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Virtuoso - Power Speartuoso Roamer

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Expansions required: End of Dragons buildsJanthir Wilds builds

Difficulty:
Easy
This build was last updated on January 27, 2025 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power Shatter Virtuoso build for WvW roaming that makes use of the most recent addition to Mesmer's arsenal, the spear.


Skill Bar

Spear
Dagger/Shield
Utility


Skill Variants

Weapons

  • Pistol over Shield - better damage in exchange for lower sustain. If however you don't have the Secrets of the Obscure expansion to unlock Weaponmaster Training, you'll have to play with Pistol or even Torch.
  • Sword over Dagger - more defensive option with better mobility, but the build becomes a lot more melee focused with this.


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Specializations


Equipment

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Dragon
Accessory
Marauder
Amulet
Dragon
Ring
Dragon
Ring
Marauder
Spear
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Dagger
Berserker
Pistol
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic


Equipment Variants

Sigils

Spear

If you can afford to give up some survivability for better bursts, take the following sigils:

  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Rage - the Quickness Quickness makes it easier to land Mind the Gap.
  • Sigil of Superior Sigil of Hydromancy - the sigil itself can do a lot of damage, but one of the main reasons for taking this is that it can instantly proc Sigil of Rage (if you hit something in melee with the weapon swap).


Consumables

Food

  • - great offensive stats and some direct damage mitigation.
    • - a bit more defensive but equally viable option.
  • - highest damage option, no damage mitigation but the life steal procs still provide some sustain.
  • - this food provides some defense against condition damage without sacrificing damage.
  • - active damage mitigation via more frequent access to dodging, and the Might Might generation has synergy with various traits.
    • Budget version:
  • or - cheap precision bump and armor ignoring damage procs that also heal you.


Utility

  • or .


Usage

To be added


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Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 3 votes.
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5 stars
Hanz gave this build 5 stars • January 2025
I'll have to disagree with the previous comments, it's not weak and Chaos is not a good fit. We're dropping Domination which means to kill tankier builds we have to power through their defenses with raw damage instead of boonrips, and if we drop either of the current traitlines for Chaos we'll lose too much damage without getting enough sustain for it to matter. With the current setup we can do unblockable shatter for 10k+ damage combined with 5-6k Mind the Gaps (maybe even add a Hydromancy proc for 2k+), which can basically oneshot some specs. I could see this being a 4 instead of a 5 especially while outnumbered, but in 1v1s or group roaming this can be really strong.
3 stars
LordDaedhelor gave this build 3 stars • October 2024
This build, as shown here, is definitely underpowered compared to how good it could be with some minor changes: 1) Drop Domination for Chaos 212 or 213. Domination doesn't add enough to a Spear build to be worth bringing over the boon output and condi cleanse that Chaos provides. (If you do this, use Runes of Surging or Fireworks) 2) Consider listing Dueling 231 and/or 233 as an option instead of Illusions. You'll have fewer shatters, but you'll gain a source of Vigor, another source of Fury, reduced CD on Sword skills, and either more Crit Damage or Blade generation. 3) List Infinite Forge as an option alongside Psychic Riposte. In real environments, you'll have plenty of Blade generation from Spear 2->5->2->4, so getting the 10% damage on Blade skills is nice. 4) Go full Marauder. Yes, you waste precision on Spear 2, but the extra health and extra crit chance on everything else more than makeup for it. 5) List Torch as a defensive option over Pistol. This gives an additional source of stealth and cleanse.
3 stars
BernardBlack gave this build 3 stars • October 2024
Crap build. Outside of shatters which are extremely easy to dodge, basically has no damage. Getting into melee with spear just to hit with Mind the Gap for like 5k is very much not worth it, you're not an OP Willbender with constant protection resolution block and blind: you're a mesmer. Could maybe work with more interrupts thru Dueling traitline instead of Illusions, would have to sacrifice midnight for mantra of distraction. Still far too underpowered compared to other roaming builds

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