I want to be a el/me any advice?

I have one character left to make and I want to use it for PvE I want to be an air elementalist and I don't know what kind of mesmer I should be any advice? any other advice about being a el/me would be helpful.

1st, what is your reasoning behind wanting to be a Mesmer?

Because I like the idea of tricking monsters into thinking their doing stuff. Kinda like conjour phantasm (or whatever it's called)

Conjure phantasm does nothing more than give them a degen of health. No tricks there! If I was you, I'd definitely look over the mesmer skills and determine which area you like best about them. Most people do domination, but the others can be just as fun if not more.

Backfire is always funny on an ele when they dont pay attention.

I've got an ascended E/Me, and I've mostly only used Inspiration to drain energy from mobs. Now, I dont need it anymore as I have some elites that keeps my energy filled. At first I used some domination for the Empathy and Illusion for the Conjure Phantasm. Maybe its time to re-think the situation I know. I'm on the way

If you are thinking its nice to interrupt/annoy mobs, think twice if you dont wanna make a primary mesmer (or an e/me with points only in mesmer attributes). I think the mesmer duties should be done by mesmer. Eles are for dealing good dmg (not mandatory of course, but better if they stick to that).

What I mean is, you wont get a really nice and comfortable bar if you mix too much your ele and mesmer skills. Go and choice what do you want that char to be and focus in one class. Ele is not very difficult to use. Mesmer IS difficult. You have to be constantly aware of the mobs movements to interrupt them. You need to know them very well to have the necesary skills (interrupts, energy drains, etc). Try to do all that and have a nice selection of ele spells (and use them efficiently). So if you go and try to be a good Ele and good Mesmer, you probably will fail in both facettes... but maybe wont.

IMO energy storage is better than fast casting. I got the wand+artifact combo that gives me 20+20 recharge chance and 20 fast casting. I think thats more than all the energy you can get from the drain skills and weapon modifications. Anyway, I've not tried a mesmer still, so I can be wrong.

And BTW, Conjure Phantasm is a dmg hex, it doesnt make mobs thinking theyre doing anything, it only lowers its health:

Conjure Phantasm
For 2-12 seconds, target foe experiences health degeneration of 5.

Hope it helps!

see I kinda want my mesmer skills to be my back up skills with tricks and stuff and my air elementalist skills would be offensive

I think I would go with inspiration magic for a mesmer.

I couldn't agree more...at least from my experience in PvE. Too many mobs with Cry of Frustration and what not kinda cripple the benefits from Fast Casting. You never seem to be able to cast fast enough...and before you know it, your energy is depleted.

If at least it werent "Fast Casting" but "Fast Casting and Energy Regen"... xD

E/Me.....I have deleted alot of characters till this one. I find this one to be very powerful when in the right frame of mind. Meaning.....dealing the right spells at the right time whether in PvP/MvP works very, very well.

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