Changes: Archive:Me/A Illusion Ganker

Latest revision as of 21:08, 2 November 2010

This build has been archived as of January 5, 2008, for the following reasons:

Several nerfs
Meta shift

This build had been designed for the following use:

This build was in the category great before being archived.

This build utilizes Illusion Magic spells to quickly kill NPCs in GvG while also providing a strong defense against physical attackers.

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Mesmer/Assassin Illusion=12+1+1 Inspiration=10+1 Fast=8+1 dead=2][Ineptitude][Clumsiness][Auspicious Incantation] [Conjure Nightmare][Disrupting Dagger][Inspired Enchantment][Illusion of Haste][Ether Feast][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

Survivor armor
Illusion Magic headgear with a minor Illusion Magic rune
Minor runes of Inspiration Magic and Fast Casting
Standard caster weaponsets(40/40 Illusion set, Negative Energy set, defensive set, high energy set).

Usage

Kill your enemy's NPCs.
Use Clumsiness for damage and anti-melee.
Use Ineptitude for blind and damage.
Use Auspicious Incantation and Conjure Nightmare for energy management and degen.
Use Inspired Enchantment to remove enchantments, as well as for energy management.
Use Disrupting Dagger to interrupt Archers' Troll Unguent and Knights' Healing Signet.
Illusion of Haste can be used as a speedbuff and to remove cripple. However, you should be careful with usage of it, as when it ends, you are crippled.

Counters

Offensive casters
Defensive flaggers

Variants

Power Drain
Mantra of Persistence can replace the Resurrection Signet or Web of Disruption
Dash instead of Illusion of Haste.
Distortion
Drain Enchantment instead of Inspired Enchantment.

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+{{Archived-Build|date=January 5, 2008|reason1=Several nerfs|reason2=Meta shift|type1=GvG|type2=HB|category=great}}
-{{Great-Build|GvG|HB|CM}}
 {{TOCright}}
 This build utilizes Illusion Magic spells to quickly kill NPCs in GvG while also providing a strong defense against physical attackers.
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 == Attributes and Skills ==
 <pvxbig>
-[build prof=Mesmer/Assassin Illusion=12+1+1 Inspiration=10+1 Fast=8+1][Ineptitude][Clumsiness][Auspicious Incantation]
+[build prof=Mesmer/Assassin Illusion=12+1+1 Inspiration=10+1 Fast=8+1 dead=2][Ineptitude][Clumsiness][Auspicious Incantation]
-[Conjure Nightmare][Disrupting Dagger][Drain Enchantment][Illusion of Haste][Ether Feast][/build]
+[Conjure Nightmare][Disrupting Dagger][Inspired Enchantment][Illusion of Haste][Ether Feast][/build]
 </pvxbig>
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 *Use [[gw:Ineptitude|Ineptitude]] for blind and damage.
 *Use [[gw:Auspicious Incantation|Auspicious Incantation]] and [[gw:Conjure Nightmare|Conjure Nightmare]] for energy management and degen.
-*Use [[gw:Drain Enchantment|Drain Enchantment]] to remove enchantments, as well as for energy management.
+*Use [[gw:Inspired Enchantment|Inspired Enchantment]] to remove enchantments, as well as for energy management.
-*Use [[gw:Disrupting Dagger|Disrupting Dagger]] to interrupt Archers' [[gw:Troll Unguent|Troll Unguent]] and Knights' [[gw:Healing Signet|Healing Signet]].
+*Use [[gw:Disrupting Dagger|Disrupting Dagger]] to interrupt [[gw:Archer|Archers']] [[gw:Troll Unguent|Troll Unguent]] and [[gw:Knight|Knights']] [[gw:Healing Signet|Healing Signet]].
 *[[gw:Illusion of Haste|Illusion of Haste]] can be used as a speedbuff and to remove cripple. However, you should be careful with usage of it, as when it ends, you are crippled.
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 *[[gw:Dash|Dash]] instead of Illusion of Haste.
 *[[gw:Distortion|Distortion]]
+*[[gw:Drain Enchantment|Drain Enchantment]] instead of Inspired Enchantment.