Guild Wars 2

I can beat every other class, but can’t for the life of me beat a mesmer 1v1. I’ve never rolled a mesmer to learn the class, which admittedly is my first mistake.

Obviously there are variations of mesmer builds, so no strategy would apply in all circumstances, but I’m really hoping that some engineers share some tips on how to take on arguably the best 1v1 class in the game.

Thank in advance for your kind responses.

there is a long post with several video’s that gets renaimed every time a new video is added.
As it happens, Amadeus just added a Mesmer ‘how to’ video.

It’s on first page, now called: shattering the mesmer.

The video is on the last page of it all (thief one there too)

Check them out, they’re really helpfull.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Drakeco-s-Videos-How-to-Shatter-mesmer-up/page/3#post1771982

Thank you!

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From my personal experience in sPvP, here’s a few points i use for myself (others may disagree):

1. Find the real Mesmer
This is the one with the life bar most like a players (i.e: life is not full after you’ve been hitting AND occasionally heals up). Other ways to detect the real player is to look for Dodges or moves used by the player which gives them away.

2. Use AoE to nuke everything (bombs/grenades/FT)

3. Keep an eye on Confusion stacks. Make sure you get rid of Confusion before spamming your skills or you will die.

4. Avoid purple fields or domes (unless you are sure its one of your team mates Time Warps.

Thank you Chungiee… that’s exactly what I do when facing a mesmer, and I still seem to always lose. Not saying I’m the best pvper that has ever existed or anything, but I have been pvping in mmos since 1999 so I can confidently say I’m not the worst, or at least not the most inexperienced.

Thanks again for your reply.

I really appreciate it.

Many Mesmer have no condition remove possibilities. From my point of view condition damage based builds works well against mesmer.

Lupanic.6502:

Many Mesmer have no condition remove possibilities. From my point of view condition damage based builds works well against mesmer.

Very nice to know!

Thanks!