Mirage - Celestial Signet Roamer

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Overview

A hybrid Mirage build for WvW roaming with good burst damage and decent sustain.

Skillbar

Axe/PistolHealingUtilityElite

Sword/Torch

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Specializations

Variants

- bit of extra damage if you can give up some sustain.
- more focus on Axe burst damage, but overall less frequent access to ambush attacks.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Tormenting

18x

Malign WvW Infusion

Equipment Changes

Sigils

Sword/Torch

Sigil of Absorption is taken because of the spammable nature of . There are other on-interrupt sigils that are also viable options:

- better Might stacking benefits both types of damage in the build.
- the armor ignoring life steal can boost both your damage and sustain.

Consumables

Food

- is a cheaper version of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew and sufficient enough in most cases.

Utility

- is a viable budget alternative.

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: for Axe and for Sword. Ambush skills replace the autoattack of the weapons for 1.5 seconds.

You can dodge while casting skills or CC'd, but only have one dodge bar.

General

Try to send your Phantasms on CD before using as your healing skill partially recharges them.

Aim to either have no endurance, or low endurance right before swapping weapons. Both sets have a which refills your entire endurance bar, so let's not waste it.

Sustain

Conditions shouldn't pose a threat to this build:
- Weapon swapping removes 3 conditions via .
- Dodge rolling removes 2 conditions thanks to .
- is your mass cleanse, removing a total of 5 conditions with .
- Due to Phantasms take 1 condition from you when summoned.
- removes another one when you use your healing skill.
- Last but not least, is another source of cleansing.

Every signet grants , and Distortion reflects projectiles. is the best defensive skill in the build by far, being an instant source of stealth, stun break, condition removal and even distortion.

is an excellent panic button and mobility tool that instantly yeets you across the battlefield whilst breaking stuns.

Your strongest option against damage in general is , granting you immunity to any form of pressure including CC and conditions that are already on you.

Mobility

Use whenever you need to disengage of close the gap, it's an excellent mobility skill and not just an interrupt.

Damage

Axe/Pistol is the primary offensive set while Sword/Torch is a bit more defensive.

is the strongest shatter skill here when it comes to damage, followed by .

Don't be afraid to use if you need to keep the pressure up but you're all out of shatters. This signet also lets you be a bit more wasteful of your shatters, knowing that you can recharge them anytime.

Burst combo examples

Axe/Pistol:

, dodge in the middle of it
(you could also Jaunt before doing the previous step to get an extra clone for Axes of Symmetry)

Sword/Torch:

in melee range to begin stacking Burning
to create a phantasm that goes off in a few seconds, about the same time you're finished with the chain
to get a clone out there
Dodge, but don't ambush just yet
for the immob
to create the second clone via and stack some extra conditions