Build:Me/any Melee Killer

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

The Melee Killer is used mainly in AB by using Clumsiness and Ineptitude to interrupt attackers and kill them as quickly as possible while keeping energy usage under control.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Mesmer / Any	Attribute Rank
Illusion Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Inspiration Magic	10 + 1
Fast Casting	8 + 1

Conjure Phantasm

Clumsiness

Distortion

Auspicious Incantation

Arcane Echo

Ineptitude

Ether Feast

Energy Tap

[edit] Equipment

• Enchanter's Armor for extra Energy.
• Any Weapon and Offhand that gives 20/20 on Illusion. Vokur's Cane or Deeproot's Sorrow will work nicely.
• Talous' Staff if you want to use a staff instead.

[edit] Usage

• Start off by casting Conjure Phantasm on target.
• Wait for them to get close to you or ally to cast Clumsiness.
• If you are being attacked, activate Distortion and/or follow up with Auspicious Incantation, then Arcane Echo followed by Ineptitude.
• Once they are blinded, Distortion should wear off (if you activated it), use Ineptitude once again (the one from Arcane Echo) and recharge energy once again with Energy Tap.
• Use Ether Feast if your health was decreased.
• Repeat steps if attacker is not dead.

[edit] Counters

• Energy Denial
• Hex removal too quickly
• Interrupts
• Condition removal of the blindness.

[edit] Variants

• For energy management, you can replace Auspicious Incantation with Ether Lord, Revealed Hex, or Revealed Enchantment.
• Replace Conjure Phantasm with Images of Remorse.

[edit] Notes

• Try to avoid spellcasters if possible since they don't usually attack, but you can try to use Ether Feast, Ether Lord (if you replaced a skill for it) and Energy Tap to limit their energy management while someone else tries to kill them.