Mesmer - Traditional Shatter

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Focused on: Direct damage, Utility.

Designed for:

Conquest

Overview

An effective PvP Shatter mesmer burst build.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

Greatsword

Utility

Elite

1½

Spatial Surge

Shoot a beam at your foe. The farther away they are, the more damage you deal.

₃Damage if range is less than 300: 132

₃Damage if range is between 300-600: 165

₃Damage if range is between 600-900: 198

₃Damage if range is greater than 900: 231

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 1,200

¾

8

Mirror Blade

Throw an illusionary greatsword that bounces between targets, damaging foes and giving might to allies. It creates a clone at its first target.

Damage: 273

₃Might (10s): 90 Power, 90 Condition Damage

₃Vulnerability (3s): 3% Incoming Damage

Number of Bounces: 3

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

Unblockable

¼

12

Mind Stab

Thrust your greatsword into the ground, damaging foes and removing 1 boon.

Damage: 246

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Range: 1,200

¾

20

Phantasmal Berserker

Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.

₄Damage: 812

₄Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Impacts: 4

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 1,200

½

30

Illusionary Wave

Push back all foes in front of you with a wave of magical energy.

Damage: 73

Knockback: 450

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 450

1

20

Ether Feast

Heal yourself. Gain additional health for each active illusion.

Healing: 5,560

Heal per Illusion: 640

30

Blink

Manipulation. Teleport to a target location.

Breaks Stun

Range: 1,200

40

Decoy

Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.

Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

Breaks Stun

Range: 1,200

72

Portal Entre

Glamour. Create an entry portal at your location that teleports allies to your exit portal.

Range Threshold: 5,000

Duration: 60 seconds

1¾

90

Mass Invisibility

Manipulation. You and all allies gain stealth for a short time.

Stealth (5s): Invisible to foes.

Number of Targets: 10

Radius: 1,200

Second Weapon Set

Sword/Torch

Mind Slash

Chain. Slash you foe to make them vulnerable.

Damage: 146

Vulnerability (5s): 1% Incoming Damage

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 130

½

12

Blurred Frenzy

Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.

₈Damage: 584

Blur (2½s): Evade all attacks.

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 130

¾

12

Illusionary Leap

Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them. After the initial leap, the clone will execute the Mind Slash sword chain.

Damage: 1

Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

₂Vulnerability (5s): 2% Incoming Damage

Range: 600

30

The Prestige

Disappear in a cloud of smoke blinding nearby foes. Reappear three seconds later, burning nearby foes.

Damage: 244

Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Burning (3s): 984 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

¾

30

Phantasmal Mage

Phantasm. Create an illusion that burns foes and grants fury to allies.

Damage: 252

Fury (3s): 20% Critical Chance.

Burnig (6s): 786

Number of Bounces: 3

Range: 1,200

Slot Changes

• Polymorph Moa

  1

  180

  Polymorph Moa

  Transform. Turn your foe into a moa bird.

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Range: 1,200
  over
  Mass Invisibility

  1¾

  90

  Mass Invisibility

  Manipulation. You and all allies gain stealth for a short time.

  Stealth (5s): Invisible to foes.

  Number of Targets: 10

  Radius: 1,200
  .
• Against condition-heavy teams:
  • Null Field

    ¼

    32

    Null Field

    Glamour. Create a field of energy that rips all boons from foes, and cures all conditions on allies.

    Number of Targets: 5

    Duration: 5 seconds

    Radius: 240

    Combo Field: Ethereal

    Range: 1,200
    /
    Mantra of Resolve

    2¾

    20

    Mantra of Resolve

    Mantra. Meditate, charging a spell that will cure conditions for you and nearby allies.

    Extra Toughness While Channeling: 600

    Number of Casts: 2
    over
    Decoy

    40

    Decoy

    Clone. Gain stealth and summon an illusion to attack your foe.

    Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

    Breaks Stun

    Range: 1,200
    (or even over
    Portal Entre

    72

    Portal Entre

    Glamour. Create an entry portal at your location that teleports allies to your exit portal.

    Range Threshold: 5,000

    Duration: 60 seconds
    for beginners and less competitive matches).

