Curse

Tyggen · Sep 03, 2006, 06:56 PM // 18:56

I started testing out a new build the other day, but sadly I have no pve mesmer anymore, so I've only tested it on the island and in the zaishen challenge. It seems promising, but needs to be refined, so if anyone would like to help me test the build I'd be happy to share my experiences with it.

I didn't see this build mentioned on wiki or guru, so I'm hoping no one is offended if it already exists.

The build is as follows:
Fast casting 10+4
Blood magic 12
Inspiration 8+2

Skillset:
Life Siphon
Life Transfer
Arcane Echo
Awaken the Blood
Power drain
Leech signet
Energy tap
Res sig

Equipment (I used):
20/20 wand
20/20 focus
Energy armour

Begin with casting awaken the blood, followed by echo and life transfer, after your second transfer, spam life siphon on as many enemies as you can. Maintain a hp 10 regen as long as you can, normally I had 20-25 regen with this build.

The build above relies on enemy casters being present, so it won't work very well in a warrior heavy area, but both power drain and leech signet can be replaced for a varied energy management. It's quite energy heavy, so you'll most likely need as much as possible. You also have very low hp, so maintaining the hp regen is very important.

Toxic RD · Sep 03, 2006, 07:28 PM // 19:28

Why not N/Me? the bonus to blood IMO is better than fast casting

Tyggen · Sep 03, 2006, 08:52 PM // 20:52

Considering both the builds damage dealing spells have a 2 second casting time I thought Me primary works better. Spamming Life Siphon at 1 second (less with half casting wand/focus) works wonders, since you can quickly cover most of an opposing team. Whenever I use life siphon on my primary necro I get tired of it and tend not to use it to its full extent due to the 2 second casting.

True, a N/Me would get better energy management, 4 degen/regen from siphon and 9 from transfer, but personally I can't stand the casting speed so I prefer a Me/N.

Hella Good · Sep 03, 2006, 09:59 PM // 21:59

Just use Distortion on a N/Me while casting the 2 cast skills. You can also benefit from a cover hex. Parasitic Bond comes to mind. Leech Sig and E-Tap- not a good idea (Leech too long recharge, Tap too long cast). Max degen/regen = 10, going beyond that is a waste of the skill. What you should do is you should chain Life Transfer with the Echo, not cast it on 2 targets at the same time. This way you can keep a target max degened all the while keeping youself max regenned indefinitely. Drain ench is good nrg management. Inspired hex. Awaken Blood is unnecessary. To sum it up:

* switch to N/Me

1- Archane Echo
2- Life Transfer (E)
3- Parasitic Bond
4- Life Siphon
5- Drain Ench
6- Distortion
7- Inspired Hex/Power Drain
8- Res

You will have to work out the points split. I know Dist breaks at 8, rest you'll have to play with.

Tyggen · Sep 04, 2006, 10:07 AM // 10:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hella Good

Just use Distortion on a N/Me while casting the 2 cast skills. You can also benefit from a cover hex. Parasitic Bond comes to mind. Leech Sig and E-Tap- not a good idea (Leech too long recharge, Tap too long cast). Max degen/regen = 10, going beyond that is a waste of the skill. What you should do is you should chain Life Transfer with the Echo, not cast it on 2 targets at the same time. This way you can keep a target max degened all the while keeping youself max regenned indefinitely. Drain ench is good nrg management. Inspired hex. Awaken Blood is unnecessary. To sum it up:

* switch to N/Me

1- Archane Echo
2- Life Transfer (E)
3- Parasitic Bond
4- Life Siphon
5- Drain Ench
6- Distortion
7- Inspired Hex/Power Drain
8- Res

You will have to work out the points split. I know Dist breaks at 8, rest you'll have to play with.

I know e-tap has a very long cast, never use it unless I have quite a bit in fast casting, and you can't more then 10 regen. If you do, however, you're safe from burning, conjure nightmare and other high-degen effects.

I'll test it the N/Me variant later today, have a Necro with most of the skills I need for this in pve so I can test it properly.

just rude · Sep 08, 2006, 06:14 PM // 18:14

how about you make something thats not an embarassment to the entire mesmer community.

Franco · Sep 08, 2006, 09:16 PM // 21:16

Calm down Just rude, hes giving it a try.

I dont like that build because I dont see the benefit of having Fast Casting so high...

Most skills are 2 second cast or 3 so 9 should be enough.

As Life transfer and life syphon in 12 arent very powerful.

Plus you will depend on other people to get energy... Which isnt very good.
Leech signet takes too long to recharge and it doesnt give you much more then mmm 12 energy ?

medulla · Sep 10, 2006, 04:51 PM // 16:51

the difference between lvl 16 life transfer vs lvl 12 life transfer is net 38 health.
the difference between lvl 16 life siphon vs lvl 12 life siphon is net 20 health.

that's negligible considering a difference of 4 levels. & the difference doesn't equate to 76 and 40 simply because 38 loss and 38 gain, 20 loss and 20 gain. with this level difference, 38 health will go unmoved. 20 health will go unmoved. when involving other skills, it is quite possible to be very effective at lvl 12.

& if you're stacking lvl 16 lt and ls, you're wasting 1 degen. lvl 12 lt and ls will accomplish the same thing.