Mesmer - Condition Clone Death

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Focused on: Condition damage, Utility.

Designed for:

Conquest

Overview

Excellent single target burst, moderate AoE damage and great sustain. More suitable for smaller skirmishes than teamfights.

Skill Bar

First Weapon Set

Sword/Pistol

Utility

Elite

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

1

20

Phantasmal Duelist

Phantasm. Create an illusion that unloads its pistols on your foe.

₈Damage: 744

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

½

25

Magic Bullet

Hit up to four foes with a single shot. The first target is stunned, the second is dazed, and the third is blinded, and the forth is confused.

Damage: 71

Confusion (5s): 50 damage on skill use, 50 damage

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Daze (2s): Unable to use skills.

Stun (2s): Unable to use skills or move.

Number of Bounces: 3

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

1

35

Signet of the Ether

Signet Passive: Gain health every few seconds, based on the number of active illusions you control.
Signet Active: Heal yourself and refresh all phantasm skill recharges.

Healing: 5,560

Passive Heal - 3 Illusions: 980

Passive Heal - 2 Illusions: 660

Passive Heal - 1 Illusion: 340

Interval: 3 seconds

¼

45

Signet of Domination

Signet Passive: Improved condition damage.
Signet Active: Stun your foe.

Signet Passive: 180 Condition Damage

Stun (3s): Unable to use skills or move.

Range: 1,200

30

Signet of Midnight

Signet Passive: Improves condition duration.
Signet Active: Blind nearby foes.

Condition Duration Increase: 20%

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 360

Breaks stun

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

Staff

¾

Winds of Chaos

Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies that applies random boons to allies and random conditions to foes.

Damage: 117

Fury (2s): 20% Critical Chance

Might (5s): 30 Power, 30 Condition Damage

Bleeding (7s): 154 Damage

Burning (1s): 131 Damage

Vulnerability (5s): 1% Incoming Damage

Number of Bounces: 2

Range: 1,200

10

Phase Retreat

Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.

Combo Finisher: Leap

Range: 1,200

¾

18

Phantasmal Warlock

Phantasm. Summon an illusion that deals extra damage for each unique condition on the target foe.

Damage: 544

Extra damage per condition: 10%

Range: 1,200

35

Chaos Armor

Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Chaos Armor (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage

Regen (3s): 390 Heal

Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Confusion (3s): 65 Damage On Skill Use

Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

Range: 1,200

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35

Chaos Storm

Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and random boons to allies.

Damage: 129

Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

Retaliation (3s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.

Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

Chilled (1s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

Poison (4s): 134 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

Daze (1s): Unable to use skills.

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Field: Ethereal

Range: 1,200

Slot Changes

• Decoy

  40

  Decoy

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

  Stealth (3s): Invisible to foes.

  Breaks Stun

  Range: 1,200
  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

• Crippling Dissipation

  Crippling Dissipation

  Clones cripple nearby foes when they are killed.

  Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240
  over
  Signet Mastery

  Signet Mastery

  Reduces recharge on signets.

  Recharge Reduced: 20%
  .
• It's possible to relocate 2 points from Inspiration to Illusions for
  Masterful Reflection

  Masterful Reflection

  Distortion grants reflection.

  Reflects Missiles
  - the Illusions line will also boost condition damage.

Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Sword 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) Off Hand Pistol Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)	Second Weapon Set Main Hand Staff 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) Superior Sigil of Geomancy 9 Superior Sigil of Geomancy Inflict bleeding on nearby foes for 10 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Sigil Variants

Staff

• 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)
  over Energy.

Sword/Pistol

• 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)
  over Doom.

Equipment

Rune:

Superior Rune of the Krait

Superior Rune of the Krait

(1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +10% Bleeding Duration (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +15% Bleeding Duration; 25% chance when struck to cause bleeding for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 15s) (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): +20% Bleeding Duration; When you use an elite skill, you inflict bleeding, torment, and poison for 8 seconds to nearby foes. (Cooldown: 30s)

Amulet:

Celestial Amulet

Celestial Amulet

+460 Power +460 Precision +460 Toughness +460 Vitality +460 Ferocity +460 Healing Power +460 Condition Damage

Equipment Variants

Viable Amulets

• PvP Rampager's Amulet

Rune Variants

• Superior Rune of Lyssa

  Superior Rune of Lyssa

  (1): +25 Precision (2): +5% Condition Duration (3): +50 Precision (4): When you use a heal skill you gain a random boon for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Precision (6): When you use an elite skill, convert up to 5 conditions into boons. (Cooldown: 45s)
  - for more condi cleanse.

Usage

General

• Your main source of damage will come from Bleeds, and your most bleed stacks will come from
  Phantasmal Duelist

  1

  20

  Phantasmal Duelist

  Phantasm. Create an illusion that unloads its pistols on your foe.

  ₈Damage: 744

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200
  - clones have a chance to apply bleed on critical hits, that's why you need the trait that gives them fury. Your goal is to make your phantasm land his attack: after you summon your Duelist, use sword skill
  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
  to Immobilize your target or you can shoot
  Magic Bullet

  ½

  25

  Magic Bullet

  Hit up to four foes with a single shot. The first target is stunned, the second is dazed, and the third is blinded, and the forth is confused.

