Guild Wars 2

successfully counter the mesmer portal zerg? Is there anything that works to combat this mechanic? We are struggling against it over here on TC and could use a few suggestions of what works to combat it.

Mesmer portal rush works because people are usually busy being all in the same place attacking something else (most often doors, instead of letting ram operators do it).

Spread around the place, and have people announcing the portal on whatever voice chat program you’re using as soon as they notice it. AoE nuke the portal with everything you’ve got. The enemies will die before even managing to start their attack routine.

Oh and btw: the portal exit renders normally.

- Keep an ear out for the portal noise (note: there is a Guardian skill with the same sound effect) and an eye for the visual, think of the most likely places (behind the group, in the middle…)
- As soon as you spot it, start AoE’ing it
- Put fears and walls on it so that the first people through will be feared/disoriented for a second, giving you extra time to kill
- Keep an eye on enemies gathering, did most of them suddenly get off the wall? Are a bunch just kinda standing there without attacking anything? Chances are that they are waiting for a Mesmer to activate a portal.

We’ve countered portal bombs succesfully (and unsuccesfully, admittedly). The biggest thing is spotting them on time before the people coming out can either spread out or use their support and healers to make it really hard to kill them.

Spread out, pay attention to your surroundings, and use voice chat.