Mesmer sPvP | Tournament Greatsword, Sword/Torch | Roamer Midna's Shattering Mayhem

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Summary

Hello all. This is "Midna Confusion" again with my Mesmer Shatter Build. This build is designed to get high damage off of your shatter skills and deals major damage.


I. Weapons and Skills

PvP Greatsword
  • Weapon Strength: 995-1100
PvP
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
PvP Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
PvP Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
PvP Spear
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
PvP Trident
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Mind Wrack9¼
    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
  • Spatial Surge1½
    Shoot a beam at your foe. The farther away they are, the more damage you deal.
    Damage <300 (3x): 201Damage 300-600 (3x): 249Damage 600-900 (3x): 300Damage > 900 (3x): 348Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Mirror Blade¾ 6½
    Clone. Throw an illusionary greatsword that bounces between targets, damaging foes and giving might to allies. It creates a clone at its first target.
    Damage: 259x3Might: 10 sx3Vulnerability: 3 sNumber of bounces: 3Combo Finisher: ProjectileUnblockableRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Mind Stab¼ 9½
    Thrust your greatsword into the ground, damaging foes and removing 1 boon.
    Damage: 314Radius: 120Number of targets: 5Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Phantasmal Berserker¾ 16
    Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.
    Damage (8x): 200Damage: 259Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Illusionary Wave½ 24
    Push back all foes in front of you with a wave of magical energy.
    Damage: 111Knockback: 450Range: 600
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Ether Feast1 20
    Heal yourself. Gain additional health for each active illusion.
    Healing: 5,560Healing per illusion: 640
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Mirror Images45
    Clone. Summon two clones to attack your foe.
    Breaks stunRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Decoy40
    Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.
    Duration: 3Breaks stunRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s
  • Mass Invisibility1¾ 90
    Manipulation. You and all allies gain stealth for a short time.
    Stealth: 5 sRadius: 1,200
    • 0
      Confusion: 3 s

Weapon and Skill Details

I take GS and Sword/torch for easy AI output.

 

Ether Feast- This heal is amazing. You have it under a low cooldown and it heals for a decent amount even though with shatter you dont usually have many illusions out at a time. I havent tried Signet of the Ether with this build but I am planning on trying it out soon.

 

Blink- Just downright an amazing skill. You lack in mobility with this build but in Pvp Mobility isn't everything like it is in pve/wvw. Which if you all prefer that then i suggest instead of eagle runes to go with runes of the traveler for the movement speed increase. BUT ANYWHOOO. Blink can be used offensively as well as defensively. You can use it in conjunction with Blurred Frenzy if your illusionary leap is on cooldown or if the game bugs, which it does and you need to get near an enemy for that burst fast. Defensive is pretty much self explanatory. I like to use the blink when i stealth to get further away faster.

 

Mirror Images- pretty self explanatory. You get 2 clones at once for a shatter skill. Also this move breaks stun. so its best to use it in conjunction with Distortion shatter skill against those nasty stunlock players.

 

Decoy- IS AMAZING. Summon a clone and stealth. cant beat that. You are a shatter build so anything that gives extra clones gives extra damage.

 

Mass Invisibility- A very nice lengthy stealth for a handy reset whenever match isn't going in your favor.


II. Traits

Adept Master Grandmaster

Trait Details

Mental Torment- To increase the damage output on that Mind Wrack for that burst damage.

 

Greatsword Training and Blade Training- added bonuses to reduced cooldowns on skills so you can deal faster burst damage with higher clone output.

 

Deceptive Evasion- More clones = More damage. Also in this build you have high Vigor uptime so you can get more dodges more frequently.

 

Precise Wrack- Any higher crit on your shatter skills is a good thing cause if you dont get a crit hit with a shatter then your damage output suffers greatly.

 

Illusionary Invigoration- This is very handy. You hit half health at any time and you have all your options all over again. You need health, gain distortion, enemy close to dead > Wrack=Rekt

 

Maim the Disillusioned- This skill im using in the place of the normal XI where you gain the shatter effect on yourself. This skill has been my little experiment on seeing how much damage i can get off with torment. Which is not bad damage actually.


III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

  • Health 15922 (+0)
  • Vitality 916 (+0)
  • Armor 1836 (+0)
  • Toughness 916 (+0)
  • Attack 3466 (+1450)
  • Power 2366 (+1450)
  • Critical Hit 61% (+61%)
  • Precision 2191 (+1275)

Secondary Stats

  • Condition Damage 300 (+300)
  • Condition Duration 20% (+20%)
  • Critical Damage 80% (+80%)
  • Damage 1100 (+0%)
  • Defense 920 (+0)
  • Ferocity 1200 (+1200)
  • Shredding Recharge Rate 30% (+30%)

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

Stat and Effect Details

Well you can read the stats for yourselves XD
The condition damage is handy for the Torment proc on all your shatters, which this build has shatter abuse for high torment uptime. The condition damage is lower though, but im debating on trying to form a condition shatter build and seeing how it plays out.


IV. Runes, Sigils, Accessories & Jewels

Armor & Runes

PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.
PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.
PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.
PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.
PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.
PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.

