Mesmer - Core Shatter Roamer

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

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 20, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power Mirage WvW roamer that's all about pulling off massive bursts and pressuring targets through interrupts and smaller combos inbetween or just surviving until the main combo comes off CD. Usable by F2P players as well.

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Sword/Torch

Utility

Skill Bar Variants

Utility

Decoy can be replaced by either the following skills:

• Signet of Midnight - Decoy-lite, lower stealth duration but more frequently available. You do lose an extra source of clone generation though which could potentially lower burst damage. Another big reason for picking this one is that, unlike Decoy, the signet doesn't interrupt your own casts and therefore could be used even in the middle of casting Mirror.

• Mantra of Distraction - makes it easier to reap the benefits of several damage modifiers on Domination/Dueling by CCing the target right before the burst.

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Specializations

Variants

• Shattered Concentration is the more conventional trait for the Master tier slot and remains viable, but lowers your burst potential unless it removes Protection.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Marauder

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Berserker

Torch
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Stats

• Beginners can mix in a few additional Marauder pieces for more sustain (don't overdo it though), while more experienced players could even consider going full Berserker for higher burst potential.

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of Fireworks - better mobility.

Consumables

Food

• - good stats and passive damage mitigation.

• - cheap crit chance bump with armor ignoring damage procs which also heal.

Utility

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Usage

General

• Mass Invisibility is a very long duration AoE stealth, get creative! Couple of applications include stealthing yourself or the entire team in order to get to open on the enemy team, or cloaking downed allies to prevent a stomp.

• Your manipulation skills Mirror, Blink and Mass Invisibility have shorter cooldown and they give Superspeed.

• Your condition cleanses are Sigil of Cleansing, Distortion and The Prestige.

• Poke with Spatial Surge and Phantasmal Berserker in teamfights if you don't see an opening.

• Mirror reflects projectiles while the skills is being channeled. To an extent, this can be abused. If you stow your weapon before the channeling finishes, you get to reflect projectiles while only sending your healing skill on a 4 second CD. Of course if you do this, you won't be healed. It's a niche use but might be worth knowing.

• The build is all about pulling off a major burst combo and getting a kill with it. There's a downtime between bursts where you should primarily just focus on personal survival and rotations.

Bursting

• What the build lacks in sustained damage, it makes up for in bursts.

• There are two important damage modifiers to note, Mental Anguish and Superiority Complex. In a way both are tied to your opponent being inactive. The best way to ensure that both of these traits are going to take effect is to CC the target with Diversion right before bursting them. Diversion itself may procs various traits on Domination for Vulnerability which translates to even more damage.

• The burst combo is best done in melee range for various reasons. One, to get the most out of the Mirror Blade bounces and two, to make yourself act as an extra clone for shatters.

Basic combo:

1. Mirror Blade in melee range.
2. Mantra of Pain immediately after the first bounce of Mirror Blade.
3. Mind Wrack a split second after Power Spike.
4. Mind Stab as soon as you can.

Extended burst combo:

1. Optional - start from stealth to make the burst less predictable. If you're using The Prestige you could time your burst in a way that the stealth runs out in the middle of the combo as The Prestige does AoE damage after it runs out. Breaking the stealth doesn't cause the damage to go off any sooner.
2. Optional - if you start from Sword/Torch you could try rooting the target with Swap.
3. Optional - if you can afford to discard a strong defensive CD, using Decoy right before the burst spawns another clone that can be shattered by Mind Wrack for extra damage.
4. Mirror Blade in melee range.
5. Mantra of Pain the same time as Mirror Blade.
6. Mind Wrack once the clone from Mirror Blade has spawned.
7. Mind Stab as soon as you can.
8. If the opponent is still alive, you can use Cry of Frustration / Blurred Frenzy / Phantasmal Berserker.

Related Builds

Core Shatter (sPvP) - the Conquest PvP version of the build.