Troubadour - Support Troubadour

Part of the current tournament metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current tournament metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Control, Support and Utility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on November 17, 2025 and is up to date for the November 18, 2025 patch.

Overview

A PvP Support build utilizing Mesmer's newest elite specialization, Troubadour. A surprising amount of barrier, cleansing, and healing for allies. As well as a solid amount of crowd control while in the thick of things.

Skill Bar

Sword/Shield

Rifle

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

• Signet of Illusions over Tale of the Honorable Rogue - allows you to spam the instruments more.

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Specializations

• Note: Ego Restoration seems to not work with Troubadour right now, you might want to play Temporal Enchanter until it gets fixed, not that it makes much difference.

Equipment

Sword

Shield

Sigil

Sigil

Rifle

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Troubadours replace their Shatters with Instruments. Instruments function similarly but linger to provide bonuses to Crescendo. F1 is strike damage, F2 is confusion and Dazed, F3 is crowd control as well, and F4 heals and grants Distortion thanks to Love Song.

• Altered Chord causes your Crescendo to have an additional effect. Ranking on which skill is best to use before using this is as followed:
  • Harmonious Harp heals allies for a noticeable amount.
  • Deafening Drum dazes nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
  • Reverberating Lute grants an increased strike damage modifier.
  • Flustering Flute inflicts Confusion on enemies struck.

General

• Rifle provides healing from range, but your Instruments, Mantras, and Tales are still melee range.

TBD