Curse

KalleDamos · Jan 09, 2008, 04:51 PM // 16:51

I've been playing Mesmer for awhile. Always seemed interesting. I took to Illusion very quickly because there is less thought and timing neede there. After nearly a year of Just illusion, I want to try domination for PvE. Now I'm not looking for something heavy in interupts. I tend to end up spamming interupts if I have too many, don't like doing that. Any suggestions?

Painbringer · Jan 09, 2008, 05:49 PM // 17:49

What is your secondary?

Do you want just a standard Mesmer build?

PVE skills? Or the title skills?

KalleDamos · Jan 09, 2008, 05:56 PM // 17:56

I'm a Monk Secondary, I'm not to high ranked in Luxon, Sunspear or titles to use pve skills effectivly, so looking for just basic mesmer skills in the domination line for PvE play.

Painbringer · Jan 09, 2008, 06:05 PM // 18:05

I know you said you are a monk but if you get a chance give this a whirl

ME/N
[skill]Wastrel's Worry[/skill] [skill]necrosis[/skill][skill]Cry of pain[/skill] Balance in Inspiration or more Domination

I like how these work together in PVE

Necrosis at a low level is still nasty

Sunspear rank 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Damage 40 43 50 53 60 63 70 73 80 83 90

Fun little combo and fast

KalleDamos · Jan 09, 2008, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Will look into it, thanks

horseradish · Jan 09, 2008, 08:59 PM // 20:59

Yes, spamming interrupts is tempting, so you're gonna need practice for that.

[skill]Power Spike[/skill] [skill]Power Return[/skill]and [skill]Power Drain[/skill] are some of my favorites. (funny, they all have power in them lol)

What are the campaigns that you have?

Painbringer · Jan 09, 2008, 10:21 PM // 22:21

Never gave you a straight Mes build

Mes/Monk no pve skills no special title skills Hefty spike as well

[skill]enchanter's conundrum[/skill] [skill]Shatter Delusions[/skill] [skill]Power spike[/skill] [skill]Empathy[/skill] [skill]Wastrel's Worry[/skill] [skill]Drain enchantment[/skill] [skill]Ether feast[/skill] [skill]Resurrection Chant[/skill]

KalleDamos · Jan 09, 2008, 11:00 PM // 23:00

Thanks for the build pain, as for what campaigns I have, all of them.

Terraban · Jan 09, 2008, 11:40 PM // 23:40

"good" "PvE" and "Dom(which suggests the use of mesmer)" cannot exist in the same sentence.

Utaku · Jan 09, 2008, 11:48 PM // 23:48

In hex heavy areas, a Hex eater vortex mesmer is gud.

smilingscar · Jan 10, 2008, 12:57 AM // 00:57

I have found [skill]echo[/skill] to be my biggest friend as a pve dom mesmer. It makes me more versatile, especially because I usually end up trying to do two things at once.

Painbringer · Jan 10, 2008, 03:23 PM // 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by KalleDamos

Thanks for the build pain, as for what campaigns I have, all of them.

Side note for Mesmer’s in PVE you must know what you are against. I ran a Mesmer from scratch using only Mesmer skills and have made it thru all campaigns (have not done EOTN with Mesmer only skills PVE skills to tempting). I constantly changed my build do to the foes I would meet. If it is a heavy caster area disruption/backfires, heavy melee area empathy or illusion. I even ran "when I knew in advance that foes would be in tight corridors" I would run chaos storm X 2 with echo. Sounds crazy but if the foes have no where to run Chaos storm x 2 makes mince meat out of them.

h9dlb · Jan 11, 2008, 01:30 AM // 01:30

I was gonna ask the same question as the OP.

I take Gwen Hero as a dom/monk mesmer wherever I go in PvE but thought it was time to hone up her skills.

I am a Warrior and the other heroes I use are a Fire ele nuker and an MM. I have all 4 campaigns.

This is the build I'm using:-

[skill]Enchanter's conundrum[/skill][skill]power spike[/skill][skill]Backfire[/skill][skill]Diversion[/skill][skill]Shatter Hex[/skill][skill]Cry of frustration[/skill][skill]Heal Party[/skill][skill]Judge's Insight[/skill]

Tips appreciated - Thx

ShadowsRequiem · Jan 11, 2008, 04:07 AM // 04:07

I wouldnt recommend putting HP on a mesmers bar....

Depends what you want to play :P I find interrupting is a lot of fun in pve and pvp.
Also warrior hate for areas with lots of melee monsters. Cluminess and Inetpitude

LouAl · Jan 11, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

It's been hinted at a little here, but use skills that do damage fast or stop damage now. PvE is too fast for anything that doesn't meet this criteria. Also, know your foes and exploit them.

I personally run some of the following when playing Dom PvE:
Backfire
Empathy
Energy Burn/Surge
Mistrust
Power Spike
Shatter Enchantment/Hex
Spiritual Pain
Wastrel's Worry (in some situations...)
Wastrel's Demise
Visions of Regret
Hex Eater Vortex
Hex Breaker

I generally have a hard time picking my elite for Dom PvE because it seems like none of them work exceptionally well for PvE or my play style (as opposed to Illusion where there are too many good choices). I still like Mantra of Recovery, even though it got the crap nerfed out of it back in the day, it really helps to offset some of the long recharge times. Energy Drain also works well since you are going to be running through a TON of energy.

I almost always bring either Power Drain or Drain Enchantment, or both, to help offset the energy costs (especially when using Recovery).

Also, and this is very important, DON'T let people tell you that you should never have higher than 14 in Dom, it's a load of crap. Only go to 14 if you are using E-Surge/Burn, obviously, but if you are using any of the rest as your main skills (those that I listed anyway), it just makes stuff die faster to go to 15 or 16.