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Hello guys and welcome after the weekend
As always Blubla's here
I've got another PvP build for you.
Today it's going to be promised Shatter Mesmer.
This build rely on creating as many copies
as you can get and then quickly shattering them (F1-F4 default)
Advantages of this build are big possibilities in 1v1 fights
but sometimes it is a little bit harder than with illusion build
We've got better survivabiliity due to many clones we create
that confuse enemies and thanks to our second weapon, staff
which has few defensive abilities.
We've got more possibilities to AOE because shatterings are AOE skills
Often we put 5-10 stacks of confusion on our enemies which helps
winning key fights in the game
Let's move to the first thing I describe - Runes and amulet
I pick Divinity runes on armor which gives us a lot of critical damage
(It's 3% not 2% as in describtion) as well as some minor bonuses to other stats
Sigils for weapons are for Sword/Pistol - Air and Energy
and for Staff energy as well
We need a lot of endurance to dodge because when dodging
we create a clone. And we need a lot of them to use shatter skills ;)
Amulet I suggest is Berserker with Berserker Jewel
It's nice bonus to critical damage and damage overall
Let's move to traits then
10 points goes to the first "Tree" where we pick
I - More damage from Mind Wrack (F1)
Second "Tree" 20 points, and runes we pick are:
II - Fury on phantasms (We use 2 phantasms so its nice)
X - When we dodge we create a clone
It's probably most important trait for us
We skip Chaos tree and move to Inspiration where we put 10 points
Rune III - Vigor after shattering
(more endurance -> more dodging -> moar clones -> moar shattering - repeat)
Many Mesmer players aren't using this trait but I find it realy good
And last 30 points goes to Illusions and runes we choose are:
I - More crit chance for Mind Wrack
X - Faster Phantasms recharge - boost to our dps
XI - Also key trait in this build which you cannot skip
Weapons I recommend are Sword/Pistol and Staff
Healing skill is going to be Ether Feast - no need to comment on this
As for '7' skill - Mirror Image. It helps us maintaining high clones number
which helps using shatterings a lot. Also I use this skill to my
opening burst of damage which I'll show you soon.
'8' is Decoy - you can swap it with Blink but I prefer few seconds of stealth
'9' Portal - Null Field is also fine but I see future in Portal.
It gives us a lot of mobility and often you can trick your opponents
Especially in 5v5 games
Elite skill is a standard - OPMoa ;)
Now I'll show you my opening in fights.
I start with "4" on my pistol to summon Duelist then "5" for stun
So I can make "3" and port to my enemy. Then I can easly do Mirror Images
and immediately shatter them with "F1". Few dodges grants me another clones
so I use "F2" and my enemy is already low. I can switch to staff then
and use "5" as well as "3" - Warlock.
CD on "F1" is up so I can shatter again.
You need to practice it a little bit to be effective but believe me
IT IS GOOD :)
This is it, I think I covered everything i needed.
As I see, video is pretty long so hopefully you managed to come to this moment ;D
I invite you to check out my next videos and see you around!