Curse

VinnyRidira · Jul 03, 2007, 04:35 PM // 16:35

I joined a group playing mesmer characters only. They played 6 characters thru Tyria and finally got thru the Desert and ended up in Droknars Forge needing 2 more characters in the group. I fast factioned a mesmer to play as a ritualist and zoomed thru Lions Arch, Beetletun, Temple of Ages, Sanctum Cay. Did the 5 missions and the Doppelganger. I first got a bunch of heroes from nightfall and Kaeneng trained them to level 20, before the desert excursion. I would never have thought a mesmer ritualist would be as good as it is. Using channelling on 12 and fast casting on 14, I used the following build.

Bloodsong
Gaze from Beyond
Spirit Boon Strike
Essence Strike
Spirit Burn
Ether Nightmare
Cry of Pain
optional - Flesh of my Flesh - Res Signet - Vampirism

Canthan armor, 5 Radiant Insignia and 4 Runes of Attunement.

Channelling Staff + 30 + 29 health.

Wicked attcking build.

Tab · Jul 03, 2007, 06:26 PM // 18:26

You're massively overestimating the power of Fast Casting. The majority of really good Channeling skills are 1 second cast, which is fast enough. The only times where fast casting is really useful are follow-ups in spikes, interrupting and spells where timing is important such as diversion.
Sure, Fast Casting is a place to dump left over points in a Channeling build, but I've found Channeling/Restoration hybrids to be far more effective than pure channelers.
And as for the Mesmer only group, it's a nice idea, but doesn't it rather defeat the object when one member may as well be a rit?

Redfeather1975 · Jul 04, 2007, 09:19 AM // 09:19

This is something I used to play with.

Fast Casting - 8+2
Inspiration - 10+3+1
Channeling 12

Mantra of Recovery
Bloodsong
Essence Strike
Spirit Burn
Ether Feast
Web of Disruption
Drain Delusions
Rez Signet

Now that we have vampirism, I could probably change it up some.
It stinks being chained to a spirit, but it's continuous spamming and I've yet to run out of energy with it.

VinnyRidira · Jul 05, 2007, 06:09 AM // 06:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibreaktoilets

You're massively overestimating the power of Fast Casting. The majority of really good Channeling skills are 1 second cast, which is fast enough. The only times where fast casting is really useful are follow-ups in spikes, interrupting and spells where timing is important such as diversion.
Sure, Fast Casting is a place to dump left over points in a Channeling build, but I've found Channeling/Restoration hybrids to be far more effective than pure channelers.
And as for the Mesmer only group, it's a nice idea, but doesn't it rather defeat the object when one member may as well be a rit?

The mesmer all party is a theme thing, I have a ritualist besides others. It is going to form part of a magazine article and it is a fun thing. Fast casting is ok. I will probably move to a Mesmer Ritualist Healer later, but I was surprised to see how effective the channeler build was.

Elin Grindemyr X · Jul 12, 2007, 04:55 AM // 04:55

I saw that used agasint me today in Fort Aspenwood..maybe that was you

that was really annoying haha (thats a compliment

)..It's pretty effective from what i saw.