Curse

Lanier · Mar 17, 2010, 08:05 PM // 20:05

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Originally Posted by panda11011

I recently started a Mesmer\Necro and was wondering if it was possible to make an effective MM out of it, I know Soul reaping is very helpful for MMs but was wondering just how effective I can be without it.

Yes, its possible. It will never be as effective as a necro or a rit mm, but it is possible. Inspiration has some pretty good energy management skills, so you will want to run something of a 12 death, 10 inspiration (+2), 8 fast casting (+1) split. Like I said, it will not be as effective as a necro or rit mm but mesmers can do it.

Oh, and btw, my favorite mm elite is jagged bones. Since you will not be able to get as many minions as a necro, and since fast casting synergizes nicely with death nova, I would try minion bombing with bone minions, death nova, jagged bones, and energy management from the inspiration line.

The Drunkard · Mar 22, 2010, 12:56 AM // 00:56

There are two general MM formats I've played with- the minion wall and minion bomb.

A MM that focuses on the wall generally spends their time creating minions during the fight to hold agro. Playing this as a mesmer isn't a good idea since A) your minions are much weaker than a necro's and B) You won't have enough energy to maintain a healthy wall.

A MM that focuses on bombing generally has less minions and are weaker, but uses PBAoE spells (death nova) to rack up some pretty high numbers when multiple minions die. A rit or MM is best for this because they both have good e-management, and a rit is even better because it has some good synergizing skills that either add more PBAoE damage or some minor healing (explosive growth and spirit's gift.) A mesmer might be better suited as a bomber rather than a wall creator, but they don't have any skills that really synergise with the build's concepts, and FC is really pointless with both options.

Sure, it's possible to run a me/n, but it isn't beneficial to the team if you chose to do so.

Cuilan · Mar 22, 2010, 02:03 AM // 02:03

May I see some actual build codes so I may try this myself?

Freedom III · Mar 30, 2010, 04:09 AM // 04:09

Just as a note, SoI only works for the spells themselves, and has no effect on your actual attributes. Thus, you still need to have actual death magic if you want any more than 2 minions (I run some minions in AB for a bit of my build, and found this out).

Daesu · Mar 31, 2010, 04:03 PM // 16:03

I think you have more luck with SoI + Boon of Creation and going spirit spamming than being a MM.

That said, try Consume Corpse for energy management?