GW2. Power Virtuoso PvP Build. DPS Mesmer PvP.
The Power Virtuoso is a DPS mesmer PvP build with high AoE and piercing damage to keep constant pressure in team fights. The Aegis from using bladesong shatters, the Shield Blocks, and Distortion allows you to survive while in the middle of a battle using a mix of melee and ranged attacks.
The F1 Bladesong Shatter is your main burst skill which you should try to use only with 5 blades due to the Infinite Forge trait refunding 2 blades when doing so. Try to pressure enemy cooldowns before fully engaging by using the dagger skills at range. Then swap to Spear when you see an opening.
The Spear 2 is a low cooldown and a guaranteed critical hit when landing it on the edge. Landing Spear 2 also empowers your other Spear skills which you want to ensure you have for your Spear 5 (which recharges the 2) so that it becomes a stun to allow you to land another Spear 2.
Main Opener:
- Sword 5 > Dagger 3 > 2 > F1 > Swap
- Spear 2 > 5 > 2 > 4 > F1
Sword 4 and Spear 3 can be used to avoid damage while also dealing damage. Try to time them strategically to trade damage. Otherwise, use F4 Distortion to perform your combos uninterrupted if you feel you will be in danger but must still put your damage out.
| Spear | Heal / Utility / Elite |
| Dagger / Sword | |
| Amulet/Rune/Relic | Weapons | Sigils |
|---|---|---|
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| Berserker | Spear | Energy / Savagery |
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| Lynx | Dagger / Sword | Energy / Escape |
| Defender |
Alternatives
- Weapon: Sword can replace main hand for more mobility and survivability
- Weapon: Shield can replace off hand for more survivability
Build Template Chat Code:
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10 Comments
Woop woop, wanna try it out asap
Would this work in wvw as well?
Is the only way to cleanse now sigil’s? with the 2 1/4 second cast time on mantra its so easy to interupt the first cast, or you waste the biggest cleanse to give a quick instant cleanse.
really enjoy this build in spvp so far. can i run this in WvW too? if so, should i go cele or berserker?
Marauders or Dragon’s, check on the wvw section for the build
New to Mesmer, and wondering why Virtuoso use GS anymore? Isn’t not good now?
It can work, but is not the best, because Mirror Blade generates a clone and bounce, while in Virtuoso you don’t get the clone so unless you get to melee range or there are other enemies Mirror Blade won’t bounce it’s kinda less value. The Berserker Phantasm also won’t generate clones and not much value from the other skills neither. Dagger can be reflected yes, but I don’t think picking GS just to auto attack is worth, at least in Mirage you have the ambush but in Virtuoso is worthless, it kinda works only if you can freecast in a zerg so it’s not the best alternative for a proper virtuoso build.
Good thing you understood what I said there, seeing it now realising what miss did I write lol. Yeah I’m new to Mesmer so trying to tinker a bit with things and try different build/weapons and GS is my favourite weapon in game so wished it would work. Really liking the style of virtuoso but gs isn’t that great.
What’s your opinion to Virtuoso vs Mirage? Most Mesmer mains I’ve asked say that Mirage is superior to Virtuoso (wvw/pvp)
Im trying out the power build but using GS as second. I cant get the shield spells to work? I have chronomancer unlocked but do I need to use the chronomancer specialization in order for it to work?
You need Secrets of the Obscure expansion, and you will be able to use weapons from other specializations.
What can I use instead of a spear, I don’t have janthir