Mesmer PvE | Dungeon Sword/Focus, Greatsword | Damage Shatter
Table of Contents
Summary
The build I run pretty much everywhere in PvE, especially when farming dungeons in 4 war & 1 mes parties.
I. Weapons and Skills
- Mind Gash½Gash your foe to make them vulnerable.Damage: 202Vulnerability: 5 sRange: 130
- Mind Spike½Stab your foe and rip a boon off of them. This skill does an additional 50% damage to targets with no boons.Damage: 280Range: 130
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- SwapSwap locations with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.Immobilized: 2 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- Into the VoidDestroy your Temporal Curtain, pulling your target into it.
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
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- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
- 0Confusion: 3 s
Weapon and Skill Details
Every single weapon, utility, and shatter skill serves multiple purposes. I was at page 2 in MS Word by the time I finished writing about Sword and Focus skills and their uses. I'll spare you the wall of text and just let you figure it out yourself by watching me playing with this build.
II. Traits
Domination
Dueling
Chaos
Inspiration
Illusions
Trait Details
Every trait revolves around maximizing your shatter DPS and generation of clones for them. Dueling [I] trait is there to maximize Blink range to 1200. That Blink skill and it's extended range has saved my ass more times than I can count. Also, the Illusions [XI] trait allows you to use all shatters even if you have no clones. Quite useful if you need to daze someone (F3) or evade something (F4) and have no time or skills to generate any clones.
III. Stat Specifics & Effects
Primary Stats
- Health 15922 (+0)
- Vitality 916 (+0)
- Armor 1836 (+0)
- Toughness 916 (+0)
- Attack 3367 (+1509)
- Power 2425 (+1509)
- Critical Hit 63% (+63%)
- Precision 2249 (+1333)
Secondary Stats
- Condition Damage 300 (+300)
- Condition Duration 10% (+10%)
- Critical Damage 85% (+85%)
- Damage 942 (+0%)
- Defense 920 (+0)
- Ferocity 1283 (+1283)
- Shredding Recharge Rate 30% (+30%)
Boons
Conditions
Control
Fields & Finishers
Stat and Effect Details
With Fury and banner of Discipline you'll have a high crit chance. Every crit will grant you 1s of vigor (with 1s cooldown) which means you'll more or less have perma-vigor on yourself as long as you're attacking.
IV. Food, Armor, Trinkets & Upgrade Items
Food Nourishment
Utility Nourishment
Armor & Runes
- Defense: 73
- Power: 60
- Precision: 43
- Ferocity: 43
- Power: 20
- Precision: 14
- Ferocity: 14
- Defense: 73
- Power: 45
- Precision: 32
- Ferocity: 32
- Power: 20
- Precision: 14
- Ferocity: 14
- Defense: 314
- Power: 134
- Precision: 96
- Ferocity: 96
- Power: 20
- Precision: 14
- Ferocity: 14
- Defense: 133
- Power: 45
- Precision: 32
- Ferocity: 32
- Power: 20
- Precision: 14
- Ferocity: 14
- Defense: 194
- Power: 90
- Precision: 64
- Ferocity: 64
- Power: 20
- Precision: 14
- Ferocity: 14
- Defense: 133
- Power: 45
- Precision: 32
- Ferocity: 32
- Power: 20
- Precision: 14
- Ferocity: 14
Armor Stat Totals
- Defense 920
- Power 539
- Precision 383
- Ferocity 383
Rune Bonuses
Accessories & Jewels
- Power: 25
- Precision: 15
- Ferocity: 15
- Power: 25
- Precision: 15
- Ferocity: 15
- Power: 25
- Precision: 15
- Ferocity: 15
- Power: 25
- Precision: 15
- Ferocity: 15
- Power: 25
- Precision: 15
- Ferocity: 15
- Power: 25
- Precision: 15
- Ferocity: 15
Accessory Totals
- Power:630
- Precision:430
- Ferocity:430
Weapon Set Sigils
- Weapon Strength: 905-1000
- Power: 120
- Precision: 85
- Ferocity: 85
- Weapon Strength: 832-883
- Power: 120
- Precision: 85
- Ferocity: 85
Weapon Set I
- Weapon Strength: 995-1100
- Power: 239
- Precision: 171
- Ferocity: 171
- Weapon Strength: 0-0
Weapon Set II
Upgrade Item Details
Sigil of Night on Sword/GS for 10% DPS boost, and Sigil of Perception of Focus to stack precision.
V. Basic Gameplay
With perma vigor and this shatter build you're encouraged to constantly dodge and shatter whenever you can. Very active playstyle.
Main Skill Rotation
Typical DPS burst:
- Dodge
- Sword #3
- Dodge
- F2 Shatter
- Mirror Images and Decoy (at same time)
- F1 Shatter
- Sword #2
- If needed, F4 and gtfo.