Guild Wars 2

Mist form and Lightning Flash are both stun breakers, and are also useful during combat when you don’t want to run away.
Defensively, look at:
Elemental Attunement (Arcane V) -Grants more speed/regen/protection
Evasive Arcana (Arcane XI) -Cleansing Wave (cures conditions)and Blinding Flash (ae blind)
Soothing Wave (Water X) -Regen in Mist Form
If you get the right armor runes, you get near everlasting speed with D/D.

Most classes only have 3-4 abilities to slow you down (snare, stun, root). The key is lasting thru their use of those abilities (cleanse, protection, regen) to be able to outrun them. Time your evades, use your mist form and teleport wisely (wait til you are stunned/rooted). Use your weapon skills. If you drop something on the ground that they have to go around, you are gaining ground. If they don’t go around, they are now snared, stunned, or rooted. Most importantly, realize that you’re not always going to get away.

Practice getting away from mobs in PvE to start; then find mobs that snare/root/stun, and practice some more. If you have this down, you will nearly always get away from bad players… the good ones can be hard to beat… that’s why you call them good players.

I think it’s a case of you playing wrong as opposed to the build you’re using being bad. If you’re using D/D remember that you also have other great escape skills, namely Burning Speed and Magnetic Grasp. You should also have perma-Swiftness from your Auras + Zephyr’s Boon.

Neeho’s post is good.

Random example of how to use RtL → Burning Speed → Magnetic Grasp at 00:50:

Don’t run in a straight direction, change it all the time to make sure to confuse your enemies. If it’s a small group I like to dodge roll backwards, then spin camera 180, lightning flash and ride the lightning, burning speed away.

Intigo.1653:

I think it’s a case of you playing wrong as opposed to the build you’re using being bad. If you’re using D/D remember that you also have other great escape skills, namely Burning Speed and Magnetic Grasp. You should also have perma-Swiftness from your Auras + Zephyr’s Boon.

Neeho’s post is good.

Random example of how to use RtL -> Burning Speed -> Magnetic Grasp at 00:50:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vePmvye8vU

Never thought to use Magnetic Grasp like that, thanks for the tip!