Guild Wars 2

I wonder if anyone can give me pointers on how to counter a Mesmer in a 1v1 situation in sPvP. I’m running a condition / terror build.

If the Mesmer knows what he’s doing, it seems there are always several clones & phantasms out. I aoe what I can, but eventually my skills are on cooldown and I get overwhelmed.

I’ve tried targetting the actual player, but they go into stealth and by the time I relocate them, it seems the clones have made clones…

Any good way to deal with this?

mesmers are a pain, great memsers are even worse.. i try to golem rush them, then pop signet of spite (blowing your sos on a clone SUCKS so choose wisely), then feast of corruption really quick into death shroud, fear, dark path. switch weapons to staff and 2, 3, 5. by this time, they should be dead. but yeah… like i said, choose wisely, and quickly.

Signet of Spite followed by couple bleeds and fear is cheesy, but easy way to kill most mesmers

Most mesmers say that terrormancers are their worst nightmare 1v1 fights. Honestly, it really depends on their build. The ones that abuse stealth are a serious pain the in kitten no matter what class you’re on, but mesmers are weak to condition builds because they have limited condition removal.

Your best bet, Golem charge and hit them with Signet of Spite. That really messes them up. Wait until all three clones/phantasms are out BEFORE you attempt to fear them. 90% of mesmers run that poop out a clone on dodge trait, and if they’re dodging randomly, chances are you will miss your fears. CC hurts mesmers a lot. Especially terrored fears. Try to land as many conditions as you can on them. This means being aggressive and getting in their face. Don’t try to range a mesmer. You’re not going to out range them, so you might as well scare the crap out of them by hugging their face. They really hate being in melee unless they’re bursting, which you can use DS to absorb easily as a condi build.

The majority of mesmers I beat all echo the same thing. They really hate it when I run up on them like I do, because it makes it much easier to land my targeted skills on them.

Thanks for the pointers!

I esp. like the get-in-their-face one. I swear one time I tried it, I saw the terror in the Mesmer’s eyes

Still, very difficult, but then the others that steam-rolled me were a R56 and someone who got help from a Ranger(?) pet…

if you don’t use terror in 1v1 situations you will have a bad time.
fear is a great counter against hambows, perma evade(s/d) thieves and mesmers.
the most important point is stacking your conditions very fast while they are fleeing. otherwise they will spam evades(thieves) or clones 9494947 times till you die.

try spectral Grasp it is a good set up for a terror combo or SoS. if not force them to burn a blink…worked for me most of the time whenever the blasted thing would actually travel properly

Mesmer himself is weak at close range…
especially since most use GS…
what you need to learn is… ‘’Proper timing’’ and not waste abilities on clones

I agree, at first they were pretty annoying,
I played Mesmer in PvP, and made sure myself that they are rather vulnerable if you dont keep your distance…

Now all what is left, to learn how to get rid of thous trash Thiefs… who dodge 24/7 while dealing 10k crits…

As a MM I have almost no problems against mesmers in spvp , I kind of tank everything and outheal myself when busy killing them..
If your not condi build: find main mesmer: lock it down and use dagger1+warhorn5+haunt+rigor mortis+ 2x putrid explosion combo to nuke em down..
+ Charge can do wonders to n.n