User:NieA7/Lyssa Serpentine

Lyssa Serpentine is a Canthan born level 20 Mesmer with full AP. She has completed all the missions up to Raisu Palace in Cantha.

General PvE
Just a general PvE build that works well in most situations, nothing too flashy. Sometimes I swap some of Clumsiness, Phantom Pain and Shatter Delusions for Conjure Phantasm, Images of Remorse and Accumulated Pain for degain rather than spike.

Fast Casting Elementalist
I've yet to create a good fast casting elementalist build. I'm trying to work one with Earth and Water magic (if only because everybody and their uncle uses Fire and Air), but nothing I've put together has worked very convincingly yet. Trouble with Earth is that most the best spells are PBAoE stuff, which means losing a few slots to survival skills - the builds tend to end up doing a large amount of damage very quickly, then standing around for a while waiting for energy to recover and skills to recharge. Haven't yet got enough cash or skill points to properly investigate water magic.

Theoretical PvP Caster Shutdown
With 12 + 1 + 1 Fast Casting, 12 + 2 Domination, Phi's Wisdom, a 20/20 Domination Focus and Masquerade Armor.

Theoretical as I don't have all the skills or equipment to try it yet, but if I don't write it down I'll forget it. Lots of HP for a Mesmer as there's only one major rune and that's cancelled out by the armour. All the spells are low cost (no more than 10) and several have a fairly long recharge, so energy management shouldn't be a problem. Should work well against spamming Monks, Necromancers and Mesmers who won't have a big enough energy pool to deal with any serious amount of exhaustion (and it would be especially hard on Assassins who use lots of hexes and/or enchantments). The idea is to shut down their spell casting with a combination of interrupts, energy drain and exhaustion, then hit them with Wastrel's Worry and Shatter Delusions. A possible variation would be to swap Wastrel's Worry and Shatter Delusions for Ether Feast (with 3 + 1 in Inspiration) and Mind Wrack, with exhaustion forcing down their maximum energy and all the other skills eating away at their available energy.

Titles

 * Canthan Pathfinder (72%)
 * 23 Skill Hunter points
 * 2 Treasure Hunter points
 * 9 Wisdom Seeker points
 * 6/13 Canthan Missions
 * 2/13 Canthan Missions