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Fanita · Dec 23, 2009, 07:59 PM // 19:59

Hey, I just started a Mesmer for the first time. I rolled a Me/E. I came up with a couple variations of basically the same build. However, I am having some energy problems as well as having to wait extended amounts of time between major attacks as a good number of my skills take a while to recharge. I'll post the 2 builds below. Any suggestions, help, or CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is appreciated. If you have something negative to say like "thats your build? you suuck noob!", then don't say anything. This is my first time playing Mesmer.
So here they are:

This one was the first one I made
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This is what I did when trying to make up for energy and recharge times
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Cuilan · Dec 23, 2009, 09:30 PM // 21:30

Unnatural Signet is very useful, but it's also situational.

When you're further in the game, you can get PvE (title based) skills. http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:Me/E...ination_Mesmer
The above build is pretty close to what you're doing.

Fanita · Dec 23, 2009, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Should I use Arcane Echo with Empathy or Energy Surge? Currently I'm using it with ES.

Smarty · Dec 23, 2009, 11:05 PM // 23:05

Energy Surge. Empathy is single target and recharges fast enough, ESurge has slower recharge and is AoE, so of the two you get more bang for your buck by echoing ESurge.

Having a 10e spell to recharge your single signet faster is really a waste of two slots. You pretty much only want the signet when you're guaranteed to be up against a lot of spirits or minions so that it always recharges instantly, and in those circumstances you'd not be needing Posture to speed up the recharge.

Which campaign have you started in, or which do you have access to if you're already at the port cities? Advice for what you could take in place of those two skills will depend on which skills/campaigns you've got access to. Power Spike or Power Drain and Cry of Frustration, or Chaos Storm or Aneurysm and Energy Burn, could all be good alternatives depending on whether you want to do more AoE damage or if you'd rather try interrupting key skills, assuming you're trying to stick with a domination mes build.

The Josip · Dec 25, 2009, 01:11 AM // 01:11

If you want to use Domination, take Assassin's Promise as your elite.
If you want to use Illusion, take Lyssa's Aura as your elite.