Build:Me/Mo SoA 55 Mesmer

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the medium category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE farming

The 55 Mesmer has been designed to show that Mesmers are just as good (if not, better) 55's as Monks. It farms physical attackers without degen. It uses Mantra of Recovery to keep up Shield of Absorption and follows the traditional 55 Monking.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Mesmer / Monk 12 + 1 + 3 Fast Casting 12 Protection Prayers Shield of Absorption Nightfall Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Shield of Absorption Enchantment Spell For 6 seconds, damage received by target ally is reduced by 5 each time that ally is hit while under the effects of this Enchantment. 10 0.5 5 Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 12 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 19 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. 5 0.1 10 Mantra of Recovery Core Mesmer. Fast Casting 16 Mantra of Recovery Elite Stance For 21 seconds, Spells you cast recharge 33% faster. 20 5 Ether Nightmare (Kurzick) Factions Mesmer. Kurzick rank Ether Nightmare (Kurzick) Hex Spell Target foe loses 4..8 Energy. For each point of Energy lost in this way, that foe and all foes in the area suffer -1 Health degeneration for 10 seconds. 15 1.4 10 Arcane Echo Core Mesmer. Unlinked Arcane Echo Enchantment Spell If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill. 20 1.0 15 Cry of Pain Nightfall Mesmer. Sunspear rank Cry of Pain Spell Interrupt target foe's skill. If that foe was suffering from a Mesmer Hex, that foe and all foes in the area take 25...50 damage and -3..5 Health degeneration for 10 seconds. 12 0.1 10 Balthazar's Spirit Prophecies Monk. Smiting Prayers Balthazar's Spirit Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, target ally gains adrenaline and Energy after taking damage. (The amount of adrenaline gained increases depending on your rank in Smiting Prayers.) 1.0 10 -1 Essence Bond Prophecies Monk. Unlinked Essence Bond Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally takes physical or elemental damage, you gain 1 Energy. 1.0 10 -1 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Any Armor Rating is possible.
• 5 Superior Mesmer Runes, at least one of them needs to be a Superior Rune of Fast Casting.
• Insignia's are not needed, but Radiant Insignias can help.
• Sword, Axe or Spear of Enchanting with an "I have the Power" Inscription.
• The -50hp Grim Cesta Quest Reward from Cities of Ascalon.
• A decent Sunspear Rank

[edit] Usage

• Maintain Essence Bond and Balthazar's Spirit.
• Keep up Mantra of Recovery (at all times!).
• Cast Protective Spirit and Shield of Absorption and aggro your foes.
• Select one foe and cast Ether Nightmare, Arcane Echo, Cry of Pain and your Echo-ed Cry of Pain.
• Keep repeating until dead.
• Make sure your enchantments are always up.

[edit] Counters

• Degeneration
• Stance removal
• Enchantment removal
• To a lesser extent, interrupts

[edit] Variants

• Drop Mantra of Recovery and Arcane Echo. Replace them with Mantra of Resolve and Shielding Hands. This way you can farm foes with interrupts (i.e. Raptor Nestlings).
• Drop Mantra of Recovery and Arcane Echo. Replace them with Healing Breeze and Shielding Hands. Drop Fast Casting so you can spend 11 in Healing Prayers. This way you can farm foes with Health degeneration less than 9.

[edit] Notes

• The AI usually only interrupts your second spell (except for Ether Nightmare), especially with this high Fast Casting. As long as you don't spam your skills, interrupts will hardly be there.
• Keep targeting one foe when using your damage spells. This is because foes scatter when melee and more than three. You can lose targets this way, and the lost targets will regenerate.

[edit] See also

• 55 Monk