Mirage - Tag Mirage

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Focused on: Event farming

Designed for: Open World and Open World Tagging

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

GS Mirage is an exceedingly popular and effective farming build for open world meta event zergs. It features some of the best tagging potential in the game thanks to Split Surge and brings mesmer's strong utility skills such as Blink and Portal Entre.

This version of the build focuses on condition damage, which offers much higher boss damage thanks to its ability to swap to a strong damage set. For a cheaper, alternative option, simply use a Power version of the build similar to Build:Chronomancer_-_Power_Chrono.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Axe/Pistol

Utility

Equipment

Standard Equipment

Use this gear with the primary condition variant. It uses gear similar to existing mirage builds, making it a very flexible set in PVE.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Greatsword
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Axe
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• For defense, equip a jade core and defensive food. Use Celestial pieces if necessary.
• Use Relic of Akeem for higher boss damage.

Consumables

Farming

• Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
• /
• (and variants)

Other options, such as Birthday Cake, Campfire Treats, Spicy Pumpkin Cookie, or other similar food is fine to use. The general goal is to prioritize the following:

1. Flat % Experience, like we see on Ascended Food
2. % Karma Gain
3. % Magic Find
4. Experience from kills
5. % Gold find

This assumes you are converting Karma and Spirit Shards to gold correctly. If you are not converting Karma or Spirit Shards, prioritize Magic Find.

Usage

This build is extremely easy to play. Dodge and spam Spatial Surge / Split Surge on enemies. Use the Tab key to change targets to different groups. Use other Greatsword skills off cooldown. Use Mantra of Pain to tag missed enemies.

Against bosses or when alone, use Axe + Pistol by summoning Phantasmal Duelist, dodging, and using auto-attacks. For a full breakdown of how to use Axe/Pistol or Staff, see Build:Mirage_-_Condi_Mirage or Build:Mirage_-_Axe_Mirage.

Crowd Control

• Diversion
• Illusionary Wave
• Illusionary Riposte
• Signet of Humility if running it