Build:Me/any Lyssa's Degenerator

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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: PvP RA

This build utilizes Lyssa's Aura to spam hexes, pressuring through degeneration and energy denial.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Mesmer / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Inspiration Magic 10 + 1 Illusion Magic 8 + 1 Fast Casting Conjure Nightmare Factions Mesmer. Illusion Magic 11 Conjure Nightmare Hex Spell For 12 seconds, target foe suffers -8 Health degeneration. 5 0.7 15 Illusion of Pain Factions Mesmer. Illusion Magic 11 Illusion of Pain Hex Spell For 10 seconds, target foe has -3...9...10 Health degeneration and takes 3...9...10 damage each second. When Illusion of Pain ends, that foe is healed for 45...129...150. 8 0.7 10 Ether Phantom Nightfall Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 14 Ether Phantom Hex Spell For 10 seconds, target foe has -1 Energy degeneration. If this Hex is removed prematurely, that foe loses 5 Energy. 10 0.7 5 Drain Delusions Nightfall Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 14 Drain Delusions Spell Remove one Mesmer Hex from target foe. If a Hex was removed in this way, that foe loses 5 Energy and you gain 2 Energy for each point lost. 10 0.2 5 Ether Lord Prophecies Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 14 Ether Lord Hex Spell You lose all Energy. For 10 seconds, target foe suffers -3 Energy degeneration, and you experience +3 Energy regeneration. 20 1.3 5 Lyssa's Aura Factions Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 14 Lyssa's Aura Elite Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, you have +5 Energy regeneration. This enchantment reapplies itself every time you cast a spell on a foe. 30 0.7 5 Distortion Prophecies Mesmer. Illusion Magic 11 Distortion Stance For 4 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block an attack this way, you lose 2 Energy or Distortion ends. 8 5 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 2.2 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Full Survivor armor, and a Superior Vigor rune.
• 40/40 Inspiration and Illusion sets.
• Defensive set with -5e.
• High energy set.

[edit] Usage

• In the beginning of the fight, cast Lyssa´s Aura. If Lyssa´s Aura gets stripped, recast it as soon as possible.
• Spam Conjure Nightmare and Illusion of Pain to apply degen pressure on the enemy team.
• While spamming the degeneration, use your energy denial on either the enemy healer or other energy-reliant priority targets. Do this by casting Ether Phantom and immediately remove it with Drain Delusions. The enemy will lose 10 energy and you will have a net energy gain of 10.
• Ether Lord is a very strong energy denial and due to Lyssa´s Aura´s amazing energy management, you can use it often. Switch to your negative set to counteract energy loss.
• Use Distortion to piss off physicals and avoid interrupts.

[edit] Counters

• General caster hate.
• Getting disenchanted all the time will slow you down, but due to your other energy managing skills you will still be able to hex your enemies.
• Using Drain Delusions on Illusion of Pain (removal of IoP)

[edit] Variants

For filling the optional slot or in place of any other non-elite skill, some possibilities are:

• Shrinking Armor instead of Conjure Phantasm.
• Signet of Humility to disable elite skills that poses a lot of threat to your team e.g. Peace and Harmony.
• Spirit of Failure, Spirit Shackles or Clumsiness to annoy attackers. Soothing Images will neutralize adrenaline users.
• An enchantment removal such as Feedback or Discharge Enchantment. The hexes in the build would allow for Discharge Enchantment to rapidly remove enchantments.
• Ether Feast for a strong self heal that also drains energy.
• You can bring Web of Disruption for a double interrupt when paired with Drain Delusions.
• Phantom Pain or Accumulated Pain if you want a Deep Wound. Phantom Pain's DW can be timed through the use of Drain Delusions.
• Imagined Burden, Ethereal Burden, and Kitah's Burden to snare for long periods in combination with Mantra of Persistence.
• Vow of Piety for a constant +24 armor as long as you maintain Lyssa's Aura.
• Conjure Phantasm over IoP

[edit] Notes

Drain Delusions has been updated. It gives 4 energy instead of 2.