Specializations

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Trait Variants

• Compounding Power

  Compounding Power

  Gain increased damage for each of your active illusions.

  Damage Increase: 3%
  over
  Masterful Reflection

  Masterful Reflection

  Distortion grants reflection.

  Reflects Missiles
• Illusionary Invigoration

  60

  Illusionary Invigoration

  Recharge all of your shatter skills when your health drops below the threshold.

  Health Threshold: 50%
  over
  Illusionary Elasticity

  Illusionary Elasticity

  Bouncing attacks have one additional bounce.

  Maximum Additional Bounces: 1

You can swap

Far-Reaching Manipulations

Far-Reaching Manipulations

The range of your manipulation skills is increased.

Range Increase: 300

for:

• Blade Training

  Blade Training

  Increased precision while wielding a one-handed sword or a spear. Reduces recharge on sword and spear skills.

  Precision: +50

  Recharge Reduced: 20%
• Phantasmal Fury

  Phantasmal Fury

  Your phantasms have fury.

  Fury (10s): 20% Critical Chance

  Interval: 10 seconds

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Greatsword Superior Sigil of Fire 5 Superior Sigil of Fire 50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 5s) Superior Sigil of Air 3 Superior Sigil of Air 50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Sword Superior Sigil of Energy 9 Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s) Off Hand Torch Superior Sigil of Generosity 9 Superior Sigil of Generosity 60% chance to transfer a condition to your foe on a critical hit. (Cooldown: 9s)

Sigil Variants

Sword/Torch

• Superior Sigil of Doom

  9

  Superior Sigil of Doom

  Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)
• Superior Sigil of Battle

  9

  Superior Sigil of Battle

  Gain 2 stacks of might (20 seconds) when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
• Superior Sigil of Blood

  5

  Superior Sigil of Blood

  50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

Equipment

Rune:

Superior Rune of the Pack

Superior Rune of the Pack

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies might, fury, and swiftness for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s) (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Precision; +20% Swiftness Duration

Amulet:

Berserker Amulet

Berserker Amulet

+1200 Power +900 Precision +900 Ferocity

Equipment Variants

• Superior Rune of the Traveler

  Superior Rune of the Traveler

  (1): +8 All Stats (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +12 All Stats (4): +10% Condition Duration; +10% Boon Duration (5): +16 All Stats (6): +25% Movement Speed
• Superior Rune of Strength

  Superior Rune of Strength

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.
• Superior Rune of Vampirism

  Superior Rune of Vampirism

  (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Vitality (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Vitality (5): +100 Power (6): +10% Maximum Health; restore 10% of your health upon killing a foe.

Usage

General

• Illusionary Persona

  Illusionary Persona

  Shattering illusions creates the shatter effect on you as well.
  will make you count as a 4th clone, which means if you stand close to your target your burst will be even higher (also allows you to use Shatter skills without having any clones, especially handy if you need
  Distortion

  50

  Distortion

  Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, gaining distortion for each one shattered.

  Distortion (1s): Evade all attacks.

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Range: 1,200
  ).
• Cry of Frustration

  25

  Cry of Frustration

  Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, confusing nearby foes.

  Damage: 117

  Confusion (3s): 65 Damage On Skill Use, 30 Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
  is mainly for boon stripping in this build.

Setting up your burst

• Dazing and interrupting foes applies Vulnerability - this makes
  Diversion

  38

  Diversion

  Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, dazing their targets.

  Daze (1s): Unable to use skills.

  Enemies Dazed: 1

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
  even stronger. Learn to set up a Diversion chain:

• You can set up burst by building up 20-25 stacks of Vulnerability on your target (at the price of wasting a very strong CC). To unleash Diversion's full potential, always try to position your clones in a way that they don't hit your target at the same time - Vulnerability can stack, but Daze cannot stack - however you can land multiple consecutive dazes if you do it right.

Sword

• Blurred Frenzy

  ½

  12

  Blurred Frenzy

  Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.

  ₈Damage: 584

  Blur (2½s): Evade all attacks.

