Guild Wars 2

Hi! im new to engi and have been having trouble with condi mesmers in particular and was just wondering how those of you with more experience do against those pesky condi mesmers

It’ll be easier for everyone to help you if you have laid out what build you tend to run with.

Condi/Phant mesmer or variations thereof is one of the stronger 1v1 builds

if the condi mesm brings an abundance of stealth theres not much you can do imo but he wont be able to hold node as well

Other than that mesmers are still pretty weak to condis themselves

also supply drop is a free win in every 1v1

RaynStargaze.6510:

Condi/Phant mesmer or variations thereof is one of the stronger 1v1 builds

if the condi mesm brings an abundance of stealth theres not much you can do imo but he wont be able to hold node as well

Other than that mesmers are still pretty weak to condis themselves

also supply drop is a free win in every 1v1

Supply Drop is not a free win because mesmer got numerous OH-KITTEN bottom such as blink, staff 2 and Decoy that can easily breakstun and move out of turret range. And then he can hide again and try to bring you down with 6k+ damage phantasm while hiding…

In my experience, one of the best things you can do, is learn how to quickly identify and target the actually mesmer. Learning to keep the mesmer as your target for your skills is key in my experience, and not letting clones distract you.

thank you for all the replies! i am mostly referring to wvw, this is the build i have been using

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqalIqicnvSiF1bJxoCdOkC7XYQFyrIF53yfKwWA-j0BBINBkkGkCBIHqIas1gFRjVJjIqWpETKA9UGB-w

i have lots of experience fighting mesmers on my ele and i dont think identifying the real mesmer is my problem… the condi mesmers im fighting are using sceptor/torch and sword/pistol (so yes they have lots of stealth)…also if my build is terrible please let me know! ive been doing pretty well although necros and condi mesmers destroy me.

make them chase you

making it a running battle doesn’t favor the Mesmer as their clones/phantasms have to chase you to make contact and deal damage, and the mesmer can’t do much damage without them making contact with the target. they’d prefer you fight in one area so they can run circles around you with stealth and keep you confused. if you run away and they chase they lose every strength their build relies on – you know where they are (behind you!), and you get to take advantage of the limited AI pathing. You can even interchange your run and chase by running until you clear their AI and then turn and CC and apply some damage and conditions, when they pop their Oh kitten CDs you start to run again until you clear the clones or they give up and runaway.

Minus condi duration runes/food is effective vs. condi mesmers, since a lot of their conditions are very quickly-applied, short conditions. For example, if you take a half second off a two-second burn, it becomes a one-second burn in effect.

Being one of these annoying condition mesmers, we are very hard to beat. Being able to stealth and let the conditions burn you down is their main strength. Thankfully for engineers we have skills that don’t require a specific target that have good AOE (bombs/nades). Just try to keep distance and burst the snot out of him after he blows his stealth skills. The mesmer is most likely also very bad at cleansing conditions