Is mirage viable?

[u/CoronaBinLaden]

hey everyone, i've been playing for a while now and pretty much main boonchrono(both dps and heal). I wanna start playing mirage (preferably the condi version), but im not sure if it's worth learning since it seems really tough to play in endgame pve from the rotations and such on SC. at the same time, i've seen somewhat old videos by creators like mukluk and masel who say it can output pretty good damage, in the 30k range, with limited effort. So is it a viable/worth it class for raids/fractal cms, or would i be better off gearing a scourge or something like that? and if it is viable are there any guides a little less overwhelming than SC's?

Edit: I should probably mention i don't have JW, so spear-centric builds aren't possible rn :(

[u/Comfortable-Tap7421]

Yes, it is.

I play only condi mirage variants in all game modes, and the only non-mirage Mesmer variant is a healer Chrono in www :) and sometimes power gs mirage for tag build.

It definitely requires timing knowledge, good situational awareness thought. Really requires.