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Latest revision as of 19:49, 13 September 2023

This is a rough draft. Once adequately written, it will progress to the testing stage, where it can be rated by the community. You can help by proposing changes with a comment.

Focused on: Mobility, Hybrid damage and Interrupts

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A WvW celestial Mirage roaming build dealing both power and condition damage, focusing on constant pressure and interrupts.

Skillbar

Dagger/Pistol

Sword/Torch

Utility

Variants

Utility

Arcane Thievery can be replaced with Mantra of Resolve if you struggle with condition cleanse.

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Specializations

Variants

Desert Distortion can be replaced with Mirage Mantle for boon strip on Mirage Thrust.

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Dagger
Celestial

Pistol
Celestial

Sigil

Sword
Celestial

Torch
Celestial

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relics

The following Relics are good alternatives, depending on the situation and prefered playstyle:

Relic of the Mirage - additional Torment for more Damage.
Relic of Akeem - higher burst than Relic of the Mirage but less consistent condition application.
Relic of the Nightmare - adds a CC to Jaunt.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

Dodge rolling is replaced by Mirage Cloak, which is more or less the same thing but allows you to cast skills and grants access to ambush attacks over its duration: Phantom Razor for Dagger and Mirage Thrust for Sword. Ambush skills replace the autoattack of the weapons for 1.5 seconds.

You can dodge while casting skills and performing actions such as rezing or stomping, but NOT while CC'd.

General

With this build you want to keep your clones alive to take advantage of Infinite Horizon. Your offensive weapon set is Dagger/Pistol, if possible you want to use Illusionary Ambush while in this weapon set and with three clones active. You also want to prefere dodging over Illusionary Ambush whenever possible, since it is a pseudo stunbreak. When using Sword/Torch you want to take a more defensive stance, using Mirage Thrust as a mobility tool. It is up to you to judge if your opponent is weak enough to finish him off or if you should play defensively until you switch back to dagger.

Mobility

Between Mirage Thrust, Jaunt and Blink this build is highly mobile and should be able to keep up with any opponent. Illusionary Ambush and Swap can be used as additional mobility tools if necessary.

Surviving

The ability of Mirage to be offensive while dodging is already an excellent survivability tool as such. You most likely will be able to put your opponent on the defensive simply by going full speed ahead, without having to worry about your own health. Just be sure not to waste your dodges. Ideally you want to actually dodge something, rather than using it to just get your ambush skills.

Remember that getting away to fight another day is better than to die trying. You have the mobility to disengage from bad fights, use it.

Keep Arcane Thievery until you really need it. While this skill could be used offensively to rip boons, against a condition based opponent you want to hold it back until you actually need the cleanse.

Damage

Cry of Frustration is your primary damage shatter skill, followed by Mind Wrack.

While the burst combos below include shatters for maximum damage, often times you want to keep your clones alive if you can't finish your opponent. This alows for more damage in the long run because of Infinite Horizon.

Burst Combo examples

Dagger/Pistol:

Phantasmal Duelist
Magic Bullet
Bladecall
Dodge
Phantom Razor (Phantom Razor)
Jaunt
Cry of Frustration

Sword/Torch:

The Prestige
Phantasmal Mage
Illusionary Leap
Dodge
Swap
Mirage Thrust
Jaunt
Cry of Frustration

