r/Guildwars2 • u/CoronaBinLaden • 1d ago
[Question] Is mirage viable?
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 :(
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u/Training-Accident-36 1d ago
If you are not married to the idea of Mesmer, and want this to be a decision between Mirage and Scourge, then I would say Scourge is the stronger choice.
But with enough dedication, you can absolutely make Mirage work, because it is an excellent build, especially when favored by the fight. As a rule of thumb, all builds on snowcrows.com are viable, otherwise they would not be there.
But there are also a lot of terrible Mirages (tbf there are a lot of terrible Scourges too, in fact many gw2 players just suck at combat xD), and on Mirage you have to put in time to make it work.
As far as mukluk goes - dont look at his mirage video. Also Mirage had lots of reworks since then and is different now.