Curse

Molteor · Jul 18, 2005, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Hey all
I realy liked the mesmer and i wanted to make one cause my warrior(20) begins to be boring.
Anyway i checked the skills of the mesmer and i made a build so i wanted to show it to u and if u can tell me whats the weakness of that and what should i replace/add.

Me/W

1)Ilussion magic - 16
2)dunno yet

Ilussnary weaponary(E)
Fragility
Saver artery
Gash
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I desided to choose not such a speller mesmer that use empathy, back fire and all that cause i suck with the energy thing.
I wont raise the swordmanship cause i want to make the enemy condition more fast and i want him to lose it fast because of the fragility skill.
I would be happy if u tell me which another attribute to raise and another skills that i should add.
And another thing, i can still gain andrenaline and put the bleeding and deep wound(saver artery and gash) on the enemy even that i have ilussanry weaponary on me right?

byoo511 · Jul 18, 2005, 08:05 PM // 20:05

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Originally Posted by Molteor

Hey all
I realy liked the mesmer and i wanted to make one cause my warrior(20) begins to be boring.
Anyway i checked the skills of the mesmer and i made a build so i wanted to show it to u and if u can tell me whats the weakness of that and what should i replace/add.

Me/W

1)Ilussion magic - 16
2)dunno yet

Ilussnary weaponary(E)
Fragility
Saver artery
Gash
*open slot*
*open slot*
*open slot*
*open slot*

I desided to choose not such a speller mesmer that use empathy, back fire and all that cause i suck with the energy thing.
I wont raise the swordmanship cause i want to make the enemy condition more fast and i want him to lose it fast because of the fragility skill.
I would be happy if u tell me which another attribute to raise and another skills that i should add.
And another thing, i can still gain andrenaline and put the bleeding and deep wound(saver artery and gash) on the enemy even that i have ilussanry weaponary on me right?

you do not gain adrenaline when using illusionary weaponry. I guess when IW ends you can just use your sword attacks to build up adrenaline to get sever artery and then gash, but you will probably do more damage in the long run if you use echo or arcane echo to copy your IW and then have up forever.

But then again, if you run into a person that strips enchantments then you're kinda screwed. That's why you need some cover enchantment.

Pippy Bloodstocking · Jul 19, 2005, 05:43 AM // 05:43

Also, you'll probably be stuck as a casting mesmer for most of the game. YOu should keep that in mind, since IW doesn't appear for quite a while.

Delphi Maestro · Jul 19, 2005, 06:16 AM // 06:16

IW builds are pretty good in random arenas (lion's arch..)
but have limited sucess in competitive PvP(tombs.. gvg)
the biggest problem for IW build is their defense
presonally i hab Illusion of Weakness, which allows a significant HP advantage from the start of the match
then i hab defensive stance and disciplined stance to kp me alive when ur takin heavy dmg or when IW ends and u have to run
i added power drain for the nice interrupt and mana gain
flurry is pretty much a must for this build
it increases the dps quite alot
and for kick, i throw in clumsiness so i can kill the warriors faster :P
u can also put in heal sig, but i found that whenever u find urself spaming heal sig, ur pretty much dead meat anyways.
this build pretty much slaughters warrior, by the time they realize that ur slicing thru their armor and outdamaging them, it's already too late
i hav most trouble against DoTs Poison or any high dmg ele spell, b/c they can easily knock u out of the game in three seconds whereas u can fend urself in melee with the stances

Mr Jazzy · Jul 19, 2005, 06:18 AM // 06:18

conjure phantasm? since u have high illusionary?

Enigmatics · Jul 19, 2005, 04:48 PM // 16:48

You'll definately need to increase defensive skills. things like blackout and distortion can greatly help. You'll also do more damage with a Ranger primary who spams Tiger's Fury, because you'll have 33% faster attack speed instead of Flurry's 25%. Good illusion spells are harder to find, but phantom pain+shatter delusions works well.

Nexx · Jul 19, 2005, 06:16 PM // 18:16

Many of your warrior attacking skills (if not all) will not connect with illusionary weapon.

In my opinion, current IW builds, although fun in PvE (that is, if you paid a runner to get to droknar to capture the elite) are terrible in PvP. Any right minded opposing team will bring some form of enchantment removal and if it hits, your IW becomes a water-down mesmer with wasted slots on IW + Furry + "buff" enchantment. The only usable buffer enchantment is illusion of weakness and that enchantment stinks.

For PvE, I added some points in domination for disruption such as spike and leak but for PvP... I drop illusionary weapon all together and go regular mesmer. Sure, you're get lucky and face incompetent teams from time to time but overall, IW are just terrible.