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 | profession = Mesmer
 | specialization = Mirage
-| weapon1 = Sword
+| weapon1 = Dagger
 | weapon2 = Pistol
-| weapon3 = Dagger
+| weapon3 = Sword
 | weapon4 = Torch
-| healing = Signet of the Ether
+| healing = False Oasis
 | utility1 = Arcane Thievery
 | utility2 = Illusionary Ambush
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 ==Specializations==
 {{Specialization|Dueling|bot|top|bot}}
-{{Specialization|Illusions|top|bot|mid}}
+{{Specialization|Domination|bot|bot|bot}}
-{{Specialization|Mirage|mid|mid|top}}
+{{Specialization|Mirage|mid|top|top}}
 ;Variants
-*{{Trait|Mirage Mantle}} can be replaced with {{Trait|Desert Distortion}} for more sustain and additional ambush attacks.
+*{{Trait|Desert Distortion}} can be replaced with {{Trait|Mirage Mantle}} for boon strip on {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}}.
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 | infusion1 = Malign WvW Infusion
 | infusion1-qt = 18
-| weapon1 = Sword
+| weapon1 = Dagger
 | weapon2 = Pistol
-| weapon3 = Dagger
+| weapon3 = Sword
 | weapon4 = Torch
 | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Cleansing
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 | sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Cleansing
 | sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Energy
-| relic = Relic of the Mirage
+| relic = Relic of Evasion
 }}
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 ;Relics
 The following Relics are good alternatives, depending on the situation and prefered playstyle:
-* {{Relic|Relic of Evasion}} - higher {{Tooltip|Vigor}} uptime which is the most important boon in the build.
+* {{Relic|Relic of the Mirage}} - additional {{Tooltip|Torment}} for more Damage.
 * {{Relic|Relic of Akeem}} - higher burst than {{Relic|Relic of the Mirage}} but less consistent condition application.
 * {{Relic|Relic of the Nightmare}} - adds a CC to {{Skill|Jaunt}}.
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 '''General'''
-*The playstyle of this build changes significantly depending on the weapon set you are in:
+*With this build you want to keep your clones alive to take advantage of {{Trait|Infinite Horizon}}. Your offensive weapon set is Dagger/Pistol, if possible you want to use {{Skill|Illusionary Ambush}} while in this weapon set and with three clones active. You also want to prefere dodging over {{Skill|Illusionary Ambush}} whenever possible, since it is a pseudo stunbreak. When using Sword/Torch you want to take a more defensive stance, using {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}} as a mobility tool. It is up to you to judge if your opponent is weak enough to finish him off or if you should play defensively until you switch back to dagger.
-**When using Sword/Pistol most of your damage comes from rappidly generating and then shattering clones. Since both dodging and {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}} each generate a clone, you essentially get two clones per dodge. To maximize shatter damage you want to follow either {{Skill|Phantasmal Duelist}} or {{Skill|Illusionary Leap}} with a dodge + {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}} to get a total of three clones.
-**When using Dagger/Torch you want to keep your clones alive to take advantage of {{Trait|Infinite Horizon}}. If possible you want to use {{Skill|Illusionary Ambush}} while in this weapon set and with three clones active.
-*While the offhand weapons could be swapped, Pistol offers a quick way for Sword to get into combat at 1200 range. This matters as you can't get clones from dodging while out of combat. While {{Skill|Illusionary Leap}} + {{Skill|Swap}} could be used as your opener, this leaves you with no way to instantly get to three clones again, since {{Skill|Phantasmal Mage}} takes a long time to turn into a clone.<br> The reason you might want to open with this set at all, is because you start the fight with two dodges. Dodges are more valuable in this weapon set, as they generat double the number of clones than with Dagger.
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 '''Surviving'''
-* The ability of Mirage to be offensive while dodging is already an excellent survivability tool as such. You most likely will be able to put the enemy on the defensive simply by going full speed ahead without having to worry about your own health. Just be sure not to waste ambush attacks into blocks or dodges of an opponent that starts the fight in a defensive stance. This mistake will make you a sitting duck, since you wasted not just your offensive but also your defensive potential.
+* The ability of Mirage to be offensive while dodging is already an excellent survivability tool as such. You most likely will be able to put your opponent on the defensive simply by going full speed ahead, without having to worry about your own health. Just be sure not to waste your dodges. Ideally you want to actually dodge something, rather than using it to just get your ambush skills.
 * Remember that getting away to fight another day is better than to die trying. You have the mobility to disengage from bad fights, use it.
-* Keep {{Skill|Arcane Thievery}} until you really need it. While this skill could be used offensively to rip boons, against a condition based enemy you want to hold it back until you really need the cleanse.
+* Keep {{Skill|Arcane Thievery}} until you really need it. While this skill could be used offensively to rip boons, against a condition based opponent you want to hold it back until you actually need the cleanse.
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 *{{Skill|Cry of Frustration}} is your primary damage shatter skill, followed by {{Skill|Mind Wrack}}.
-*The build offers a surprising amount of sustained pressure through constant shatters and ambush attacks. Since ambush attacks in both weapon sets also {{Tooltip|Daze}} it becomes very difficult for the enemy to get any counter measures through.
+*While the burst combos below include shatters for maximum damage, often times you want to keep your clones alive if you can't finish your opponent. This alows for more damage in the long run because of {{Trait|Infinite Horizon}}.
-''Combo examples''
+''Burst Combo examples''
-Sword/Pistol:
+Dagger/Pistol:
 :# {{Skill|Phantasmal Duelist}}
 :# {{Skill|Magic Bullet}}
+:# {{Skill|Bladecall}}
 :# Dodge
-:# {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}}
+:# {{Skill|Phantom Razor}} (Phantom Razor)
+:# {{Skill|Jaunt}}
 :# {{Skill|Cry of Frustration}}
-:# {{Skill|Illusionary Leap}}
-:# Dodge
-:# {{Skill|Swap}} for {{Tooltip|Immobile}}
-:# {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}}
-:# {{Skill|Mind Wrack}}
+Sword/Torch:
-Dagger/Torch:
 :# {{Skill|The Prestige}}
 :# {{Skill|Phantasmal Mage}}
+:# {{Skill|Illusionary Leap}}
 :# Dodge
-:# {{Skill|Phantom Razor}} (Phantom Razor)
+:# {{Skill|Swap}}
-:# {{Skill|Bladecall}}
+:# {{Skill|Mirage Thrust}}
-:# Dodge, if no dodge is needed defensively use {{Skill|Unstable Bladestorm}} before dodging
+:# {{Skill|Jaunt}}
-:# {{Skill|Phantom Razor}} (Phantom Razor)
-:# {{Skill|Illusionary Ambush}}, wait until {{Skill|Phantasmal Mage}} has turned into a clone
 :# {{Skill|Cry of Frustration}}

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