Mesmer need help takes forever to kill a mob

[dwelve]

I suck at the mesmer, I can survive, I just cannot kill, I cant find a leveling build, on the rare occasion that I find one I cant find how to use it. My problem is that I take 15-20 seconds to take a mob, if I am at my very best I may take 12 seconds. I need to know how to play this, I am a level 54, and I want a build and how to use it, I am not looking for videos, I just want some advice, I currently use a staff, and sword pistol based on phantasms but it seems having them kill the target takes a bit even with my (2) sword ability

[Delias]

It takes longer in general to kill mobs in this game, are you sure you're not just running into that? Also, last I heard the staff was pretty terrible when it comes to killing speed. I personally use double sword on my mesmer and don't seem to really have issues. Anyways, there is a Mesmer discussion thread if you wanted to ask there.

[Edge-]

Delias stole my answer and thread link. There are nice people in the mesmer thread who are happy to help out if you have questions about the profession : )