Mirage - Inspired Illusionist

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Focused on: Hybrid damage, Sustain, Utility.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

A PvP Mirage build focused on contesting and holding side nodes, as well as being able to win duels against most opponents. Excellent at condition removal, healing and making use of ambush attacks due to the large amount of dodges.

Skill Bar

Sword/TorchHealingUtilityElite

Axe/Sword

Equipment

9

Superior Sigil of Doom

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

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

18

Superior Sigil of Annulment

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat will remove 2 boons from your target.

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Superior Rune of the Adventurer

(1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +35 Power (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +65 Power (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): +125 Condition Damage; When you use a heal skill you gain 25% endurance. (Cooldown: 10s)

Sage's Amulet

+1000 Power +500 Vitality +500 Healing Power +1000 Condition Damage

Usage

General

• Do not charge your mantra heal () before entering combat, as this will provide a large heal when proced.
• Subsequent mantra heals () will restore half of your endurance due to
  Superior Rune of the Adventurer

  Superior Rune of the Adventurer

  (1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +35 Power (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +65 Power (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): +125 Condition Damage; When you use a heal skill you gain 25% endurance. (Cooldown: 10s)
  , when activated every 10 seconds. This mantra heal also provides a condition cleanse, which can be followed up with an ambush attack, due to the regained endurance.
• It is vital when using this build to land all of your self shatters to rack up damage.
• This build has a huge amount of condition cleanse: each heal (), shatter () and dodge () will remove 1 condition, allowing the user to dominate duels against other mesmers focused on Confusion Damage. will transfer 3 conditions; and will removal 1.
• The quickness from can be used to speed up the charge of , allowing for a very quick and large heal.
• If a larger heal is required, double proc your heal skill to initially charge , and then auto-cast .
• Vigor (), regeneration () and protection () upkeep should be micromanaged carefully.

Counters

• Holosmiths