Mesmer WvW | Small Group Sword/Pistol, Scepter/Torch | Roamer Cyyrix's WvW Solo Condi Spec

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Summary

A simple variant of the popular 20/20/30 condi mesmer build, focused on solo roaming.

 

This build utilizes the new Traveler runes to compensate for the lack of mobility found in most mesmer condi builds. The +25% movement speed makes a huge difference when roaming solo. You can use more stealth skills offensively, and position more easily. Escapes are far easier, too.

 

Building on the Traveler rune duration bonus, Giver's weapons along with food push condi duration to +90%. This allows for nearly permanent poison up-time (goodnight healing signet warriors), and +100% bleed duration after the Agony sigil.


I. Weapons and Skills

Giver's Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Giver's Pistol
  • Weapon Strength: 876-1029
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Giver's Scepter
  • Weapon Strength: 895-1010
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Giver's Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
  • Weapon Strength: -
  • Weapon Strength: -
  • 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
  • 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 12
    Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
    Damage (8x): 808Distortion: 2 sRange: 130
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
  • Illusionary Leap¾ 12
    Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them.
    Damage: 1Crippled: 1 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600Crippled: 3 s
    • Swap
      Swap locations with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.
      Immobilized: 2 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
  • Phantasmal Duelist1 20
    Phantasm. Create an illusion that unloads its pistols on your foe.
    Combo Finisher: Projectile (20% chance)Range: 1,200Fury: 10 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
  • Magic Bullet½ 25
    Hit up to three foes with a single shot. The first target is stunned, the second is dazed, and the third is blinded.
    Damage: 67Blind: 5 sDaze: 2 sStun: 2 sCombo Finisher: ProjectileRange: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
  • Ether Feast1 20
    Heal yourself. Gain additional health for each active illusion.
    Healing: 5,560Healing per illusion: 640
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
  • Decoy40
    Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.
    Duration: 3Breaks stunRange: 1,200Crippled: 3 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 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
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s
  • Mass Invisibility1¾ 90
    Manipulation. You and all allies gain stealth for a short time.
    Stealth: 5 sRadius: 1,200
    • 0
      Crippled: 3 sFury: 10 s

Weapon and Skill Details

Typical cheese condi mesmer stuff. Abuse stealth with prismatic understanding while your clones and phantasms do all the work.

 

Blink is a default placeholder for the third situational skill slot. Here are some good swaps if you know what you're going up against:

 

vs condi necro: Arcane Thievery or Null Field
vs condi thief or condi mes: Mantra of Resolve
vs condi engi: Arcane Thievery or Mantra of Distraction (prevents magnet combos)
vs stun warr: Mantra of Concentration (or Blink)
vs most power builds: Signet of Domination


II. Traits

Adept Master Grandmaster

Trait Details

Clone death bonuses.
Prismatic understanding with stealth abuse.
Phantasmal Fury to improve bleed stacks from duelist bursts.
Illusionary Defense adds some great defense as you won't be shattering much.


III. Stat Specifics & Effects

Primary Stats

  • Health 20442 (+4520)
  • Vitality 1368 (+452)
  • Armor 2638 (+802)
  • Toughness 1718 (+802)
  • Attack 2165 (+234)
  • Power 1150 (+234)
  • Critical Hit 30% (+30%)
  • Precision 1542 (+626)

Secondary Stats

  • Bleeding Duration 20% (+20%)
  • Boon Duration 45% (+45%)
  • Condition Damage 956 (+956)
  • Condition Duration 310% (+310%)
  • Critical Damage 15% (+15%)
  • Damage 1015 (+0%)
  • Defense 920 (+0)
  • Experience from Kills 20% (+20%)
  • Ferocity 236 (+236)
  • Healing Power 36 (+36)
  • Movement Speed 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

Rare Veggie Pizza
Duration: 30min
Condition Duration: 40%
Condition Damage: 70
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • Condition Duration: 40%
  • Condition Damage: 70
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Utility Nourishment

Master Tuning Crystal
Duration: 30min
Gain Condition damage equal to 6% of your toughness
Gain Condition damage equal to 4% of your vitality
Experience from Kills: 10%
  • (30min)
  • Gain Condition damage equal to 6% of your toughness
  • Gain Condition damage equal to 4% of your vitality
  • Experience from Kills: 10%

Armor & Runes

Corrupted Orrian Masque
  • Defense: 73
Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%
Corrupted Orrian Mantle
  • Defense: 73
Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%
Corrupted Orrian Vestments
  • Defense: 314
Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%
Corrupted Orrian Gloves
  • Defense: 133
Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%
Corrupted Orrian Pants
  • Defense: 194
Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%
Corrupted Orrian Shoes
  • Defense: 133
Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%

Armor Stat Totals

  • Defense 920
  • Power 34
  • Precision 36
  • Toughness 36
  • Vitality 36
  • Condition Damage 36
  • Healing Power 36
  • Ferocity 36
  • Boon Duration 15%
  • Condition Duration 10%
  • Movement Speed 25%

Rune Bonuses

Superior Rune of the Traveler
  1. +8 to All Stats
  2. Boon Duration: 5%
  3. +12 to All Stats
  4. +10% Boon Duration; +10% Condition Duration
  5. +16 to All Stats
  6. Movement Speed: 25%

