Archive:Me/N Weaken Knees

The weaken knees mesmer uses fast casting to cast skills like Weaken knees and Defile defenses while giving the monk no time to react.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Me/Ne Fas=9+1 Cur=12 Insp=9+1+1][Weaken Knees][Defile Defenses][Barbs][Faintheartedness][Rip Enchantment][Power Drain][Leech Signet][Resurrection Signet][/build]


 * For HA, replace Leech Signet with Channeling and Faintheartedness with Mark of Pain.

Equipment

 * Survivor, Vigor, and Vitae runes..
 * A hcr set and a caster axe + shield set.

Usage

 * Cast Weaken knees when the target is kiting.
 * Cast Defile defenses when the target is blocking.
 * Cover Barbs with Defile defenses or Weaken knees.
 * The rest is quite obvious.

Variants

 * Insidious Parasite for ra/ta.
 * Rigor Mortis If defile defenses is not enough.
 * Reckless Haste As an anti-melee spell.
 * Price of Failure As an anti-melee spell.
 * Mark of Pain can be used in HA.

Counters

 * Standard caster counters.