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Bmont3779 · Dec 19, 2005, 07:01 PM // 19:01

OK whats everyones favorite mesmer build? Mine is a shutdown/interupt

Dahnel · Dec 19, 2005, 07:10 PM // 19:10

IW ! theres just somthing about slicing over confident warriors to ribbons that does it for me

Bmont3779 · Dec 19, 2005, 07:14 PM // 19:14

yeah IW is good, but a good spike mesmer wil rape you, so be careful

Caros · Dec 19, 2005, 11:53 PM // 23:53

Edit: migraine now :P

Bane of Mortality · Dec 20, 2005, 05:17 PM // 17:17

I love mass degen mesmers.

Epinephrine · Dec 20, 2005, 05:28 PM // 17:28

Varies. I play every sort. I have been playing with MoR to try to make a workable build out of it, but the huge fast-casting investment is a pain. My newest mesmer isn't even a mesmer primary, though with 6 mesmer skills she's undoubtably a mesmer. I guess I really enjoy shutdown, but I have a fondness for an anti-melee build as well, particularly in RA. I love mesmers and play a variety of pure mesmer builds, but feel that ANet has given them the short end of the deal in many ways.

Saborath Gilgalad · Dec 23, 2005, 02:36 AM // 02:36

I would have to say my favorite type of Mesmer is an Anti Melee Hexer. I Just like stacking about 6 hexes on a Warrior and watching him die. I would have to agree alot of people underestimate Mesmers, and ANet has given them the short end of the deal in many ways, compared to the more favored classes (Warrior, Elementalist and Monk)

SilenceWeaver · Dec 23, 2005, 03:26 AM // 03:26

shutdown/interrupt is great when your running it well, but i lag bad so often that it gets very hard for me to use effictively, but when i do.....YEAH!
max degen is lots of fun too, just watching their health drain away....hehe.
and finally IW, just fun to use, extremely easy to counter, but so much fun....

Caged Fury · Dec 23, 2005, 11:00 AM // 11:00

Ahhhhhh! Nothing more satisfying than stopping monks from healing, stopping Elementalist from casting that high damaging spell or making warriors wonder why every swing of their weapon is missing their target.

Yup, my favourite build is shutdown/interrupt.

I agree that many people do underestimate the capabilities of a mesmer. I did, too, when I first started playing GW. Looking at the profession and skillset, the mesmer wasn't one that I wanted to play. But after spending some time trying the mesmer out, it has quickly become my favourite profession to play. It isn't an easy profession to play, as I find many of the mesmer skills/spells are conditional and require patience and good timing. But the results are rewarding. These days when I play my warrior and I come face-to-face with an enemy mesmer, I get very cagey as I have a good idea what they can do if given the opportunity.

Esuna · Dec 23, 2005, 11:23 AM // 11:23

I love interrupting but shutdown, I'm not so good at. Energy denial is fun too, but combined with malaise, it's more fun

And I agree, I feel limited as a pure mesmer - there's really only domination or illusion lines, while other classes have 3. Inspiration is more for support on your energy management, so you're stuck with one line to work with. Fast casting goes unsaid is also support. I must always have fast cast and inspiration, so I feel stuck sometimes

Nibbler · Dec 23, 2005, 12:08 PM // 12:08

Shutdown/ interrupt every time, having the opposition too scared to try and cast is fun.

Damien · Dec 23, 2005, 12:49 PM // 12:49

Must be a E/Me interupter. Got enough energy so i dont have to worry that much about energy and not a first target as a mesmer. Only res signet and mesmer spells in my spellbar so i consider it a mesmer

jciardha · Dec 24, 2005, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Shutdown/interrupt FTW. I'm pretty sure the last team my guild faced in GVG were wondering where the hell the mesmer was, as I was standing safely behind a wall, throwing out echoed Cries of Frustration.

I may not do a whole lot of damage, but demoralizing the opposition works just as well.

"Chaos! Panic! Disorder! My work here is done."

Sir Hadies · Dec 24, 2005, 01:11 AM // 01:11

I love EoE bomb mesmers Ahhhhh so fun to blow up on u guys..

Blaine Derrick · Dec 24, 2005, 01:13 AM // 01:13

Glyph of Renewal shutdown mes/ele. There are so many variations and different neat tricks you can do with Glyph of Renewal and domination skills.

Sir Hadies · Dec 24, 2005, 01:20 AM // 01:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blaine Derrick

Glyph of Renewal shutdown mes/ele. There are so many variations and different neat tricks you can do with Glyph of Renewal and domination skills.

True that..

IamI · Dec 24, 2005, 01:51 AM // 01:51

I play all the types which costs them greatly.

Toral Xi · Dec 27, 2005, 07:39 PM // 19:39

I love using empathy and clumsiness on warriors, nothing like seeing them go down quick.

Crimson Eyes · Dec 27, 2005, 07:45 PM // 19:45

been playing mesmer for my guild for a good 4-5 months now,
my fav build has to be the silent 'energy' assassin mesmer

a mesmer which allows the enemy to take blame for their own losses, i.e. casting whilst having shame/guilt/diversion on them, spamming panic in clusters etc

so i guess it comes into the shutdown/denial catagory

but i must say that migraine mesmers with mass interupts own too cos sometimes its just too EaSy.

Bmont3779 · Dec 29, 2005, 05:20 AM // 05:20

wow i put this tread out there just to see what the mesmer community was like, and i have to say there are alot of us. Got to love that shutdown/interupt memser though. Expecialy agenst you necros (your spells are so slow got to love it)

-Commander M
--PS Mesmers my favorite class