Accessories & Jewels

Speaker's DawncordUtility Slot
  • Condition Damage: 157
  • Precision: 108
  • Toughness: 108
Tome of the RubiconDefensive Slot
  • Condition Damage: 63
  • Precision: 40
  • Toughness: 40
(Infused)
Ralena's BandOffensive Slot
  • Condition Damage: 126
  • Precision: 18
  • Toughness: 85
  • Vitality: 67
(Infused)
Vassar's BandDefensive Slot
  • Condition Damage: 126
  • Precision: 18
  • Toughness: 85
  • Vitality: 67
(Infused)
Plague IdolDefensive Slot
  • Condition Damage: 110
  • Precision: 18
  • Toughness: 74
  • Vitality: 56
Matriarch's QuillOffensive Slot
  • Condition Damage: 110
  • Precision: 18
  • Toughness: 74
  • Vitality: 56

Accessory Totals

  • Precision:220
  • Toughness:466
  • Condition Damage:692
  • Vitality:246

Weapon Set Sigils

Giver's Sword
  • Weapon Strength: 905-1000
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Giver's Pistol
  • Weapon Strength: 876-1029
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Sigil of Superior Doom
You deal poison on your next attack for 8 seconds after you swap to this weapon while in combat.
Sigil of Superior Agony
Bleeds you apply last 20% longer.

Weapon Set I

Sigil of Superior Doom

You deal poison on your next attack for 8 seconds after you swap to this weapon while in combat.

Sigil of Superior Agony

Bleeds you apply last 20% longer.
Giver's Scepter
  • Weapon Strength: 895-1010
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Giver's Torch
  • Weapon Strength: 789-926
  • Condition Duration: 120%
  • Precision: 85
  • Vitality: 85
Sigil of Superior Doom
You deal poison on your next attack for 8 seconds after you swap to this weapon while in combat.
Sigil of Minor Corruption
You gain +10 condition damage each time you kill a foe. (max 25 stacks and ends on down)

Weapon Set II

Sigil of Superior Doom

You deal poison on your next attack for 8 seconds after you swap to this weapon while in combat.

Sigil of Minor Corruption

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

Water Weapon I

Water Weapon II

Upgrade Item Details

Doom/doom gives great poison up-time, which is valuable against the current warrior meta, as well as eles and guards. Agony pushes bleed duration to 100%, and is placed on the pistol for duelist synergy. Bursting, in lieu of Corruption, also works.


V. Basic Gameplay


Main Skill Rotation

Phantasmal Duelist1 20
Phantasm. Create an illusion that unloads its pistols on your foe.
Combo Finisher: Projectile (20% chance)Range: 1,200Fury: 10 s
Magic Bullet½ 25
Hit up to three foes with a single shot. The first target is stunned, the second is dazed, and the third is blinded.
Damage: 67Blind: 5 sDaze: 2 sStun: 2 sCombo Finisher: ProjectileRange: 1,200
Illusionary Leap¾ 12
Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them.
Damage: 1Crippled: 1 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600Crippled: 3 s
Swap
Swap locations with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.
Immobilized: 2 sCombo Finisher: LeapRange: 600
Blurred Frenzy½ 12
Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
Damage (8x): 808Distortion: 2 sRange: 130
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
Confusing Images3 15
Channel a beam of energy that damages and confuses your foe.
Damage (5x): 840x5Confusion: 5 s (325 damage on skill use)Range: 900
Phantasmal Mage¾ 24
Phantasm. Create an illusion that confuses foes and grants retaliation to allies.
Damage: 363Burning: 6 sFury: 3 sRange: 1,200Fury: 10 s

Situational, but the rotation outlined above is a good go-to opener.

 

Learning to effectively proc the Illusionary Counter torment is valuable. For example, a thief's dagger storm is an incredibly powerful proc that is VERY easy to land. It forces the thief to cancel the elite, or eat 5 stacks of high tick torment for the duration of the dagger storm.


Comments

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@ 07:40 AM, Sat November 09 2013 Reply
Cool build. Testing it out an I like it.
One question I wanted to ask as I am still learning the mesmer. IN the bottom, talking abiout the illusionary counter, been testing that out lately with great success. How can I make torment hit harder? I like what it does, but im thinking its a gear issue. I'll try that.
@ 10:01 AM, Mon March 31 2014 Reply
Midna says best way to get better torment damage off is to change runes on armor. Yes you have less speed but you can get the duration of conditions and condition damage to stack a lot higher. Plus with the already high toughness you could get undead runes for a lot more condition damage,.
@ 09:01 PM, Thu November 14 2013 Reply
Cyyrix is arguably the best mesmer I have ever fought. I've ran the different variations of his build for 3-4 months now and have enjoyed it since day 1. The most effective way to play a mesmer within the current meta.
@ 02:13 AM, Fri January 31 2014 Reply
You da best mesmer thanks for this build I'm gonna level a mesmer and own face!
@ 04:32 PM, Fri April 04 2014 Reply
Think it would still be possible to run a build like this if some one couldn't afford the travelers. Such as using rune of speed instead for movement buff?
@ 10:01 PM, Sun April 27 2014 Reply
Ehh this is the same boring PU build that every noob uses. No skill.