The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Easy
Beginner friendly This build is beginner friendly.
This build was last updated on March 28, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A Power Shatter Virtuoso build for WvW roaming that takes Inspiration Inspiration for extra sustain. This take on the classic Shatter Mesmer archetype offers better survivability than any other version of Power Mes, but its bursts are a bit less threatening.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Utility
幻象纹章 over 
灵刃新生 - allows you to spam shatters more by offering you an activate that can recharge them. This can be used both offensively and defensively, and the active itself gives you 
失真 via trait synergy. It's not as good under pressure as Blade Renewal though, because it has a rather lengthy cast time whereas Blade Renewal instantly makes you immune to incoming attacks.
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Equipment
Equipment Varints
Runes
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超级旅者符文 - if you can't get Surging but want to keep the movement speed boost. -
超级学者符文 - maximum burst damage.
Relics
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伊斯加然古物 - damage boost that's easy to maintain. -
烟花古物 - slightly less damage than Isgarren, but you have more control over when to proc it. Also works on some shatter skills, not just weapons.
Consumables
Food
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黑胡椒粉真空烹调肉排 - great offensive stats and some direct damage mitigation.
黑胡椒调味牡蛎汤球 - a bit more defensive but equally viable option.
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芫荽柠檬真空烹调肉排 - highest damage option, no damage mitigation but the life steal procs still provide some sustain. -
蘑菇丁香真空烹调肉排 - this food provides some defense against condition damage without sacrificing damage. -
碗装欧尔松露鲜肉煲 - active damage mitigation via more frequent access to dodging, and the 
威能 generation has synergy with various traits.- Budget version:
碗装鲜肉冬菜煲
- Budget version:
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巨龙甜甜圈片 or 
怪异莓幽灵 - cheap precision bump and armor ignoring damage procs that also heal you.
Utility
Usage
Elite specialization basics
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Shatters are replaced by Bladesongs (we're still going to refer to these as shatters).
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Instead of generating clones in combat you now stack Blades and Blades persist even after combat. The maximum count is 5 instead of 3.
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Bladesongs are a bit more clunky than regular shatters. They require you to face the target to activate and have a cast time, therefore cannot be used defensively while stunned.
General
闪光传送 is a very simple yet versatile skill allowing you to chase enemies, retreat to the safety of the highghround, break stuns, or get around the map faster.
Sustain
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For Virtuoso the best defense is a good offense. Bladesongs/Shatters are crucial for sustain.
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Shatter skills grant
圣盾 from 
旋刃和声 while blocking an attack procs 
决斗逆转 and 
灵能回应, applying boons and generating 3 Blades. This is the important part. -
Stocking a Blade heals you from the passive of
幻光纹章, while using a shatter skills heals you from 
幻象回复 and even removes a condition. -
Try not to use the active of
幻光纹章 unless you're in serious trouble (or need to squeeze out more burst damage from Phantasms to get a kill) as the passive is way too valuable. -
Every Signet skill grants
失真. 
午夜纹章 is your panic button: break stuns, applies 
潜行 + 失真 and cleanses 5 conditions thanks to 
模糊铭文. SoM is the only mass condition cleanse in the build, keep that in mind when facing condition specs. Correcting mistakes or recovering from bursts becomes harder while this is on CD. -
旋刃魂曲 acts as an instant cleanse and source of 圣盾, plus the multiple hits could rip Aegis from enemies and get rid of 
目盲 in you so that your more important skills can connect. Aside from that it doesn't do much, it's by far your weakest shatter. -
If taken
灵刃新生 is your time out, protecting you from both direct damage and condition burst while also stocking Blades (and that has further synergy with the Signet heal). -
The build has plenty of ways to deal with conditions:
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Sword's
恍惚狂热 can be used to avoid damage, it's essentially a weaker version of 失真 that roots you in place but has a lower CD. With proper timing this could save you even from unblockable burst chains without having to blow bigger CDs.
Damage
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和谐咏刃 is your primary burst skill, try to use it with as many Blades stocked as possible. -
旋刃和声 and 决斗逆转 are the traits that fuel your burst combos. You stock 3 blades and gain powerful boons for a short period of time after dodging or blocking an attack - you should use this window to counterpressure targets with shatters and hard hitting skills.
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The easiest way to hit 5 Blades is to wait for the 2
幻影狂战s summoned by GS skill #4 to expire and then follow up with a shatter. -
悲伤咏刃 is more of a filler shatter but can still do respectable damage while also ripping boons from the target via 
粉碎专注. -
镜像飞刃 is best used in melee range where the bounces give you 威能 and their travel time is minimal (and if no allies are in melee the blade might not bounce at all). -
魔法子弹 is the best setup skill in the build, the stun lasts long enough to pull off a shatter + GS combo. -
Sometimes you might want to consider using
午夜纹章 offensively: this could instantly cleanse 
虚弱 and 目盲 from you while providing a small window of invulnerability which allows you to facetank enemy burst and counterpressure them freely. The brief 潜行 could even make it harder for enemies to avoid your attacks.
Related Builds
- Virtuoso - Power GS Signet - Conquest PvP version of this WvW roaming build.