Trouble Making Mesmer Elite Skill Decisions

I'm in a bit of a bind here, I captured two new elite skills earlier, and I have no idea with one to use, keep in mind that I'm an energy draining build:

Energy Surge:
Energy Cost: 10
Target foe loses 8 (variable) energy. For each point of energy lost, that foe and all foes in the area take 8 damage. (domination magic)

Energy Drain:
Energy Cost: 5
Steal 15 (variable) energy from target foe. (inspiration magic)


My points are 6 (+1) fast casting, 10 (+3) Illusion, 9 (+1) Domination, and 8 (+1) Inspiration

Thank you for listening.

Me/W? I would use Energy Drain for now. Surge is a good ability and is a strong AoE spell if you draw mobs, but Energy Drain would be able to refill your energy when you need it, so you can keep casting your other Energy kill abilities.

Thanks for the reply, and I have a few more questions: I currently use no Warrior skills, and am thinking of changing my secondary profession...Should i do this? If not, what are some Warrior skills i should use?

We're gonig to need abit more information to make a proper recommedation. You've got to consider things like your overal energy usage, type of play expected (PvE, arena, tombs?) and kind of role you want to play.

Frankly, I wouldn't take damage spells as a mesmer in tombs. Your job is to shut them down, not kill them. I'd use energy drain for PvP over energy surge unless you find that you've always got energy to spare, in which case you might as well use energy surge.

You also should consider the casting time on both skills before you decide which is better.

I was thinking about this a second ago, and now I just have a basic Domination/Illusion for PvE, and my draining build for PvP, I'm just going to switch to Monk secondary for the rez, I really can't find any useful drains from other classes...
Thank you for the replies.