Curse

kazz · Apr 07, 2006, 12:05 AM // 00:05

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Originally Posted by Dragannia

Personally I never use Tactics for my IW Mesmer, since I prefer to max out my Domination in favour of Blackout.

I usually do 16 illus and 10-ish dom, so that i can get a 6 sec blackout. I also have phantom/shatter for a 150 dmg spike. Illus of haste is a cover enchant. Usually I cast phantom and then run in, hit 1-2 times, then flurry and blackout. Once my skills recharge, i cast shatter and they usually die f=before blackout runs off. This is all asuming they aren't running away, which is probably not a safe assupmtion unless they are crippled or slow hexed.

LightningHell · Apr 07, 2006, 02:46 AM // 02:46

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Originally Posted by NatalieD

If you're not bringing Blackout, there's no reason to even try bothering with IW. The whole point is that you can spam Blackout on a monk while still doing something useful. Without Blackout, you're just a wannabe warrior with no attack skills, no spike, no armor, and a huge vulnerability to a simple enchantment removal. Oh, but you can ignore Guardian. Woo!

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Also, playing IW is just...constant damage that a Warrior w/out Attack skills can do.

wheel · Apr 07, 2006, 03:35 AM // 03:35

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Originally Posted by LightningHell

Also, playing IW is just...constant damage that a Warrior w/out Attack skills can do.

It's a little bit more than a Warrior can output, but with attack skills, it loses out. Plus, there's the obvious reason that Warriors can spike. IW mesmers can't.

NatalieD · Apr 07, 2006, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Exactly! My point was that, if you also take Blackout, then you have some sort of edge over the warriors. It's still not exactly an excellent build, but at least it's not a total writeoff.

LightningHell · Apr 07, 2006, 04:36 AM // 04:36

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Originally Posted by wheel

It's a little bit more than a Warrior can output, but with attack skills, it loses out. Plus, there's the obvious reason that Warriors can spike. IW mesmers can't.

It is?

OMG!

A Leprechaun · Apr 07, 2006, 03:39 PM // 15:39

rly sorry to stop you guys but this thread was supposed to be here to help me find good warrior skills for my mesmer in pve not to talk about the rights and wrongs of IW has anyone got any good builds/skills that they use for a pve Iw mesmer?

Avarre · Apr 07, 2006, 03:53 PM // 15:53

No such thing as a good PvE IW Me/W (compared to other classes, anyways).

Maybe for solo farming? Thats about it... uhm I think there are some builds in the mesmer ettinfarming thread. If you absolutely positively must play IW in PvE groups... go a different build, and use IW as a support spell after the battle commences. Either you build all around it (mainly for farming, and warriors isn't the best complementary), or use it as a contingency.

Anyways:

Illusionary Weaponry
Deadly Riposte
Shield Stance
Distortion
Spirit of Failure
Healing Signet
Defensive Stance
Res Sig

Look, a me/w grouping tank that can hit things with IW, yay!

wheel · Apr 07, 2006, 04:01 PM // 16:01

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Originally Posted by A Leprechaun

rly sorry to stop you guys but this thread was supposed to be here to help me find good warrior skills for my mesmer in pve not to talk about the rights and wrongs of IW has anyone got any good builds/skills that they use for a pve Iw mesmer?

You never specified what type of build, PvE or PvP, that you wanted. If you were referring to PvE, you didn't specify what type of character the build would need to be, solo or otherwise, and what area that it's going to be attacking. They've already posted IW builds that would work in PvE. There have already been TONS of threads on the subject. Use the search function next time please.