A good PvE Dom Build?

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KalleDamos
KalleDamos
Lion's Arch Merchant
#1
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
Painbringer
Furnace Stoker
#2
What is your secondary?

Do you want just a standard Mesmer build?

PVE skills? Or the title skills?
KalleDamos
KalleDamos
Lion's Arch Merchant
#3
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
Painbringer
Furnace Stoker
#4
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
KalleDamos
Lion's Arch Merchant
#5
Will look into it, thanks
horseradish
horseradish
Wilds Pathfinder
#6
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
Painbringer
Furnace Stoker
#7
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
KalleDamos
Lion's Arch Merchant
#8
Thanks for the build pain, as for what campaigns I have, all of them.
Terraban
Terraban
Krytan Explorer
#9
"good" "PvE" and "Dom(which suggests the use of mesmer)" cannot exist in the same sentence.
Utaku
Utaku
Krytan Explorer
#10
In hex heavy areas, a Hex eater vortex mesmer is gud.
smilingscar
smilingscar
Lion's Arch Merchant
#11
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
Painbringer
Furnace Stoker
#12
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.
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h9dlb
Lion's Arch Merchant
#13
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
ShadowsRequiem
Furnace Stoker
#14
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
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LouAl
Wilds Pathfinder
#15
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.
Epinephrine
Epinephrine
Master of Beasts
#16
Shatter Delusion pairs well with the Enchanter's Conundrum, or with Web of Disruption - if you were going to use either of those.
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fishy go moo
Frost Gate Guardian
#17
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Tyla
Emo Goth Italics
#18
MoI+PvE spells imo, with empathy
Dean Harper
Dean Harper
Jungle Guide
#19
Quote: Originally Posted by Terraban
"good" "PvE" and "Dom(which suggests the use of mesmer)" cannot exist in the same sentence. [skill]Hex Eater Vortex[/skill] + [skill]Shatter Hex[/skill]

gg
Terraban
Terraban
Krytan Explorer
#20
Quote: Originally Posted by Dean Harper
[skill]Hex Eater Vortex[/skill] + [skill]Shatter Hex[/skill]

gg 2 skills that have a slight use in specific situations is "gg"?