Guild Wars 2

Anyone have any particular tips for this other than ask a better matched class to contest them? I do decently vs reapers with my DH but obviously my condi mesmer isn’t gonna have a good time vs reapers.

Actually reaper/condi mes is a fairly even match up, and I’m sure those that browse the reaper forum will tell you mesmer has the upperhand.

• LoS the reaper. Give your staff clones a chance to do work
• Keep in mind the reaper staff marks are unblockable. That means you should generally try to be in sw/sh when the reaper is in sc/w and staff when the reaper is in staff
• Use blink/phase retreat to throw off the reaper’s placement of marks
• Keep distance when the reaper is in shroud (most the skills are short-ranged, melee focused). Usually better to just let them burn the shroud and then save burst for the hp pool
• Watch for plague signet. Try to predict when the reaper is likely to use it, and have blurred frenzy or distortion ready
• Interrupt the heal
• If they’re loaded up with condis, chain interrupts
• If you have to use moa, make sure some condis are ticking first, or you have burst ready to ensure downstate

As a mesmer, when I first fought the chillomancer I was getting wrecked. With some practice now it’s not so bad.

cyyrix.6105:

Actually reaper/condi mes is a fairly even match up, and I’m sure those that browse the reaper forum will tell you mesmer has the upperhand.

• LoS the reaper. Give your staff clones a chance to do work
• Keep in mind the reaper staff marks are unblockable. That means you should generally try to be in sw/sh when the reaper is in sc/w and staff when the reaper is in staff
• Use blink/phase retreat to throw off the reaper’s placement of marks
• Keep distance when the reaper is in shroud (most the skills are short-ranged, melee focused). Usually better to just let them burn the shroud and then save burst for the hp pool
• Watch for plague signet. Try to predict when the reaper is likely to use it, and have blurred frenzy or distortion ready
• Interrupt the heal
• If they’re loaded up with condis, chain interrupts
• If you have to use moa, make sure some condis are ticking first, or you have burst ready to ensure downstate

As a mesmer, when I first fought the chillomancer I was getting wrecked. With some practice now it’s not so bad.

this is good advice.

Thanks for the tips. I tried them out in a few unranked games and it helped a lot. Well, either that or the reapers were worse. :P