GW2. Power Virtuoso PvP Build. DPS Mesmer PvP.
Last Update: August 2024
The Power Virtuoso is a DPS mesmer PvP build with high AoE and unblockable/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. When evading or blocking attacks, you generate blades and gain quickness and fury, allowing you to be much more effective in fights by actively evading or blocks attacks rather than safely positioning yourself away from them.
The F1-3 Bladesong Shatters can become unblockable after dodging, allowing you to do damage in team fights where tons of reflects prevent projectiles from hitting their mark. Try to dodge before using your shatters because blocking or evading an attack will also generate blades.
The Spear 2 is the main damage source because of its low cooldown and guaranteed critical hits 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 3 > Shield 5 > Swap
- Spear 2 > 5 > 2 > 4 > F1
Try to swap before the Shield 5 lands to get extra stun duration from the Savagery sigil on your Spear.
Sword and Shield can be used as your defensive set as well as for mobility since the sword 3 skill as a virtuoso does not need a target to leap and can return you back to your original location, but it can also do a good amount of damage if the leap hits your target.
Build
| Amulet/Rune/Relic | Weapons | Sigils |
|---|---|---|
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| Marauder | Spear | Energy/Savagery |
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| Lynx | Sword/Shield | Energy/Escape |
| Defender |
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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.