Guild Wars 2

This guy….
Well basically he has broken all my gear, no matter what strategy I use, he just seems to one shot me.
(I’m an elementalist) I’ve gone in with bubbles, different attunements, everything…and I last about a total of 5 seconds before something hits me for almost 2k damage at level 20.
He is the only one left guarding the emissary to get to the hot air balloon, so I assume I am not the only one having the issue trying to kill him.
I am just not sure what I am missing, because it doesn’t seem to be anything I can dodge, I just literally go boom and die.
I can’t even fight for survivability for more than 2 seconds, because he does the boom again =/
What am I missing here?!

Isn’t that the guy who stacks confusion stacks? Watch those and clean them as soon he applies some.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Veteran_Aetherblade_Taskmaster

Yeah, the Veteran one.
I am sure he stacks Confusion at a high rate, that whatever condition removal u have can not keep up with that.
With several (downgraded) lvl80 chars this is the only Aetherblade i have serious survival issues with.
Any other Aetherblade, not much of a problem.
But this one, tnx to that Confusion, i always die or nearly die.

The difficulty difference is astonishing, if u encounter a group with him or without him.
Perhaps somthing should be done about that fast Confusion stacking.

dagrdagaz.4913:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Veteran_Aetherblade_Taskmaster

Yeah, the Veteran one.
I am sure he stacks Confusion at a high rate, that whatever condition removal u have can not keep up with that.
With several (downgraded) lvl80 chars this is the only Aetherblade i have serious survival issues with.
Any other Aetherblade, not much of a problem.
But this one, tnx to that Confusion, i always die or nearly die.

The difficulty difference is astonishing, if u encounter a group with him or without him.
Perhaps somthing should be done about that fast Confusion stacking.

Since all its attacks apply confusion it is not surprising that you can’t remove it.
I don’t remember having much issue with the taskmasters. Thugs and their banners on the other hand ….

Tag champions from range and be safe :/

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

Tag champions from range and be safe :/

He isn’t talking about running in a zerg at the invasions.

To OP: The aetherblades are definitely one of the harder pve opponents you can run into since seemingly they all have tons of stuns, knockdowns and confusions. There is nothing more annoying than getting stun locked for 3/4 of your health or more.

cranked.3812:

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

Tag champions from range and be safe :/

He isn’t talking about running in a zerg at the invasions.

To OP: The aetherblades are definitely one of the harder pve opponents you can run into since seemingly they all have tons of stuns, knockdowns and confusions. There is nothing more annoying than getting stun locked for 3/4 of your health or more.

No? But there is only 2 places where you can met aetherblades – balloon tower events and invasion

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

cranked.3812:

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

Tag champions from range and be safe :/

He isn’t talking about running in a zerg at the invasions.

To OP: The aetherblades are definitely one of the harder pve opponents you can run into since seemingly they all have tons of stuns, knockdowns and confusions. There is nothing more annoying than getting stun locked for 3/4 of your health or more.

No? But there is only 2 places where you can met aetherblades – balloon tower events and invasion

Right, and he specifically asked about the ones guarding the balloons.