Rune Stat Totals

  • Precision 175
  • Ferocity 100

Rune Bonuses

PvP Rune of the Eagle
  1. Precision: 25
  2. Ferocity: 35
  3. Precision: 50
  4. Ferocity: 65
  5. Precision: 100
  6. +6% damage against targets with less than 50% health.

Accessories & Jewels

Berserker's Amulet
  • Power: 1200
  • Precision: 900
  • Ferocity: 900

Accessory Totals

  • Power:1200
  • Precision:900
  • Ferocity:900

Weapon Set Sigils

PvP Greatsword
  • Weapon Strength: 995-1100
PvP
  • Weapon Strength: 0-0
Sigil of Superior Fire
50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)
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 I

Sigil of Superior Fire

50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)
PvP Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
PvP Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
Sigil of Superior Fire
50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)
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 Fire

50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)

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)
PvP Spear
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
PvP Trident
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
Sigil of Superior Fire
50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)
Sigil of Superior Fire
50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)

Water Weapon I

Sigil of Superior Fire

50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)

Water Weapon II

Sigil of Superior Fire

50% chance to cause flame blast on critical hit causing AoE damage. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 5s)

Upgrade Item Details

Runes of the eagle is amazing. Usually with shatter your first burst of damage can take a player to half for sure so after the first burst you are now up 6% damage. Since you have high crit rate I go with fire sigils for the extra burst on flame blast procs and energy sigils because more endurance means more clone output which means more damage. Also i got to go with berserkers amulet for any kind of burst damage build.


V. Basic Gameplay

Most people say shatter is the hardest spec of mesmer to play. But even though its a bit more difficult to use, by far its not hard to use. Below i will give you some handy skill rotations and i will explain each afterwards.
This build has pretty decent survivability because you get dodges very often and you have stealth to boot.


Main Skill Rotation

Mirror Images45
Clone. Summon two clones to attack your foe.
Breaks stunRange: 1,200
Diversion29¼
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.
Daze: 1 sRange: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
Phantasmal Berserker¾ 16
Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.
Damage (8x): 200Damage: 259Range: 1,200
Mirror Blade¾ 6½
Clone. Throw an illusionary greatsword that bounces between targets, damaging foes and giving might to allies. It creates a clone at its first target.
Damage: 259x3Might: 10 sx3Vulnerability: 3 sNumber of bounces: 3Combo Finisher: ProjectileUnblockableRange: 1,200
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
Phantasmal Mage¾ 30
Phantasm. Create an illusion that confuses foes and grants retaliation to allies.
Damage: 363Burning: 6 sFury: 3 sRange: 1,200
Illusionary Leap¾ 9½
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 9½
Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
Damage (8x): 808Distortion: 2 sRange: 130
Mind Wrack9¼
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.
Damage: 336Damage (2x): 454Damage (3x): 590Range: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
The Prestige30
Disappear in a cloud of smoke, blinding nearby foes. Reappear three seconds later, burning nearby foes.
Stealth: 3 sDamage: 302Blind: 5 sBurning: 3 s (984 damage)Radius: 240Combo Finisher: Blast

This rotation is done pretty fast so you can get it all done within seconds and end it with a stealth move for a reset.

 

This rotation can easily dismantle a heavy training dummy. Which in a fight you can throw all this pretty easily since most people have difficulty fighting mesmers.

 

Dont be scared to interrupt the rotation with different moves to save your butt. Blink can save you in a crisis situation.


*Heavy Fast burst combo*

Phantasmal Berserker¾ 16
Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.
Damage (8x): 200Damage: 259Range: 1,200
Mirror Blade¾ 6½
Clone. Throw an illusionary greatsword that bounces between targets, damaging foes and giving might to allies. It creates a clone at its first target.
Damage: 259x3Might: 10 sx3Vulnerability: 3 sNumber of bounces: 3Combo Finisher: ProjectileUnblockableRange: 1,200
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
Illusionary Leap¾ 9½
Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them.
Damage: 1Crippled: 1 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
Mirror Images45
Clone. Summon two clones to attack your foe.
Breaks stunRange: 1,200
Swap
Swap locations with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.
Immobilized: 2 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
Mind Wrack9¼
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.
Damage: 336Damage (2x): 454Damage (3x): 590Range: 1,200Confusion: 3 s
Blurred Frenzy½ 9½
Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
Damage (8x): 808Distortion: 2 sRange: 130

This burst rotation needs to be thrown quickly for a super big shatter with lots and lots of damage. Can insta down the heavy training dummy. This whole combo should be thrown in like 3 seconds maybe 4. Bahahaha. But the damage is super nice.

 

Please comment on my build. XD
Thanks friends.


VI. *EXTRA SECTION*

I will be making a shatter conditions build soon.If it works well in Tourneys then i will post it on here and let you all know how it works.

 

Thank you all for reading.
Please like my build and leave me comments and suggestions. :)


Comments

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@ 01:24 PM, Mon April 28 2014 Reply
Nice job on the build. Another Midna hit. Looking forward to seeing how you work out a shatter condition build.
@ 02:41 PM, Fri May 02 2014 Reply
Swapped illusions XIII trait back to XI. Posting my shatter condi build soon