Mirage - Sage Staff
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Focused on: Condition damage, Sustain and Control
Designed for: PvP Conquest
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
Traits
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.
Ratings

A very solid mirage build with all the typical strong points of a mirage: quick condi burst, sustain via healing over time and on-demand CC. Solid in both organized play and solo queue, especially with it's teamfighting potential. It is however not a pure meta duelist as it lacks the ridiculous sustain of builds like Vindicator/Shoutsworn and its damage is very reliant on having CDs. The capability of this build to carry definitely depends on the skill level of the player, especially with mesmer currently being a off-meta class in PvP. Overall a solid alternative to the Carrior Axe Mirage build if your team needs better teamfighting and 1v1 ability.
Comments
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