Mesmer sPvP | Hot Join Staff, Sword/Torch | Bunker Omni Mesmer

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Summary

This build is designed for taking advantage of nearly every useful tool the mesmer has.

 

The build is centered around the Confusing Combatant + Prismatic Understanding traits.


I. Weapons and Skills

PvP Staff
  • Weapon Strength: 985-1111
PvP
  • Weapon Strength: -
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 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
  • Winds of Chaos¾
    Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.
    Damage: 111Burning: 1 s (328 damage)Bleeding: 7 s (298 damage)Vulnerability: 5 sMight: 5 sFury: 2 sRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Phase Retreat8
    Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.
    Combo Finisher: LeapRange: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Phantasmal Warlock¾ 14½
    Phantasm. Summon an illusion that deals extra damage for each unique condition on the target foe.
    Damage: 74Extra damage per condition: 10%Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Chaos Armor28
    Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself [sic] random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
    Duration: 5Protection: 5 sRegeneration: 3 s (390 health)Swiftness: 3 sConfusion: 3 s (65 damage on skill use)Crippled: 3 sBlind: 3 sRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Chaos Storm¼ 28
    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
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mirror1¼ 15
    Reflect projectiles and heal yourself.
    Healing: 3,915Duration: 2
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mimic¼ 72
    Manipulation. The next utility skill you use recharges faster
    Recharge Time: 1 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
  • Arcane Thievery 36
    Manipulation. Send conditions you have to your foe and steal their boons.
    Range: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s
  • Mass Invisibility1¾ 72
    Manipulation. You and all allies gain stealth for a short time.
    Stealth: 5 sRadius: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 s

Weapon and Skill Details

As always, we're a bit low on cleanse... what of it? We've lots of reflection and stealth to mitigate damage.


II. Traits

Adept Master Grandmaster

Trait Details

Confusing Combatant + Prismatic Understanding are the core. Then you have ret from block and traited sword and staff.


III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

  • Health 15922 (+0)
  • Vitality 916 (+0)
  • Armor 3186 (+1350)
  • Toughness 2266 (+1350)
  • Attack 2127 (+100)
  • Power 1016 (+100)
  • Critical Hit 57% (+57%)
  • Precision 2116 (+1200)

Secondary Stats

  • Boon Duration 30% (+30%)
  • Condition Damage 1488 (+1488)
  • Condition Duration 10% (+10%)
  • Critical Damage 20% (+20%)
  • Damage 1111 (+0%)
  • Defense 920 (+0)
  • Ferocity 300 (+300)

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

very high toughness + regen and damage mitigation make an excellent tank. Just try to keep those conditions off of you. Lots of condition damage here for good bleeds and confusion.


IV. Runes, Sigils, Accessories & Jewels

Armor & Runes

PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.
PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.
PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.
PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.
PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.
PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.

Rune Stat Totals

  • Condition Damage 175
  • Toughness 100

Rune Bonuses

PvP Rune of the Undead
  1. Condition Damage: 25
  2. Toughness: 35
  3. Condition Damage: 50
  4. Toughness: 65
  5. Condition Damage: 100
  6. 7% of toughness is converted to condition damage.

Accessories & Jewels

Rabid Amulet
  • Precision: 900
  • Toughness: 900
  • Condition Damage: 1200
delete
  • Condition Damage: 0
  • Precision: 0
  • Toughness: 0

Accessory Totals

  • Precision:900
  • Toughness:900
  • Condition Damage:1200

Weapon Set Sigils

PvP Staff
  • Weapon Strength: 985-1111
PvP
  • Weapon Strength: -
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 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 Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
PvP Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
Sigil of Minor Corruption
You gain +10 condition damage each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down)
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 Minor Corruption

You gain +10 condition damage each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down)

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 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)
Sigil of Minor Corruption
You gain +10 condition damage each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and 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

Sigil of Minor Corruption

You gain +10 condition damage each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down)

Upgrade Item Details

energy all around for lots of clones.


V. Basic Gameplay

The primary use of this build is to constantly burn through your clones to trigger Confusing Combatants and Crippling Dissipation. Keep your phantasms up as well as long as you like. Shatter only circumstantially. For instance, pop Distortion for spike or Diversion to impede a spike. Roll stealth as well to continue breaking enemy locks. This, combined with some LoS will allow you to take on two opponents without too much trouble. This is because they should be constantly crippled, confused, and unable to hit you unless you want them to for ret damage.


Main Skill Rotation

Chaos Storm¼ 28
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
Phantasmal Warlock¾ 14½
Phantasm. Summon an illusion that deals extra damage for each unique condition on the target foe.
Damage: 74Extra damage per condition: 10%Range: 1,200
Phase Retreat8
Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.
Combo Finisher: LeapRange: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
Chaos Armor28
Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself [sic] random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.
Duration: 5Protection: 5 sRegeneration: 3 s (390 health)Swiftness: 3 sConfusion: 3 s (65 damage on skill use)Crippled: 3 sBlind: 3 sRange: 1,200
Phantasmal Mage¾ 30
Phantasm. Create an illusion that confuses foes and grants retaliation to allies.
Damage: 363Burning: 6 sFury: 3 sRange: 1,200
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
Illusionary Leap¾ 9½
Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them.
Damage: 1Crippled: 1 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600Crippled: 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
Decoy40
Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.
Duration: 3Breaks stunRange: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
Mind Slash
Slash your foe to make them vulnerable.
Damage: 202Vulnerability: 5 sRange: 130

Lead with Staff since it's traited and Torch is not. Drop Chaos Storm to hopefully cripple/daze them. Approach while you dump iWarlock. Roll into your Chaos Storm and Phase Retreat out to pop Chaos Armor. Roll, damage a bit, pop Chaos Armor again when your first goes down and swap weapons.


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