Untouchable Illusionary Warrior W/ME

Assuming you have 10 fast casting then IW takes 0.7 secs to cast. It certainly can be interrupted...but how effectively?...god knows. I've done it in an IW vs IW duel before...But I'm not ashamed in admitting there was luck involved, as soon as the icon appeared I busted out every interrupt I had, I guess 1 hit.

With the enchant removal, its just an ongoing debate about who to target. Rend is obviously the key player in this, other ones don't pack so much punch...with the exception of the rarely used and situational well of the profane. Personally I'd rather target: the warrior with 5 enchants stacked on him doing 70dps, the monk with bond cast on everyone harvesting energy like a texan mines oil, or indeed whatever target you happen to be focusing on at the time...Because you bet they're going to have seed and spirit on them before long. Compare this to a mesmer coming out with 40 DPS...IW just dosen't seem like a priority target.

Though it dosen't matter how well you protect yourself, unless you feel like bringing 10 cover enchants...when rend hits you're screwed no matter what.

There also is the debate about what an IW user should be doing anyway. The damage isn't exactly great, although it just happens to pierce anything, and is unconditional. If you look at what Rex and Kui have done above, Rex's build in particular has more interrupts (leak, savage slash, distracting blow, conundrum) than skills concerning IW (IW, hundred blades, flurry). It is a build made with the very particular idea of taking on the "off" monk using arcane conundrum, interrupts...and IW as a complimentary action to force this monk to self heal, burning through energy because self heals aren't as efficient as heal other spells. We use IW because it will cut through defensive buffs such as wards, earth armours, and conditions that are likely to be used to protect the "off" monk and force him to self heal, not because it'll do stonking damage to everyone.

I would struggle to call it an IW build at all, because its not really what the person is built around...I would class it as an anti-monk mesmer interrupter. What happens when you rend Rex's build?...he just keeps on casting and interrupting...hardly a burden to the team...Though looking at the above build, I can see ZAFTkirayamato was thinking of using IW in a warrior as a sole offensive tool, rather than playing the mesmer with IW complimenting interrupts...I must say I don't have too much experience in that approach, mainly because IMO...IW at its core dosen't do enough and at 15 energy cost dosen't fit in with the purpose of a warrior (unconditional sustained damage) enough to invest in such a way.

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oops, im so sorry, I posted this last night and forgot to edit it. Forgot i had three elites XD. Someone told me that you coluld have one elite from each prof. so thats false?

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haha, then the *official* strat guide I borrowed is a bunch of bs

During IW
IW 30 energy ( all inclided, Ill have a focus on)
Illusion of Weakness (another enchantment enemy has to take off first)
Flurry (more dps)

After IW (Ill be using Zealous Sword)
Flurry (+5 energy and 5 adrenaline with zealous sword, rinse repeat)
Defensive Stance (defense)
Bonettis Defense ( After IW ends and for energy)
Healing Signet (heal....)
Distracting Blow (disrupter)
Final Thrust (sword skill if enenmy is low on hp)

Not gonna work.

IW won't give you Adrenaline for Final Thrust or anything else. Plus, why would you be using a Zealous sword? IW gives up swords, unless you want to throw points into Illusion Magic, Tactics, AND Swordsmanship.

It's really ineffective.

Work out a better build, buddy.

After Iw wears out I would use the other skils, plus this sint my build, Ill stick with good old W/MO or a W/R