Mesmer WvW | Large Group Greatsword, Sword/Torch | Roamer GS Prismatic

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Summary

Has been my WvW for well over a month now and has served me well. It has high survivability, good damage, and is decent at tagging.


I. Weapons and Skills

Knight's Greatsword
  • Weapon Strength: 995-1100
  • Toughness: 239
  • Power: 171
  • Precision: 171
  • Weapon Strength: -
Knight's Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Knight's Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Knight's Spear
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Knight's Trident
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
  • Mind Wrack12
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.
    Damage: 280Damage (2x): 378Damage (3x): 492Range: 1,200
  • Cry of Frustration25
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, confusing nearby foes.
    Confusion: 3 s (65 damage on skill use)Damage: 80Range: 1,200
  • Diversion38
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.
    Daze: 1 sRange: 1,200
  • Distortion50
    Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, gaining distortion for each one shattered.
    Distortion: 1 sRange: 1,200
  • 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
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mirror Blade¾ 8
    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: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mind Stab¼ 12
    Thrust your greatsword into the ground, damaging foes and removing 1 boon.
    Damage: 314Radius: 120Number of targets: 5Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Phantasmal Berserker¾ 20
    Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.
    Damage (8x): 200Damage: 259Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Illusionary Wave½ 30
    Push back all foes in front of you with a wave of magical energy.
    Damage: 111Knockback: 450Range: 600
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mirror1¼ 15
    Reflect projectiles and heal yourself.
    Healing: 3,915Duration: 2
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Decoy40
    Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.
    Duration: 3Breaks stunRange: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Signet of Midnight30
    Signet Passive: Grants 20% condition duration.
    Signet Active: Blind nearby foes.
    Condition Duration Increase: 20%Blind: 5 sRadius: 360Breaks stunRange: 360
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mass Invisibility1¾ 90
    Manipulation. You and all allies gain stealth for a short time.
    Stealth: 5 sRadius: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s

Weapon and Skill Details

The utilities are geared toward roaming. I typically swap Signet of Midnight over to either Signet of Inspiration, Veil, Portal, or Null Field when I'm with a group.


II. Traits

Adept Master Grandmaster

Trait Details

Certainly tweakable for your playstyle.


III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

  • Health 17822 (+1900)
  • Vitality 1106 (+190)
  • Armor 2610 (+774)
  • Toughness 1690 (+774)
  • Attack 3016 (+1000)
  • Power 1916 (+1000)
  • Critical Hit 33% (+33%)
  • Precision 1611 (+695)

Secondary Stats

  • Bleeding Duration 15% (+15%)
  • Boon Duration 60% (+60%)
  • Condition Damage 172 (+172)
  • Condition Duration 20% (+20%)
  • Cripple Duration (self) -50% (+-50%)
  • Critical Damage 38% (+38%)
  • Damage 1100 (+0%)
  • Defense 920 (+0)
  • Experience from Kills 10% (+10%)
  • Ferocity 582 (+582)
  • Healing Power 172 (+172)

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

Boon-centric


IV. Food, Armor, Trinkets & Upgrade Items

Food Nourishment

Chocolate Omnomberry Cream
Duration: 30min
+40% magic find while under the effect of a boon
Boon Duration: 20%
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • +40% magic find while under the effect of a boon
  • Boon Duration: 20%
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Utility Nourishment

Duration:

Armor & Runes

Corrupted Orrian Masque
  • Defense: 73
Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)
Corrupted Orrian Mantle
  • Defense: 73
Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)
Corrupted Orrian Vestments
  • Defense: 314
Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)
Corrupted Orrian Gloves
  • Defense: 133
Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)
Corrupted Orrian Pants
  • Defense: 194
Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)
Corrupted Orrian Shoes
  • Defense: 133
Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)

Armor Stat Totals

  • Defense 920
  • Power 165
  • Bleeding Duration 15%
  • Cripple Duration (self) -50%

