Guild Wars 2

It’s matchup based lad. You should know what the matchup is and play it humbly. If you know you will lose to the two enemies, either split or die on point if you cant run. If they have no damage, then bunker to the side of point. Forcing two enemies to stay on point to babysit you is a bad trade for them even if capped, so just run around cover and survive while they waste their time.

As engi/condiwar/DH to side bunkering, as power shiro attempt burst then split, if mes/thief split.

I have a video here of me playing DH and surviving against multiple opponents until help arrives. My best advice to you is to watch that and any other PvP videos you may be able to find on YouTube. Seeing things may help you get a better idea of what you need to do to survive.

A lot of survival tactics rely on being able to quickly use your skills and keeping a sustained amount of distance between you and your opponent based on who you’re up against

If you’re fighting versus multiple opponents, a condi thief can be mostly ignored. It puts out fairly constant pressure and can survive well, but that’s about it. For DH, Trapper and Symbols are fairly different builds. In general, if they have a longbow, they’re a Trapper. If they have a mace, they’re Symbols. Against a Symbols DH, you basically just want to keep moving to mitigate most of the pressure. It WILL cap the point. Don’t worry about it. Trapper DH you don’t need to move as much, but you need to position yourself so they can’t one shot you with their traps. Use LOS to avoid the Spear of Justice, and don’t stay in a position where they can Deflecting Shot you through the Test of Faith. Most DHs don’t run Dragon’s Maw, but find out early if they do. You’ll have to always save a cooldown to escape it (Stability, Port, Invulnerability), but it will be MUCH easier to kill them. If a DH is running Dragon’s Maw, focus them. Chronomancers are much tankier than Mesmers used to be because of Shield. In terms of pressuring a Mesmer, there’s two things you’ll want to do. First, try to instantly interrupt their Echo of Memory. In a team fight, you’re unlikely to avoid hitting them at all, so ideally you can interrupt it unblockably before it blocks anything. Even if you can’t, you still prevent the Phantasm from spawning. Second, try to force a Distortion early on. If you force the Distortion before they’re ready to use Signet of Illusions, you can interrupt them when they do cast it. Mesmers aren’t a great target if there’s a Tempest supporting them. Defensively, just keep tabs on how many clones they have up so you’ll know when they’re planning to shatter. Don’t go aggressive on them if they have all their clones standing around them without something to defend against a shatter. Other than those specific tips, it’s mostly about conserving your defensive cooldowns. For example, if you’re fighting a Warrior and a Thief and the Warrior uses Skull Grinder, as a Mesmer you can avoid the Skull Grinder with Phase Retreat, saving a dodge roll for when the Thief tries to burst you. However, you can also go one step further and do an untargeted Phase Retreat. If you do a normal Phase Retreat, the Warrior will still proc the Cleansing Ire from hitting the clone you generated. Untargeting them before you Phase Retreat keeps the pressure up on them. You just need to think through how best to use your defensive cooldowns against each opponent.

As messmer, schield 4 schield 4 dodge dodge shatter for f4 skill shield 5 – repeat and try to blink on free spots and hope they attack your illusions

But in general, if you want to win 1v2 be way better as both of them

Rotating defensive cd’s is how I do it. You eventually get a feel for when certain skills are off cd and you know when/how they can be used effectively so you time it so that you always have a defensive skill/maneuver available to you when you need it. Alternating that with LoS and dropping aoes and occasionally bursting an opponent should let you do much better in a 1v2 situation. If you want to practice I’m sure there are plenty in dueling servers or out in the wild who would be more than willing to help.

You’re not going to win a 1v2 unless your skill level is far beyond theirs. Just know that a 1v2 on a point that the opposing team holds is an advantage for you as long as you survive. Do jumping puzzles to stall the fight as much as possible.