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 130
  isn't only for dealing damage - it'll serve as your second
  Distortion

  50

  Distortion

  Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, gaining distortion for each one shattered.

  Distortion (1s): Evade all attacks.

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Range: 1,200
  which can be handy when you are expecting a burst but ran out of dodges.
• The chain skill of
  Illusionary Leap

  ¾

  12

  Illusionary Leap

  Clone. Summon an illusion that leaps at your target, crippling them. After the initial leap, the clone will execute the Mind Slash sword chain.

  Damage: 1

  Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

  ₂Vulnerability (5s): 2% Incoming Damage

  Range: 600
  ,
  Swap

  Swap

  Swap places with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.

  Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

  Number of Targets: 3

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 600
  is one of your key skills. You can Immobilize the target so he can't dodge your burst - the shorter version is simply using the Swap ⇒ Blurred Frenzy ⇒ Mind Wrack combo. But you can also switch weapons after the Immob to Greatsword and land a much more significant burst.

Greatsword burst:

• Stand close to your target for max damage and have at least 2 clones up (also near to your opponent - it's enough if you have 2 clones because Mirror Blade will summon a clone anyways).
• Use
  Mirror Blade

  ¾

  8

  Mirror Blade

  Throw an illusionary greatsword that bounces between targets, damaging foes and giving might to allies. It creates a clone at its first target.

  Damage: 273

  ₃Might (10s): 90 Power, 90 Condition Damage

  ₃Vulnerability (3s): 3% Incoming Damage

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  and
  Mind Wrack

  12

  Mind Wrack

  Shatter. Destroy all your clones and phantasms, damaging nearby foes.

  1 Illusion: 409

  ₂2 Illusions: 550

  ₃3 Illusions: 720

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
  simultaneously, immediately followed by a
  Mind Stab

  ¼

  12

  Mind Stab

  Thrust your greatsword into the ground, damaging foes and removing 1 boon.

  Damage: 246

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
  .
• If your enemy's trying to heal after your burst, use
  Illusionary Wave

  ½

  30

  Illusionary Wave

  Push back all foes in front of you with a wave of magical energy.

  Damage: 73

  Knockback: 450

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 450
  to interrupt it.
• Use
  Phantasmal Berserker

  ¾

  20

  Phantasmal Berserker

  Phantasm. Create a phantasm that uses a whirling attack to damage and cripple foes.

  ₄Damage: 812

  ₄Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Impacts: 4

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 1,200
  before or after the burst, it's up to you.
• After this chain, try to disengage a bit, you are not suitable for spending time in the middle of a fight for more than some seconds.

Counters

• Thieves (any Power based thief build due to their teleports and burst, leaving no ways to disengage or make gap).
• Condition pressure.

Top Streamers

• Twitch: Lord Helseth - EU
• Twitch: Supcutie - NA
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Notes

• Polymorph Moa

  1

  180

  Polymorph Moa

  Transform. Turn your foe into a moa bird.

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Range: 1,200
  overrides other transforms used by enemy players which makes it very effective at shutting down skills such as
  Lich Form

  1

  180

  Lich Form

  Spectral. Assume the form of a lich for a brief time. Entering this form destroys all minions and removes all other spectral effects. Gain life force when this skill ends.

  Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Life Force When Ending: 15%

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Duration: 15 seconds
  and
  Rampage

  1

  180

  Rampage

  Physical. Take the form of a massive juggernaut, reducing the damage you take and the duration of incoming movement-impeding conditions.

  Damage Reduced: 25%

  ₂Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Duration Decreased

  Duration Decreased

  Duration Decreased

  Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

  Duration Decreased: 33%

  Duration: 15 seconds
  . It can also be used on Foefire to prevent the Guild Lord from using his healing skill.
• Sword #3's chain skill,
  Swap

  Swap

  Swap places with your clone. Immobilize nearby foes.

  Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

  Number of Targets: 3

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 600
  breaks stun after you shadowstep to the clone's location.
• Phantasms are not affected by Might that is applied to them. They are, however, affected by might which is applied to the caster, meaning that as long as the mesmer has might, his phantasms will hit harder as well.

See Also

• Mesmer - Double Ranged Shatter