Hi following Monkej and Unum threads here comes my mesmer entry hope it will be helpfull

so lets start with my current builds and lil explanaiton with them every build im using have one common thing … weapon set is staff / sword + offhand

staff and sword are there for one simple reason … they are only weapons with usefull clones .. staff clone put condicions and boons .. sword put vunerability and remove boons i

m using 3 offhands ( sword torch and focus ) .. im not big pistol fan .. its good mostly in sPvP

so builds 90% of time im going on this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW8clwzaqXUTmGb9ICqHgn39dkU0aqWJF82FC
 this build have some very nice balance in burst / continual dmg … good for WvW sPvP or PvE it work as shatter / phantasm dmg build … with clone on dodge stronger MW faster sword recharge good might stacking and one big + lot of confusion with burst dmg ( illusion trait 10 phantasmal haste make phantasms attack more often it have wrong description )

next one is variation for dungeons .. u not need to retrain anything just change .. its handy to have condicion removal there
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW8flwzqqnQTgGa9ICqHgX19dkUoavWJF82FC
using trait boosted torch is xtremly good for cond. removing ( torch phantasm fire orb hitting 2 targets if hit u remove ALL condicions ) u can switch signet of midnight for archane thievery if ur enemy have boons u wanna steal

last build im gonna put here is what i was testing recently .. its support mesmer for dungeons
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQNAW8dl4zioXTTgGaNJhJF9G5neAdnvc0CKfg3A
this is without feedback O.O .. but instead it allow to reflect projectiles with focus temporal curtain … it work rly simply just have at last 1 phantasm out whole time and heal every1 with its regen and mantra spam … from time to time share boons with ur pt one note about this … with support build its better to use chaos storm for defence ( it give aegis swiftness and retaliation u can share together with chaos armor its lot of good stuff ) mantra of pain since its only mantra without big cooldown which make it spammable aoe heal and last skill archane thievery steal might or whatever enemy have and give to ur team


about gear
for mesmer is best to have crit chance + dmg  ( chance 40% min .. dmg 50% min ) since most dmg we deal is burst ( unless ur full condicion build which im not using )
so berserker / knight / valkyrie … u need some toughness and vitality in gear ofc .. we are squishy low armored …

runes … most common on mesmers nowdays are full centaur or air for swiftness buff … if ur going support its better to have boon duration so water/monk otherwise i prefer air over centaur cuz they have 20% chance to deal another ( very nice ) dmg

weapon sigils
on staff .. sigil of fire … staff is aoe weapon so another aoe hit is allways handy ( phantasms can proc active sigils )
main hand sword .. sigil of generosity … transfer condicion from me to enemy well im using mostly build which dont have any other way to remove condicions offhand .. well here u can take whatever u want hope this wall of text  was at last a lil helpfull
cya in game .. XiXsa

Thank you for posting a great write up very early days yet for my little Mes so all good experimenting

The Sword/Focus is very popular in PvP also I have tried it and when you get it right works fairly well great damage, I just don't get on with it that well consistently so must be me.  I prefer ranged kitting and as such prefer scepter/pistols with actually Greatsword seems to work well for me at the moment but that may change. I am trying to aim for a build that keeps illusions and phantasms up and useful rather than shatter aka "The Legion Build" but a PvE version of

Probably rubbish but something like this

Guild Wars 2 Build - GW2 Building Tool

Keep um all rolling

ohh … just found mistake .. in last mantra support build is wrong dueling trait 4 have to be 6

i have one more build to share … another dungeon phantasm / with little support … one big change there …. not using 1H sword O.O
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQJAWRlwzqqXTTgGadJhJFFH5nPAdUFAPJFqO1lFA
this build have nice dmg trough GS and phantasms + very nice kitting tool lot of aoes … disables and still keeping decent defense and support constant regen thx to 15 points in inspiration

Thx for reply Walker  about focus … yes it can be great tool … there is one trick u can use .. iWarden and TC on him give cleansing bolts ( iWarden have whirl finisher ) and also prevent target from running away with 2nd cast TC
TC work rly well … perfect tool for chasing and trolling ppl in WvW .. but iWarden is 2 unreliable at last for me … he dont try to chase his target so if ur enemy just walk away is his ( yes high )  aoe dmg useless and he also appear random … dont see point of blocking projectiles when he stand behind target not between u and target

kitting builds are great for lvling thumbs up … … till u reach Orr .. 90% of mobs there have frenzy
shatter builds have one big advange there  most mobs are dead on 1 burst combo ( its aoe with only 10s cd )

generally i prefer staff over GS for few reasons
GS have good dmg but only on range if ur on meele distance staff and GS dmg is approx. same … staff have GREAT defence abilities unlike GS … chaos storm and chaos armor are just 2 good for me …. what GS offer ? .. 1st attack is good  if u can kite target … 2nd is nice … 3rd nothing great  … 4th very good ++++
5th fine

staff .. 1st well put buffs / debuffs and clones have it aswell dmg is weak but overall fine … 2nd perfect leap finisher movement tool ( u can jump upstairs )
3rd have highest single target dmg from all phan. nuff more to said … 4th perfect defence regen swiftness protection while debuffing whoever attack u …
5th chaos storm .. woah .. one of my most favourite skills ever … can be used for nearly anything … daze condicions aoe aegis for ur team


gl and develop ur own mesmer way

Thanks again forgot about staff and how fun it is must try and look into more. Its laying down bleeds so it lends itself to condition build possible more so need to re-evaluate berserker

The idea behind Gs was to start with and use the 2 and 4 skill so you have group might and vunerabilty then hit them with the aoe phantasm and switch weapons unless kitting. Summon PD use 4 skill on pistol to bring ill duelist into play now I think sword would be better if I was any good but thinking sceptre instead but all benifits from cc either way

Ahhh I don't know