armor
    Fire: Area Might
    Ice: Area Frost Aura
    Light: Area Retaliation
    Lightning: Area Swiftness
    Poison: Area Weakness
    Smoke: Area Stealth
    Water: Area Healing
  • Leap Finisher
    Leap Combo Effects

    Dark: Blindness
    Ethereal: Chaos Armor
    Fire: Fire Shield
    Ice: Frost Aura
    Light: Retaliation
    Lightning: Dazing Strike
    Poison: Weakness
    Smoke: Stealth
    Water: Healing
  • Projectile Finisher
    Projectile Combo Effects

    Dark: Life stealing
    Ethereal: Confusion
    Fire: Burning
    Ice: Chilled
    Light: Remove Condition
    Lightning: Vulnerability
    Poison: Poison
    Smoke: Blindness
    Water: Regeneration
  • Whirl Finisher
    Whirl Combo Effects

    Dark: Leeching Bolts
    Ethereal: Confounding Bolts
    Fire: Burning Bolts
    Ice: Chilling Bolts
    Light: Cleansing Bolts
    Lightning: Brutal Bolts
    Poison: Poison Bolts
    Smoke: Blinding Bolts
    Water: Healing Bolts

IV. Food, Armor, Trinkets & Upgrade Items

Food Nourishment

Bowl of Lemongrass Poultry Soup
Duration: 30min
Condition Duration (self): -40%
Vitality: 70
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • Condition Duration (self): -40%
  • Vitality: 70
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Utility Nourishment

Superior Sharpening Stone
Duration: 30min
Gain power equal to 6% of your toughness
Gain power equal to 4% of your vitality
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • Gain power equal to 6% of your toughness
  • Gain power equal to 4% of your vitality
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Armor & Runes

Ascalonian Clergy Cowl
  • Defense: 73
Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration
Ascalonian Clergy Mantle
  • Defense: 73
Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration
Ascalonian Clergy Vestments
  • Defense: 314
Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration
Ascalonian Clergy Gloves
  • Defense: 133
Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration
Ascalonian Clergy Pants
  • Defense: 194
Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration
Ascalonian Clergy Shoes
  • Defense: 133
Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration

Armor Stat Totals

  • Defense 920
  • Toughness 175
  • Vitality 35
  • Condition Duration (self) -25%
  • Stun Duration (self) -25%

Rune Bonuses

Superior Rune of Melandru
  1. Toughness: 25
  2. Vitality: 35
  3. Toughness: 50
  4. -10% Incoming Condition Duration; -10% Incoming Stun Duration
  5. Toughness: 100
  6. -15% condition duration and -15% stun duration

Accessories & Jewels

Kodan Prayer BeadsDefensive Slot
  • Toughness: 157
  • Power: 108
  • Precision: 108
Vital WvW InfusionDefensive Infusion
  • Vitality: 5
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords: -1%
Book of SecretsDefensive Slot
  • Power: 63
  • Precision: 40
  • Ferocity: 40
(Infused)
Vital WvW InfusionDefensive Infusion
  • Vitality: 5
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords: -1%
EttinbandDefensive Slot
  • Toughness: 126
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
(Infused)
Vital WvW InfusionDefensive Infusion
  • Vitality: 5
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords: -1%
Rurik's Royal Signet RingDefensive Slot
  • Toughness: 126
  • Power: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
(Infused)
Vital WvW InfusionDefensive Infusion
  • Vitality: 5
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords: -1%
Appleseller's Lucky CogOffensive Slot
  • Toughness: 110
  • Power: 74
  • Ferocity: 74
Mighty WvW InfusionOffensive Infusion
  • Power: 5
  • DMG to Guards and Lords: 1%
Zinn's Data CrystalDefensive Slot
  • Power: 110
  • Precision: 56
  • Vitality: 18
  • Ferocity: 74
Vital WvW InfusionDefensive Infusion
  • Vitality: 5
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords: -1%

Accessory Totals

  • Power:530
  • Precision:289
  • Toughness:519
  • Ferocity:273
  • Vitality:43
  • DMG Taken from Guards and Lords:-5%
  • DMG to Guards and Lords:1%

Weapon Set Sigils

Knight's Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Soldier's Focus
  • Weapon Strength: 832-883
  • Power: 120
  • Toughness: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Sigil of Superior Bloodlust
You gain +10 power each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down or weapon change)
Sigil of Superior Force
+5% damage.

Weapon Set I

Sigil of Superior Bloodlust

You gain +10 power each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down or weapon change)

Sigil of Superior Force

+5% damage.

The Bifrost
  • Weapon Strength: 985-1111
  • Power: 179
  • Toughness: 128
  • Vitality: 128
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
Sigil of Superior Energy
You gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 9s)

Weapon Set II

Sigil of Superior Energy

You gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 9s)

  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0

Water Weapon I

Water Weapon II


V. Basic Gameplay

This is intended as a frontline build, played in the melee group alongside warriors and guardians, using the iLeap/swap, blurred frenzy and Mind Wrack combo as the main source of damage, with focus for pulls and minimal projectile defense (the phantasm will die quickly, but maybe he'll intercept some projectiles) and staff for defense/escape and harassment.

 

This build has enough armor and HP to survive in most zerg fights up to 35-40 enemies. Condition removal comes from the Warriors and Guardian shouts (with soldier runes) and warhorns and elemetalists water fields. Condition duration is reduced by 65% with runes and food, so you shouldn't have problems with immobilizes or damage from bleeds/poisons.

 

The heal is very weak, but in group play most of the heals come from blasting water fields, guardians (staff, dodge) and warriors (shouts).


Main Skill Rotation

Illusionary Leap¾
Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them.
Damage: 1Crippled: 1 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
Swap
Swap locations with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.
Immobilized: 2 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
Blurred Frenzy½
Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
Damage (8x): 808Distortion: 2 sRange: 130
Mind Wrack
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.
Damage: 336Damage (2x): 454Damage (3x): 590Range: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
Cry of Frustration19¼
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, confusing nearby foes.
Confusion: 3 s (65 damage on skill use)Damage: 80Range: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
Chaos Storm¼ 35
Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to enemies and random boons to allies.
Damage: 122Poison: 4 s (168 damage)Weakness: 2 sChilled: 1 sDaze: 1 sSwiftness: 3 sRetaliation: 3 sAegis: 3 sCombo Field: EtherealRange: 1,200
Phase Retreat10
Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.
Combo Finisher: LeapRange: 1,200

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