Rune Bonuses

Superior Rune of the Centaur
  1. Power: 25
  2. Bleeding Duration: 15%
  3. Power: 50
  4. -50% Incoming Cripple Duration
  5. Power: 90
  6. When you use a heal skill you and all nearby allies gain swiftness for 10 seconds. (cooldown: 10s)

Accessories & Jewels

SyzygyUtility Slot
  • Power: 72
  • Precision: 72
  • Toughness: 72
  • Vitality: 72
  • Condition Damage: 72
  • Healing Power: 72
  • Ferocity: 72
Symon's History of AscalonDefensive Slot
  • Toughness: 63
  • Power: 40
  • Ferocity: 40
(Infused)
Crystalline BandDefensive Slot
  • Power: 126
  • Precision: 85
  • Ferocity: 85
(Infused)
Vine of the Pale TreeDefensive Slot
  • Power: 126
  • Precision: 67
  • Vitality: 18
  • Ferocity: 85
(Infused)
Ancient Mursaat TokenOffensive Slot
  • Power: 50
  • Precision: 50
  • Toughness: 50
  • Vitality: 50
  • Condition Damage: 50
  • Healing Power: 50
  • Ferocity: 50
Celestial SigilDefensive Slot
  • Power: 50
  • Precision: 50
  • Toughness: 50
  • Vitality: 50
  • Condition Damage: 50
  • Healing Power: 50
  • Ferocity: 50

Accessory Totals

  • Power:464
  • Precision:324
  • Toughness:235
  • Vitality:190
  • Condition Damage:172
  • Healing Power:172
  • Ferocity:382

Weapon Set Sigils

Knight's Greatsword
  • Weapon Strength: 995-1100
  • Toughness: 239
  • Power: 171
  • Precision: 171
  • Weapon Strength: -
Superior Sigil of Perception
Gain +10 Precision each time you kill a foe. (Max 25 stacks; ends on down.)

Weapon Set I

Superior Sigil of Perception

Gain +10 Precision each time you kill a foe. (Max 25 stacks; ends on down.)
Knight's Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Knight's Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Superior Sigil of Purity
60% chance to remove a condition on hit. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 10s)
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

Superior Sigil of Purity

60% chance to remove a condition on hit. (This effect cannot trigger more than once every 10s)

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)
Knight's Spear
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
Knight's Trident
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Toughness: 120
  • Power: 85
  • Precision: 85
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)
Superior Sigil of Perception
Gain +10 Precision each time you kill a foe. (Max 25 stacks; ends on down.)

Water Weapon I

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)

Water Weapon II

Superior Sigil of Perception

Gain +10 Precision each time you kill a foe. (Max 25 stacks; ends on down.)

Upgrade Item Details

Bloodlust sigil would work as well.

 

Centaur runes + boon duration make for some excellent mobility for the mesmer. Spamming Mirror is beneficial even if you aren't hurt.


V. Basic Gameplay

This build is highly mobile and survives most everything you run into due to its stealth and boons. Via this shelter of survivability you can still dish out effective damage and control.


Main Skill Rotation

Phantasmal Berserker¾ 20
Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.
Damage (8x): 200Damage: 259Range: 1,200
Mind Stab¼ 12
Thrust your greatsword into the ground, damaging foes and removing 1 boon.
Damage: 314Radius: 120Number of targets: 5Range: 1,200
Mirror Blade¾ 8
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: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
Diversion38
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.
Daze: 1 sRange: 1,200

Initial, ranged rotation verse an enemy zerg.


The Prestige24
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
Tactical Strike
Stealth. Blind your foe by bashing them with your sword hilt. Daze them instead if you attack from behind.
Damage: 332Blind: 5 sDaze: 2 sRange: 170
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
Decoy40
Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.
Duration: 3Breaks stunRange: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
Distortion50
Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, gaining distortion for each one shattered.
Distortion: 1 sRange: 1,200

If your ZvZ turns into a melee, swap, prestige and spam 1 through the center of their zerg for damage and tags. Go after their squishies. Once you break stealth, blur frenzy, and then Decoy to get range on the melee to prep for GS kiting.


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