Before I start, I want to say I fully supported the Nerfs we got a while back.
I don’t want to see any class overpower another based on class skills alone coughthiefcough.
Don’t fight a battle you can’t win then complain when you lose!
Also
You can’t win them all!
Greatsword
If you see a Mesmer with a Greatsword, it’s gonna try and burst you down. If you’re a glass cannon and you have no way to defend yourself from harm (like if all your cooldowns aren’t ready), turn tail and run. You will be shreded apart before your cooldowns reset. GS Mesmers will grind you to pieces.
If you think you can stand toe to toe with it, stay as close as humanly possible — his damage depends on staying far away from you. If you stay close you effectively reduce his damage by half.
Kill that Phantasmal Berserker as soon as you see it, it will shred you up pretty quickly if left unchecked.
NEVER, under ANY circumstances place yourself between a GS Mesmer and a Cliff. It will push you down to your death.
Staff
If you see a Mesmer with a Staff (like me), it’s gonna try to get in real close and get conditions all over you. If you’re a bunker without any ways to burst someone down, turn tail and run. Condition Mesmers will grate you like cheese. Burst it down.
If you think you can survive its conditional onslaught, get as far away as humanly possible. It’s condition spreading depends on distance, the closer it is the more damage and conditions it can dish out on you. Stay OUT of the Chaos Storm, it will rain down conditions all over you while buffing the Mesmer. Did I mention that it’s boons and conditions come from its autoattack?
It’s boons and conditions come from its autoattack!
Scepter
If you see a Mesmer with a Scepter, expect to be confused with 5 stacks of confusion.
Don’t have a condition remover? Run the KITTEN away! 5 stacks of confusion from a condition Mesmer will do 1.5-2k damage to you every time you do an action (attack, dodge roll, etc). It’s a giant purple beam, hard to miss.
If you think you can stand up to this confusing dood then nuke him down before he gets up 3 clones or expect that 5 stack confusion to be upped to 8-11 stacks (depending on traits).
Sword (main hand)
If you see a Mesmer with a sword, stay away from the 600 mark. Once you’re that close to him, he can and most likely WILL root you in place. He’ll then proceed to pull off a Pistol Whip Rip Off and be completely immune to all attacks when doing it. He can even reflect all attacks back at you while doing it if traited, as if it wasn’t bad enough. If you think you can take him on, just stay away from him and he can’t do jack kitten! Just watch out for the Autoattack which strips boons off you and applies vulnerability.
Focus
If you see a Mesmer with a focus in its offhand, NEVER, under ANY circumstances should you let the Mesmer get between you and a Cliff. It will pull you down to your death. Stay the kitten away from the Phantasmal Warden, it will destroy you in seconds. Luckily it doesn’t move. You can. SO MOVE!
Sword (off hand)
If you see a Mesmer with a sword in its offhand, laugh at it. Laugh until the cows come home. Then stop laughing when you see the Phantasmal Swordsman and kill it before it hits you, it will poke your eyes out. Don’t hit him if he holds the sword up, doing so will spawn a clone. Easy as eating cake (unless your a diabetic).
Pistol
If you see a Mesmer with a Pistol in its offhand, throw down your keyboard and mouse and sit back, you’re not getting away from this one alive. It’ll stun you can spawn a Phantasm that uses Unload, that cheap thief attack. That’s right, Mesmers are part thief! How do you think they go invisible?
If you’re stupid enough to think you can fight this one, kill the Phantasm and stay far away.
May the Pale Tree or whatever deity you trust save your soul if the Mesmer has a Scepter pared with this weapon.
Stealth
If you see a Mesmer go invisible then it’ll either be for 3, 4 or 5 seconds.
If you see a flash of powder, it’ll burn you when it reappears. Run for the hills or the nearest hill like object. If you see it go invisible then spawn a clone, it’s a decoy. Ignore the Decoy, wait for the real thing to appear. Both of these are 3 second stealths.
If you see a line on the floor and crossing makes the Mesmer poof, it’s a 4 second stealth. The line lasts more than 4 seconds, letting him stealth for 8 seconds if he times walking over it a second time well. If he raise an arm for a few seconds then sends out a white wave/line and disappears then he’s used Mass invisibility. It’s 5 seconds of no Mesmer. But guess what?
Mesmers can’t attack when invisible! That’s right, so a Mesmer will either use these to run away or to sneak up on you. Stay on your toes.
(edited by TheRamosOnline.2670)