what can you do vs thief and mesmer
Few things.
– Dodging correctly will improve your game a lot. Especially against Thieves and Mesmers, you will take next to no damage from their burst.
– Shelter and Renewed Focus are skills you must have.
– Always target with your mouse, don’t cycle through enemies to attack them (unless you want to close target, or you know exactly what you’re tabbing to)
– Make sure you control the correct skills (especially shadow refuge and heals)
– Save your greatsword pull for stealth if you’re having too much trouble.
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I think another useful tactic is just don’t stop attacking when they stealth… even if you just mash your auto attack. Stealth doesn’t make them invulnerable, you can still do damage if you aim at the right spot.
For instance if a thief stealths because they are trying to come in for their burst, an AOE like hammer 2 or greatsword 2&3 will still hit them if they are in range… or really any skill that has AOE capabilities. Thieves and mesmers are squishy and I’ve killed a few while still in stealth this way… I think a few of the less intelligent ones expect people to stop attacking when they go into stealth. If you don’t stop attacking, you can give many of them a nasty surprise.
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There are a few skills that work really well vs stealth, that when used at the right time are great.
GS#5 Binding blade: Hits targets in stealth, will show you were they are, and if they stay in range can be used to pull them next to you. They are knocked down for a second so it does let you open into them with WW, or if you use hammer off weapon you can switch and use Ring of Warding.
Hammer #5: Ring of warding. Very useful but can be negated since both mesmers and thieves have teleport abilities. If you do catch one in it before they go stealth it gives you an area to swing your weapon around in to hopefully hit them.
Any Immobilize is also good such as Hammer 3, and scepter 3, since even if the target stealths, most likely they are still stuck in place. However Be careful of doing this against thieves since most will drop shadow refuge, which you actually want to try to knock them out of ASAP. Best bet for that is Shield #5.
Also, any skills that require channeling will continue to focus on a stealth target when used on them just before they stealth, this makes Torch #5 and Sword#3 decent since you can guess where they are going. Also Focus #4 if used while they are going stealth will still seek them out, and if bounced off you will still bounce back to them.
As LordGustoff said, just keep attacking, if you see your auto attack chain continue then you are hitting something, regardless if you can see it or not. Also, using CC abilities like GS pull, Banish, and Bane signet to interupt the heal is huge, as it negates a good chunk of their healing and generally leaves them in a very vulnerable spot.
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against Mesmers “Stand your ground” shout works wonders.