Guild Wars 2

Is there anyway to overcome being out-healed by rangers/tanky elementalists/ Condi bunker warriors?

In theory, they should die eventually if they don’t kill a player on a Berserk amulet spec. However, they out heal shatter mesmer by a long shot often never dropping below 80% hp. I usually am able to outplay them to a stale mate but they wont die in a 1vs 1. This is a problem in tpvp as I am forced to play condition just to decap while roaming.

Any tips to squeeze in more damage or am I stuck with condition?

I’ve tried to make noise that something needs to be done about power shatter but I doubt anet will listen. Pretty much stuck condi. Its really too bad the boring spec is the only effective one

Power mesmer is in a terrible spot.
I’d say we have the third worst power spec among all professions, only ahead of ele and necro.

This is disappointing to hear. I have always wanted to get good at a viable power shatter spec. Still it helps to know I’m not the only one struggling.

Zelulose.8695:

This is disappointing to hear. I have always wanted to get good at a viable power shatter spec. Still it helps to know I’m not the only one struggling.

Technically a bunker mesmer build can be categorized as power build as well. But it is probably not the type of power build you want.

After the reaper nerf, I think bunker boonshare mesmer build is kinda viable again. But whether it is better to take than some other meta support specs, i am still unsure of.

Bunker mesmer is fun but it lacks damage for decaping a point verses tanky classes like elementalist and ranger. In my experience alternating between Chaos /illusion/ dueling offer the a similar level of damage benefits. With domination standing significantly above the rest. But domination has proven to not be enough to take down a tanky build.

In general you shouldn’t be 1v1ing a tanky class on a capped point anyway, unless you have moa up or your spec counters theirs but since we are talking about fighting them…

The only ones you have a chance of killing are the warrior and ranger. Forget about the ele (to be fair though there are very few classes that can reliably kill eles in a reasonable time frame).

The warrior the key is just to kite like mad, and not get stunned. Not getting hit by one of their stuns is basically the most important thing cuz they can pretty much one shot you with condis when that happens.

The ranger is much more difficult. You need to be build for as much dmg as possible. When you engage you have to basically land a perfect burst, and then interrupt their heal, and then land your burst again. This of course isn’t factoring in signet of stone, which you will have to watch out for and work around. Not to mention the fact that their pet can basically take 70% of your health (esp if you are running something glassy)

In all in order for you to even have a chance of being effective on power mesmer it will come down to a combination of you playing perfect and/or them playing pretty poorly. AKA just reroll condi Q_Q

(Just an FYI i still play zerker shatter for lolz because apparently I like tormenting myself…..)