  Damage: 71

  Confusion (5s): 50 damage on skill use, 50 damage

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Daze (2s): Unable to use skills.

  Stun (2s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200
  so he can't dodge it, or use up a bigger cd and stun him with
  Signet of Domination

  ¼

  45

  Signet of Domination

  Signet Passive: Improved condition damage.
  Signet Active: Stun your foe.

  Signet Passive: 180 Condition Damage

  Stun (3s): Unable to use skills or move.

  Range: 1,200
  .
• Other source of conditions is clone death - if a clone dies, it will explode and inflict conditions. Note that shattering a clone does not make it trigger the explosion from
  Debilitating Dissipation

  Debilitating Dissipation

  Clones apply a random condition to nearby foes when they are killed.

  ₂Bleeding (4s): 340 Damage

  ₃Vulnerability (5s): 3% Incoming Damage

  Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240
  - therefore you should never use your shatter skills except for
  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
  (F4). However, there is a limit of 3 clones at a time - whenever you dodge you create a clone, and if you already have 3 that means 1 will explode, inflicting conditions in a small AoE range - this is a double edged sword, you can increase your damage by using dodges for burst but doing so obviously decreases your survivability.
• 3rd source of conditions is staff autoattack - clones created by dodging while on staff are superior to any other clones because while other clones barely hit for 10 damage, staff clones put on conditions and boons such as burning, which can hit for 600 damage per tick.

Survivability

• Signets give distortion and also remove conditions. Due to traits, your healing skill
  Signet of the Ether

  1

  35

  Signet of the Ether

  Signet Passive: Gain health every few seconds, based on the number of active illusions you control.
  Signet Active: Heal yourself and refresh all phantasm skill recharges.

  Healing: 5,560

  Passive Heal - 3 Illusions: 980

  Passive Heal - 2 Illusions: 660

  Passive Heal - 1 Illusion: 340

  Interval: 3 seconds
  gives 1 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
  , removes 3 conditions (traited - 2 because it's a healing skill and 1 because it's a signet) and also refreshes all your Phantasm summoning skills such as your main burst, the
  Phantasmal Duelist

  1

  20

  Phantasmal Duelist

  Phantasm. Create an illusion that unloads its pistols on your foe.

  ₈Damage: 744

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 1,200
  .
  Signet of Midnight

  30

  Signet of Midnight

  Signet Passive: Improves condition duration.
  Signet Active: Blind nearby foes.

  Condition Duration Increase: 20%

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 360

  Breaks stun
  will be your jail free card, giving you distortion, breaking stun, and blinding enemies on a short CD.

Staff basics:

• Phase Retreat

  10

  Phase Retreat

  Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,200
  - even if it's not a stunbreaker, it can save your life because you can teleport away even while under CC effects. This skill can also be used to create shortcuts on maps - more about this can be found at the section of PvP Guides.
• Phantasmal Warlock

  ¾

  18

  Phantasmal Warlock

  Phantasm. Summon an illusion that deals extra damage for each unique condition on the target foe.

  Damage: 544

  Extra damage per condition: 10%

  Range: 1,200
  - deals a decent amount of damage.
• Chaos Armor

  35

  Chaos Armor

  Give yourself chaos armor, which gives yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

  Chaos Armor (5s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

  Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage

  Regen (3s): 390 Heal

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Confusion (3s): 65 Damage On Skill Use

  Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

  Range: 1,200
  - grants you defensive boons and inflicts conditions when an enemy hits you. Keep it for your opponent's burst.

• You can also gain Chaos Armor by using a leap (or blast) finisher in
  Chaos Storm

  ¼

  35

  Chaos Storm

  Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and random boons to allies.

  Damage: 129

  Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

  Retaliation (3s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Chilled (1s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

  Poison (4s): 134 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Daze (1s): Unable to use skills.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 1,200
  -
  Phase Retreat

  10

  Phase Retreat

  Clone. Teleport away from your target, summoning a clone that casts Winds of Chaos.

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 1,200
  is a Leap Finisher.

• Chaos Storm

  ¼

  35

  Chaos Storm

  Create a magical storm at the target location that applies random conditions to foes and random boons to allies.

  Damage: 129

  Aegis (3s): Block the next incoming attack.

  Retaliation (3s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.

  Swiftness (3s): 33% Movement Speed

  Chilled (1s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

  Poison (4s): 134 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (2s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Daze (1s): Unable to use skills.

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Ethereal

  Range: 1,200
  - probably one of the strongest mesmer skills, don't waste it. Placing it on a downed ally or foe can secure or prevent a res. Standing in the AoE also applies boons to you and your allies.

Counters

• Heavy Condition pressure

Guides

• YouTube:
  Countless gives an in-depth guide on traits and the reasons behind the current version
  - Some of the gear have changed but that's irrelevant.
• YouTube:
  Kiting enemies with staff / Phase Retreat spots / CD management

Streamers

• Twitch: Countless - NA

Notes

• 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.