Calling all Mesmers! :) Trying out this new build.

Hey guys,

I am very new to Guild Wars (been playing for less than a month) and actually this is my first post. So Im trying to tweak my build to make it the most viable.

I have tried a ton of possible combinations during my first week or two of playing and I decided that the Mesmer was more my style than anything else. Actually a lot of the professions I really enjoyed but Mesmer was what was most successful to me. Ranger was a close second. Anyways, to the point of my post and why you came in. My build.

This is really my first REAL shot at a build. Currently I am only doing Arena battles to get a feel for PVP but VERY soon I want to join in the GVG so I am gearing this build towards both. Here is what I've came up with, so any helpful comments are really welcome. Please dont' rip me apart too much, I am noobish afterall

Me/N (dont' ask why I picked N... prior I was using a lot of hex/degen like Life transfer, etc but I found it wasn't really that viable, so kept my char and just playing pure ME now).

Fast Casting: 7 - Minor (+1)
Domination Magic: 10
Illusion Magic: 16 - Superior (+3)
Inspiration Magic: 6

Necromancer
Blood Magic: 0
Curses: 0
Death Magic: 0


Ineptitude
Clumsiness
Phantom Pain
Conjure Phantasm
Blackout
Wastrel's Worry
Ether Lord
Resurrection Signet

A little about each and why I chose them.

Ineptitude - The basis of the build. This is going to really punish incoming warriors. Ive easily killed Warriors with this alone. Them coming in for the hit and not realizing I casted this and just kill themselves. Mixed with my next skill.....

Clumsiness - dishes out an extra 97 damage spike and interupts the attack. This is usually the finishing off smack after Ineptitute is wearing off.

Phantom Pain - This is one of my favorite spells because the wound is absolutely brutal against basically everyone. Can also be used as a cover spell but I like it as a starter so the 20% kicks in as I cast Ineptitude.

Conjure Phantasm - This is a really great spell, and suits the build well (given its illusion) however I have considered dropping it in favor or more energy management or defense. The reason being is that I find I dont really NEED to ever cast it. I do almost as a formality. The three other offensive spells I have listed prior always do so much damage that its really all I need. I cast this on someone and its always removed or doesn't really do enough damage to make it that worthwhile. 75 damage or so overall just doesn't seem all that worth it. So considering swapping this with something just not sure what.

Blackout - This is something I am trying out and like the results. Yes it neutralizes your skills too but if you knock off a Monk for 5 seconds that has very bad effects for the rest of the team.

Wastrel's Worry - This spell is great, I am not sure what else to say about it. 5 E to cast... as instant as you can get, and 1 second recharge. You can spam this and force them to use spells/skills or take the damage. The thing I like most about this is that its more like head games. It throws people off and make them use something they normally dont want to do. It doesn't really fit the theme but I had points in Dom anyways, so this easily made the cut for me.

Ether Lord - This is a strange one... a lot of people might question why I use this. Loosing all energy isn't much fun, but this is something of course I only need to use when I have 5 E or so... then I get regeneration of +2 and on top of that it sucks the energy right off a foe. So this helps neutralize enemy spell casters and gives you a very fast regen rate for your energy. It was really the only thing I could find that suited my play style. I tried to use Energy Tap and Drain Enchantment but I found that the ET was a long casting time for only 8 energy (only netting 3) and the DE was too situational. I want something that I can get Energy right away and this seems to do the trick. Im always open to suggestions.

Again this is geared towards Arena and GVG (dont' even know how possible that is) and so far I have really had a lot of fun with it. I still have some energy concerns but Im trying to work through them. I would really like feedback.. if Im on the right track, if it sucks... whichever I'm also not opposed to changing the secondary profession to something other than Necro if it means Ill have access to more/better spells to accomplish what I am trying to do. So Im really not opposed I just want to keep the theme. Sick and tired of warriors rushing me and not having any defense against it so this really puts a stop to that. Ive even had warriors kill themselves from these spells.

The best part about this build is although it is very much less effective against casters, a lot of the time they don't realize they have anything on them and use their wand to attack while being low on energy. This procs the Ineptitude to blind them and take out 140 damage which is sometimes enough to do the final blow.

Ok so enough of me talking!! Comments very welcome!

Firstly...you could try posting it in the Mesmer forum.

Overall, good. I'd definitely take out Ether Lord for obvious reasons but it suits your playstyle, so who gives. Wastrel's Worry as well.

Actually, you might want to stick to one line with Inspiration, so you can take advantage of Drain Enchantment, Inspired Hex, etc. And not have your attribute points too wide-ranged - not to it is, mine are much worse.

I see you're doing more of Illusion.

I'll try suggesting something, but I'm tired right now. I'll try not to modify it too much.

Me/Mo (For the Resurrect)

Fast Casting: 8 +1
Illusion: 12 +3 +1
Inspiration: 10 +1

Clumsiness
Ineptitude {E}
Phantom Pain
Shatter Delusions (No need for Domination since I'm trying to cause Deep Wound here.)
Conjure Phantasm/Holy Veil
Ether Lord (You said you wanted that...)/Drain Enchantment
Inspired Hex
Resurrect

If your doing arenas never take restore life instead of res sig.

Get rid of Ether Lord, it's garbage. Lose all your energy, and at most it takes I think nine energy away from them and gives it to you. So if you cast at exactly five you have given yourself four energy, and denied them nine. It's really not that efficient.

I'd drop wastrel's for diversion. Diversion is just nastier than Wastrels ever is.

Point being, DGB, that Ether Lord is what the guy wants to play. No, it ain't the best in the way of energy management, but Valk has a point in that Mesmers have jack-all crap for stand-alone energy management. All of it is stealing energy from other players who may not have it to spare, or hoping to God they're casting a spell/sporting an Enchantment you can mooch off of. It's disconcerting to know that a team playing Nature's Renewal and going sans Enchantments will cripple your energy management, regardless of whatever. It's just gotta suck, I hate having any of my capabilities hinging on the state of my opponent unless I can personally induce that state. It's just a recipe for disaster otherwise and the reason I can't do Mesmers.