Guild Wars 2

I am thinking of playing a more tanky based character in gw2. I am just wondering what is better a elementalist tank or mesmer tank. I like to be up in melee so how can u do that as ele?

Ele D/D cleric ammy with runes of earth/ or any healing runes.
Mesmer tanky try out my protection Mesmer build that is going to get some tweaks thanks to the illusionist celerity nerf incoming but will likely get tons more healing. There is also a thread that details a ton of tanky support Mesmer builds that I suggest you look at.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/SUPPORT-Mesmer-Spotlight/first#post2276258

Play other professions, your heart will be calmer and healthier. And without the need for extra healing….

I prefer not to write the reasons, especially today, but there are all well known.

Despite it , the best we have is our community. Whenever you can keep calm against the QQers and Whinners we have here all time. Making friends…

But with the new changes, especially with PU (if the first leaked notes are true), probably we have a good choice in what you are looking for.