Mesmer - Core Power Mesmer

Weapon Variants

• Focus - can replace offhand sword to trade some damage for the really strong ability to pack mobs together with 凡尘帷幔.

Skill Variants

Most mesmer utility skills focus on utility instead of damage. This build recommends 苦痛咒语 幻影除魔 and 闪光传送 for a balanced mix of damage and utility. But you can consider other options.

• 幻影防御 - phantasm that Taunts, but it has a really long cooldown and bad damage.
• 传送入口 - a utility skill used to transport yourself and others. Useful to shorten distances when looping back to areas or during jumping puzzles.
• 斥力穹窿 - to reflect projectiles.
• 专注咒语 - if you need multiple successive stun breaks.
• 坚定咒语 - if you need to cleanse dangerous conditions.
• 谦逊纹章 - if fighting champions or bounties with defiance bars.

• If you are not using a greatsword, replace 飞刃反弹 with 强能幻象.
• If you are levelling up your character, unlock your specializations in this order: Domination -> Illusions -> Duelling

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Zhed" armor, "Uzoku" dagger, "Bonetti" sword, "Impaler" spear, and "Ebonblade" greatsword. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide

• This build uses the same gear as Build
  - Power Chrono for ease of gearing.
• You can use to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain, to start combat with boons, or for a little extra defense.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food or skills if required.

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Damage

Your highest damage skills are 幻影狂战, 幻影剑客, 幻影除魔, and 镜像飞刃.

The general idea behind the build is to use all your Phantasm skills, then reset their cooldown with 幻光纹章, and use them again. This provides really good burst damage and good sustained damage. All of these phantasms will become clones after attacking, allowing you to shatter them for great damage with 心灵粉碎. You could also use 误导 for crowd control or 失真 for invulnerability.

Burst Opener

Against bosses and other durable enemies, try to follow this opening burst.

1. 幻影剑客 from range
2. Weapon swap before entering combat
3. 幻影狂战
4. 幻影除魔
5. 幻光纹章
6. 幻影狂战
7. 镜像飞刃
8. 心灵穿刺
9. Weapon swap
10. 幻影剑客 in melee
11. 恍惚狂热
12. 幻影除魔
13. Auto attack. Most of the auto attack damage comes from the third skill, 心灵钻刺

Notes

• Cast 心灵粉碎 with 3 clones.
  • If you want to minmax, you can use 挫败之吼 if Mind Wrack is on cooldown and you know you will have 3 clones again by the time Mind Wrack comes off cooldown. If you're unsure, just don't use Cry of Frustration because it is a minimal damage increase.
• Cast 苦痛咒语 whenever you have 2 charges.
• 心灵穿刺 will interrupt whatever you're doing (except using your heal skill) to cast it. So be careful not to interrupt yourself during an important skill like 幻影狂战.

Defense and sustain

• Remember you can dodge attacks with , or block them with .
• is an amazing skill to make yourself invulnerable, with the duration increasing with each clone shattered. If the boss is doing a long attack you can use Distortion to completely ignore it and keep doing damage.
• You have essentially no sustain but, in exchange, you deal really high damage.
• If you find this playstyle too complicated you can swap for . This simplifies the rotation by reducing the number of times you use phantasms, and you can get more healing and more often from Ether Feast, but is a huge damage loss.

Crowd Control

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