Build:Me/any Mantra of Recovery Utility

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Contents 1 Attributes and Skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variants 6 Notes

This mesmer utilizes the powerful stance, Mantra of Recovery to partially negate the long recharge of many mesmer skills, and allows this build to interrupt and remove hexes and enemy enchantments with great efficiency. This build is designed for PvE.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Mesmer / Any	Attribute Rank
Fast Casting	11 + 1 + 3
Domination Magic	10 + 1
Inspiration Magic	10 + 1

Power Return

Power Drain

Optional

Shatter Hex

Mantra of Recovery

Drain Enchantment

Ether Feast

Resurrection Signet

Skills for the optional slot:

• Empathy as a damage source and something to spread on melee monsters.
• Shame if there is difficulty interrupting monsters.
• Spirit of Failure if there is difficulty keeping energy up and to reduce damage from monsters.
• Diversion to shut down monsters that spam spells that recharge fairly quickly.
• Energy Burn to drain energy from foes and to deal damage.

[edit] Equipment

• Savant's Armor is preferred since Mantra of Recovery will be up nearly all the time.
• A 20% faster recharge domination or inspiration wand is preferred. Good green item choices would be The Time Eater and Korvald's Cane

[edit] Usage

• Activate Mantra of Recovery at the beginning of each battle.
• Interrupt crucial skills with Power Return and Power Drain.
• Use Shatter Hex to remove harmful hexes on your teammates. Remember, Shatter Hex does a great deal of armor ignoring damage to adjacent foes, so try to use it when you can also deal damage.
• Use Drain Enchantment to remove enchantments from foes and to regain energy.
• Use Ether Feast to regain health and to steal energy from foes.
• Correct usage of Power Drain is necessary to have enough energy to cast the other spells. Use Power Return to interrupt most spells and use Power Drain on slower, easier to interrupt spells.

[edit] Counters

• Wild Blow will end Mantra of Recovery. Take care to avoid monsters that use this skill.
• Backfire will force usage of Shatter Hex unless there is an ally that will remove it.
• Diversion will increase the recharge of spells. However, Mantra of Recovery reduces that recharge partially.
• Spellbreaker, Obsidian Flesh, Shadow Form, and Spell Shield.
• Energy Denial

[edit] Variants

• Rebirth is a powerful skill to bring in high-end PVE areas. However, with a 50% reduction in cast-time due to Fast Casting, Resurrection Chant is very powerful because an ally can be brought up to full health in mid-battle very quickly. These are suggested if you have a Monk secondary profession.
• Replace Power Return with Power Spike or Power Leak for extra damage or energy drain.
• Replace Drain Enchantment for Energy Tap if the foes being faced use very few enchantments.
• Replace Shatter Hex with Remove Hex for cheaper hex removal.
• Bring Shatter Enchantment for the optional slot and switch Drain Enchantment for Energy Tap

[edit] Notes

• Proper energy management is key to running this build. Without it, spells such as Shatter Hex will be too energy intensive to use.