Mirage - Sage Staff

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Focused on: Condition damage, Sustain and Control

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Expansions required:

Overview

A condition damage mirage build with good sustain, condition burst via Confusion stacking and CC potential via stuns, dazes and Blind. Can function both as 1v1 sidenoder and a teamfighter.

Skill Bar

Axe/Pistol

Staff

Utility

Equipment

Axe

Pistol

Sigil

Sigil

Staff

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Usage

• Youtube: Build Showcase

Damage dealing

• Perfect Burst combo:

• can be used before or for additional damage, if not at 3 clones.
• can also be added before for more damage, especially if is on cooldown.
• You can substitute for if the latter is not available

• , and are potent interrupts that will also proc for more Confusion stacks. is particularly potent in a teamfight due to being an AoE Daze.

• Generally speaking you don't want to use Ambush window from Mirage Cloak on , as is more consistent and safer choice.

Sustain

• Synergy between , and provides a good deal of sustain against condition pressure.

• Power damage can be avoided via Mirage Cloak, AoE Blind and Protection from along with Aegis via and .

• is incredibly powerful defensive cooldown, especially if you have clones thanks to . Each clone not only adds additional distortion, but also spawns a Mirage Mirror which provides additional Mirage Cloak uptime.

• This build lacks burst healing, so it's important to sustain via Regeneration, Mirage Cloak and .

• As a mesmer, the best defense is a good bamboozle:
  • and break enemy targetting.
  • Interrupts apply Blind thanks to .
  • , and offer juking opportunities.