Guild Wars 2

Hello fellow mesmers. I realy need to know what is the issue, that mesmers realy are getting hated in ranked PVP every team I enter its all the same stuff crying no please leave mesmers are useless and the game ends with me being first in point tables even tho loss or win. Some explanation would be nice thanks .

First of all, highest personal score means nothing. I can be the highest on the scoreboard but contribute nothing to the team all the time if I want. So forget about the personal score unless you have a 500 – 500 close game.

Let’s focus on what you want to know now. It’s simple. Besides the fact that mesmer is kind of subpar, most mesmers out there are terrible peasants. They know nothing about mesmer.

The primary issue is that at very top level play the meta mesmer build (IP Shatter) is neutralized by thieves. This has translated into the erroneous perception by the masses that Mesmer is a poor choice at all levels of play and that all mesmer builds are hard countered by thieves.

Because an IP shatter mesmer wears the zerker amulet, he will also have a hard time carrying uncoordinated and clueless teams. Optimally he will rotate with another team mate and provide spike damage and boon rip, however you often find your team zerging to far and are left alone defending outnumbered in a squishy build. A guard or warrior could run in circles and maintain until his team mates got a clue, but a mesmer has a much smaller margin for error. Uncoordinated teams in ranked also negate a lot of the utility we bring through portal.

Add to this the consideration that mesmer has a fairly high skill ceiling and you are simply going to end up on pvp teams with a lot of pretty bad mesmers.

So long as you are always striving to improve, ignore the hate and play what you enjoy the best you can.