Mesmer Basics

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I have a general Mesmer build that I use for most PvE situations. It seems to work pretty well, but is heavily anti-caster.

Domination :16 (Superior Domination Rune and Domination Mask)
Illusion: 10
Fast Casting:10
Inspiration: Everything else

My typical skill list is with commentary;

1. Conjure Phantasm (Illusion): Give Health Degen -5 for 10 seconds. This spell is generally good against everything. Useful when combined with Empathy or Backfire to take down a foe.

2. Empathy (Domination): For 21 seconds, whenever foe attacks he takes 31 damage. Useful against Warrior/Ranger types. Long effect time of 21 seconds is nice.

3. Backfire (Domination): For 10 seconds, whenver foe casts a spell he takes 147 damage. One of the key spells for taking down enemy spellcasters. Combine with Conjure Phantasm for good effect. Luckily in PvE, the monsters still cast with this one them.

4. Power Block (Elite Domination): Interrupt foe casting a Spell. Disables the spell and ALL spell of the same attribute for 16 seconds. A great shut-down interrupt. Disabling all spells of the same attribute is very useful against most enemy spellcasters.

5. Leech Signet (Inspiration): Interrupt target foes action, gain some energy. The key to this interrupt is that it’s a zero cost signet and it interrupts ACTIONS not spells.

6. Power Drain (Inspiration): Interrupt target foes spell, gain some energy. At 5 energy this is a nice low cost interrupt, whatever energy you gain is a plus.

7. Power Spike (Domination): Interrupt target foes spell, foe takes 107 damage. The other must have interrupt as it deals a good amount of damage.

8. Rebirth (Monk): Emergency Res. If necessary.


I most situations the first three skills (CP, Emp, & BF) are always in my skill bar. Slots 4 through 8 can vary depending on the situtation. Cry of Frustration often ends up in one of those slots as it interrupts skills not just spells and deals damage & interrupts adjenct foes. Shatter Hex/Enchantment are also very useful for removal/damage dealing. Echo/Arcane Echo gives you twice the firepower if you find a certain spell works well. Energy Surge is a good opening and finishing move.

IMO, DoctorEvil, dropping Power Spike for Clumsiness might be good. Glad to see some more PvE Power Blocking

EDIT: Oh, didn't notice this was one-and-a-half month inactive already.

I say this build
Ipetitude
arcane echo
glyph of lesser energy
spirited shackles
conjure phantasm
res sig

i use IW for my pve randomness
me/mo
Illusionary weaponary
conjure p.
channeling
res sig
leech sig
power drain
ether feast
energy tap

use channeling as a enchant cover. if the enchant removal's really heavy in tat area then dont use iw.

i Recently started a mesmer (well bout 3 weeks ago) and im enjoying it immensly (just got FoW chest piece for him last night and its like.. great) but anyways on to the point

i agree with the standard interrupt build but heres an idea for IW

16 (sup illuision and illusion mask) Illusion magick
11 inspiration
Rest in fast cast

IW, Flurry, Ether Feast, Conjure Phantasm (or Arcane Conundrum) ,Illusion of weakness, Distortion (this is great for 1v1 vs wars cas you can hit them and they cant hit you. plus you loose 1 energy per hit which you regen faster then they can hit you), Clumsiness, and Res signet.

Note Clumsiness is a very good skill, specially if you use a good weapon set up (im using a Max, req 9 +14%^50%, sundering 10/9 (not that that matters, but now the important part) enchantments +19% flamberge and The RockMolder which: is max, req 9, +12 energy, +10% casting speed, and illusion +1 (20%). With the rockmolder you can end up hitting in 100s with Clumsiness and spamming 44 with IW.

ALSO: idea~~ why not make a build using Arcane Echo, Ineptitude, Clumsiness, and Empathy as an anti war

These are mostly pvp builds however, ive found (not like a solo build) you can solo around 2 or 3 lvl 22 sand drakes and the like with IW build easily.

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PS: for IW you really need the +18% or more on your sword, it helps a ton and lets you almost always keep IW up. Tell Me What You Think

As Far as im concerned, IW mesmers are not dead~!, ppl do not coutner them often and they are highly effective in PVP and even quite able to solo in PVE (not like 55, but reasonably well like 3 lvl 20-24 mobs)

Mesmer/Warrior

heres my attributes:

Illusion: 16 (12 + 1 [mask] +3 [sup illusion rune]
Inspiration 11 (10 + 1 [minor inspiration rune]
Rest in Fastcasting

SKILLS :::

Illusionary Weaponry {elite}
Flurry
Ether Feast
Conjure Phantasm
Illusion of Weakness {precast before fighting, for an emergency heal}
Distortion {-1 energy per hit, basically anti warrior skill}
Clumsiness {near 100 dmg and easy to get on ppl}
Res sig {everyone has it, or should have it}

Basically: use IW to do 42 dmg per swing no matter what (no evasion/blocking/dodging it) 44 on occasion if you opt to use an offhand like the Rockmolder such as i do. Flurry is spammable and thats what its there for!, its the only stance you should be using unless your under heavy warrior atttack (in which case spam distortion instead). Ether Feast is a quick pop off skill for 90ish heal, Phantasms just to annoy ppl with a 5 degen that lasts a long time, Clumsiness + distortion is what you should use vs a war (on top of IW they will go down before you )
Dont Forget: Cast Illusion of WEakness before a battle, so that when you get down to 25% you get healed fro near 250 health.

quick question!! I'm not at home so I can't try this out, but does IW work with Vigorous Spirit?

It counts as an attack, even if it doesn't hit, so yes.

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