Originally Posted by
Kachiko
Sword/Pistol and Greatsword is a really good PvE DPS spec. When you get to lvl 40, get 15 in Dueling, for Phantasmal Fury & Sharper Images, and then work up to 20, in Illusions, for Compounding Power and Illusionist Celerity. This lets your clones bleed on critical hits, they have 20% critical chance, and they attack 20% faster. Just with the bleeding alone, my undergeared Mesmer started slaughtering even leveled mobs and at 45, it's even better. The rest of the build will be 15 in Chaos and 15 in Inspiration to give my clones Phantasmal Healing (AoE regeneration) and Illusionary Membrane (Protection on regeneration) for survivability, leaving you with 5 points left over to spend wherever you want.