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Mesmer - Core Power Mesmer


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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

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


Overview

Core Power Mesmer has moderate damage and is a good introduction to the Mesmer class as a whole, needing to rely on its clone generation and shatters to succeed.

Template Code

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Skill Bar

Sword/Sowrd
Greatsword
Utility

Weapon Variants

  • Focus - CC and area damage / vuln

Skill Variants

  • Phantasmal Defender - phantasm that taunts
  • Portal Entre - an incredibly powerful tool available to Mesmers. Use it to transport others to places they might not normally be able to reach or to shorten distances when looping back to areas.
  • Feedback - if having trouble with projectiles.
  • Mantra of Concentration - if you need multiple successive stun breaks.
  • Signet of Humility - if fighting champions or bounties with defiance bars.

Specializations

  • Deceptive Evasion - for better clone generation

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

This set uses gear similar to Build:Chronomancer_-_Power_DPS, making it good for general PVE

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Sword
Berserker
Sowrd
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


  • Rune of The Eagle, Rune of The Pack - alternative DPS runes
  • Rune of Durability, Rune of The Herald, Rune of Vampirism - defensive runes
  • Sigil of Energy - defensive sigil
  • Template:Knight - defensive trinkets

Consumables

Food
  • Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
  • - farming
  • , - DPS
  • - defense
Utility
  • (and variants) - farming
  • , - dps

Usage

Burst Opener

  1. Phantasmal Swordsman from range
  2. Template:Gw2skill before entering combat
  3. Phantasmal Berserker
  4. Signet of the Ether
  5. Phantasmal Berserker
  6. Template:Gw2skill
  7. Phantasmal Swordsman in melee
  8. Blurred Frenzy
  9. Mind Wrack

Rotation

Begin with the Burst Opener denoted in the above section.
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    until Phantasmal Swordsman is available again.
  2. Phantasmal Swordsman - interrupt autoattack chain
  3. Template:Gw2skill
  4. Phantasmal Berserker
  5. Mirror Blade and Spatial Surge until Signet of the Ether is ready
  6. Phantasmal Berserker
  7. Signet of the Ether
  8. Phantasmal Berserker
  9. Template:Gw2skill
  10. Phantasmal Swordsman
  11. Blurred Frenzy
Repeat from step 1.
Notes:
  • Cast Mind Wrack when 3 clones are active.
  • Cast Cry of Frustration when 3 clones are active and Mind Wrack will not be available for several seconds.
  • Cast Mantra of Pain off cooldown

Crowd Control

  • Signet of Humility
  • Diversion
  • Illusionary Wave
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Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 4 votes.
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5 stars
Warming Hearth gave this build 5 stars • May 2023
Core mesmer has one of the highest damage capabilities of all core classes, and this build perfectly allows you to reach that potential. Generally speaking, mesmer is easy to play but hard to master, but this build will work great regardless of your level of skill. The perfect build to level a mesmer to 80 and start unlocking elite specializations.
5 stars
Kisyana gave this build 5 stars • January 2022
Surely will use this build as I wait for virtuoso.
4 stars
Melts Into Air gave this build 4 stars • December 2020
Solid build that is impressively strong for core. Can get you to the elite specs quickly and easily, soloing nearly every hero point (can just kite with greatsword if you have issues). My only real issue is the emphasis on shattering traits, as I've found them unnecessary in the vast majority of cases. Instead I would recommend: - Domination t1 - Bountiful Blades: makes it so Greatsword 4 and 2 massacre most things without needing to do anything else - Domination t3 - Vicious Expression: straightforward damage boost on most enemies, especially given you have a lot of built in boon removal - Illusions t1 - Persistence of Memory: this has great synergy with the rest of the build. Extra quickness uptime, insane fury duration, and some other shenanigans (see below). There's a very powerful interaction with Persistence of Memory and Rune of the Pack here. If you use GS4 to open combat at close-mid range, your phantasm(s) will gain the Rune buff, and then transfer it to you. With Bountiful Blades creating 2 phantasms, they each get the buff, vaulting you to 20+ might stacks (without Mantra of Pain!) almost immediately. Overall, this synergy not only boosts your damage significantly, but also your swiftness uptime when chaining kills. With these changes, Phantasmal Disenchanter is a good option over Mantra of Pain, especially if you're like me and only rarely end up charging Mantra in open world anyway.
4 stars
X Zeyrox X gave this build 4 stars • August 2020
This build is very good for core content it's very easy and fun, I use it and it works great for me

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