User:Devoncoke

The beauty of this combo is that it disables the fighter while dealing a moderate spike at the same time. Works especially well against fast attackers like Assassins. The weakness of the build is that it is left vulnerable to casters.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Mesmer/Secondary fast=8+1+2 domination=12+1 inspiration=10][Energy Drain][Empathy][Mind Wrack][spirit Shackles][Auspicious incantation][optional][ether feast][optional][/build]


 * See Variants

Equipment

 * Full Prodigy's Insignias

Head:+1 Fast Casting, Major rune of Fast Casting

Chest: Best vigor rune you can afford

Legs/Gloves: Rune of Vitae

Feet:+1 Domination with +20%HRS and inscription "Hale and Hearty"
 * Defensive PvP 2-handed Staff of Defense

Usage
1)Start off with Empathy

2)Use Auspicious incantation followed by spirit Shackles to keep a steady float of energy (or if you have equipped Imagined burden save your Auspicious incantation for it)

3)Follow with Mind Wrack and watch for the damage spike (usually after the 4th, 5th hit), reapply immediately afterwards

4)Use Energy Drain/ Ether Feast to trigger the spike again and to increase the energy pressure even further. Optionally you can quickly switch between target and use Energy drain a secondary energy management skill.

5)Reapply hexes if needed and continue spamming Mind Wrack

Counters

 * Backfire
 * Diversion
 * Heavy hex removal

Variants
I'd suggest:

1st optional slot - Web of Disruption as a general interrupt on resurrections and warrior's healing signet
 * For RA/TA take a Monk secondary and use the following:

2nd optional slot - Resurrection Chant and add the spare points to Healing Prayers 1st optional slot - Imagined burden and add the spare points in Illusion magic if you want to stop the runaways in their tracks. Kitah' burden is another possibility, giving you another energy management skill and opening the possibility of using a different elite skill 2nd optional slot - Pious Hastergy
 * For AB take a Dervish secondary
 * You can also add Soothing Images in optional slot 1 for TA, (it could probably work decent for GvG if the enemy hasn't brought heavy hex removers) and limit warriors/paragons to just normal attacks. If you feel comfortable with just 1 energy management skill switch Energy drain for Visions of Regret when facing warriors and paragons