Changes: Archive:Me/A Illusion Ganker

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This build has been designed for the following use:

PvP
GvG

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][Ineptitude][Clumsiness][Auspicious Incantation] [Conjure Nightmare][Disrupting Dagger][Spirit of Failure][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 Drain Enchantment and Power Drain to remove enchantments or interrupts spells, 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

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

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 [build prof=Mesmer/Assassin Illusion=12+1+1 Inspiration=10+1 Fast=8+1][Ineptitude][Clumsiness][Auspicious Incantation]
-[Conjure Nightmare][Disrupting Dagger][Drain Enchantment][Illusion of Haste][Ether Feast][/build]
+[Conjure Nightmare][Disrupting Dagger][Spirit of Failure][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:Drain Enchantment|Drain Enchantment]] and [[gw:Power Drain|Power Drain]] to remove enchantments or interrupts spells, 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]].
 *[[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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 == Variants ==
+*[[gw:Drain Enchantment|Drain Enchantment]]
-*[[gw:Web of Disruption|Web of Disruption]] can replace [[gw:Disrupting Dagger|Disrupting Dagger]].
+*[[gw:Power Drain|Power Drain]]
-*[[gw:Dash|Dash]] can replace [[gw:Illusion of Haste|Illusion of Haste]].
+*[[gw:Mantra of Persistence|Mantra of Persistence]] can replace the [[gw:Resurrection Signet|Resurrection Signet]] or Web of Disruption
+*[[gw:Dash|Dash]] instead of Illusion of Haste.
+*[[gw:Distortion|Distortion]]