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Posted by: Flarre.4850

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I felt in love with core fresh air ele(scpeter/focus) but thief/mesmer make my life a nightmare especially in wvw.
Do you have some tips against them? or do i have to deal with it and be aware to not be OS.

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Posted by: katniss.6735

katniss.6735

I find staff easier to deal with thief because you put aoes under you and sit on them.

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Posted by: Sunshine.5014

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Here is a guide posted a long time ago but is still valid

https://youtu.be/Hh5zjK7ITpQ

Gray out the HP for future condition damage
Already quit PvP. Just log in here and there to troll.

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Posted by: Flarre.4850

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Nice guide! xD Seems pretty legit.

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Posted by: Musty.3148

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Here is a guide posted a long time ago but is still valid

https://youtu.be/Hh5zjK7ITpQ

LOL’d, love the deadpan emotion.

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Posted by: atreyu.9624

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I felt in love with core fresh air ele(scpeter/focus) but thief/mesmer make my life a nightmare especially in wvw.
Do you have some tips against them? or do i have to deal with it and be aware to not be OS.

I seem to be able to hold my own against bad/not very good Daredevils or even completely wreck em.
Good daredevils are another thing tho, they are my worst WvW roaming nightmare when played like they are meant to be played.
1v1s they just feel like a landslide in their favour.

dodge their steal, reflect/dodge/blind their shadow shot. Make it harder for them to stick on you basically.
And make sure you are not wasting your crap into one of their 25 dodges, seems pretty obvious but still…

little big wizard – Eu

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Posted by: Pewbezlol.2470

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I find staff easier to deal with thief because you put aoes under you and sit on them.

worst strategy ever..

a burst with castbreaker can easykill a staff ele.

D/D Aura or Fresh Air burst is the only roamers actually.

best you can do if you are newb, enter on metabattle.net and read some advices on WvW

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Posted by: katniss.6735

katniss.6735

wat is “castbreaker”?
i have top, bottom, mid in tempest staff and kill thieves with overloads all the time without getting interrupted.
2x heal on crit

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Posted by: Bunnytown.7801

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Here is a guide posted a long time ago but is still valid

https://youtu.be/Hh5zjK7ITpQ

Wow, looking at the way we used to apply our traits brought back some nostalgia.

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Posted by: Xarimath.4518

Xarimath.4518

I felt in love with core fresh air ele(scpeter/focus) but thief/mesmer make my life a nightmare especially in wvw.
Do you have some tips against them? or do i have to deal with it and be aware to not be OS.

Dealing with thieves can be really frustrating as a Fresh Air Ele, but can be really satysfying beating them in duels.

Against Condi Thief is a patience game, you should take the sigil of cleansing and spam “Magnetic Wave” (Earth Focus number 4) to cleanse their condi.

Thieves who aren’t using pistol instead, are quite easy to take down. Try to root them in place with Arcane Blast, while attuned to earth (Hoping you have the right trait in the Arcana tree) and then use your normal burst combo + Phoenix, you should be able to melt them in a matter of second.

Save your “Obsidian Flesh” while you’re almost dead, since they will try to burst you down, and then it’s the right moment when to hit, 3 seconds are more than enough to melt them!

Jariel, your friendly neighborhood elementalist.

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Posted by: Etharzi Ors.7126

Etharzi Ors.7126

My advice is.. don’t play ele in WvW unless you’re hiding behind a large crowd.

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Posted by: Flarre.4850

Flarre.4850

I felt in love with core fresh air ele(scpeter/focus) but thief/mesmer make my life a nightmare especially in wvw.
Do you have some tips against them? or do i have to deal with it and be aware to not be OS.

Dealing with thieves can be really frustrating as a Fresh Air Ele, but can be really satysfying beating them in duels.

Against Condi Thief is a patience game, you should take the sigil of cleansing and spam “Magnetic Wave” (Earth Focus number 4) to cleanse their condi.

Thieves who aren’t using pistol instead, are quite easy to take down. Try to root them in place with Arcane Blast, while attuned to earth (Hoping you have the right trait in the Arcana tree) and then use your normal burst combo + Phoenix, you should be able to melt them in a matter of second.

Save your “Obsidian Flesh” while you’re almost dead, since they will try to burst you down, and then it’s the right moment when to hit, 3 seconds are more than enough to melt them!

Magnetic wave have a long cooldown,you can’t spam it.

You can’t root a thief.(they cleanse all moblity condi with evade so…)

I don’t know what kind of thief you fight but mine just go in stealth and literraly one shot me.

In a duel with /bow you can prepare yourself but in wvw they came from nowhere you don t even have the time to use obsidian flesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz3YEM1HkJE

Thief like this not the crappy one.

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