Build:E/Me Illusionary Geomancer

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Contents 1 Attributes and Skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variants

The Illusionary Geomancer is built around the Mesmer elite skill Illusionary Weaponry. It augments the armor of an Elementalist to allow them to fight in melee and do large spell damage to one target.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Earth Magic	10 + 1 + 1
Illusion Magic	11
Energy Storage	10 + 2

Stone Daggers

Distortion

Obsidian Flame

Armor of Earth

Aura of Restoration

Images of Remorse

Illusionary Weaponry

Resurrection Signet

[edit] Equipment

• A sword or axe of Enchanting (at least 10%).
• An Illusion Magic focus that halves recharge times of Illusion Spells.

[edit] Usage

The usage is almost the same than a standard Illusionary Weaponry user, with the added bonus of Earth armor and attacks for spike damage.

• Cast Aura of Restoration.
• Choose a target. Cast Armor of Earth and Illusionary Weaponry.
• Once you engage the target, cast Distortion. This can be spammed a lot due to the low energy requirement and recharge. It is a stance, not an enchantment.
• Basically, just swing at the target, casting Images of Remorse and Stone Daggers every so often.
• When the target's health gets low, use Obsidian Flame for large damage.
• Whenever Armor of Earth, Aura of Restoration, or Illusionary Weaponry end, recast them.

[edit] Counters

• Since this build relies heavily on Enchantment Spells, spells like Shatter Enchantment and Dark Apostasy can reduce the effectiveness of this build greatly. If using this build, keep a staff or other weapon at hand, just in case. Distortion allows great protection, since it is a Stance, not and Enchantment.

[edit] Variants

• Distortion can be replaced by Sliver Armor to do damage back at attacker, but at the expense of more energy, longer recharge time, and adding yet another enchantment.