Corthyll.7635

It didn't look like it was moving around at all so it could function more like the Scourge's Sand Savant shade and just jumps to where you command it?

It appears very "leafy". Maybe utilising vines for lockdown?

Reaper damage in close is mental now. I get dropped within a second as a scourge by some reapers. Regardless, for me with scourge, the 5 sec change to Dhummfire means that I see less value in the Soul Reaping trait line so I've moved to Blood and Curses and am quite happy with how it's performing. Yes, I still get downed quickly by some matchups but that's just part of being scourge. As for life force, I use nourishing ashes and demonic lore and it always keeps me topped up in pvp.

Yet another quality comprehensive post from you, Curunen. :)The might stacking from the illusions line (Phantasmal force and Persistance of Memory) combined with Bountiful Disillusionment (might on mind wrack) and the staff ambush can get quite high fast. It is this in tandem with Compounding Power that can boost your power and condition damage significantly. Phantasmal disenchanter could also be used to add more might. Once might is sufficient (which actually can happen quite quickly), I like to switch to axe/torch and wreak havoc. Both lines approach damage in different ways: Dueling with fury/crit and Illusions with might/damage. I suppose dueling would be better with stats high in precision whereas illusions would be better in builds stacking power/condi and ignoring precision.

@AliamRationem.5172 / @Curunen.8729 I've been following you two masters of mesmerism since near the start of PoF and have used your reflect mirage builds a bit (both illusions and chaos) to decent effect across PvE, WvW and PvP. One condi/hybrid mirage build I have had good success with since the last patch however drops dueling and uses chaos and illusions combined. It does mean that reflects are decreased, but adds much more might from the illusions line. I'm using something along the lines of the following traits with axe/torch and staff:Illusions - 231Chaos - 133Mirage - 231 What are your thoughts on this avenue as compared to dueling?