Guild Wars 2

I’m still pretty new to PvP using a Necro and have been having the hardest time dealing with Thieves & Mesmers. I don’t have any issues with them when I play on my Warrior, but when I try and use my Necros Terrormancer build it has trouble keeping up.
Outside of AoE/scattering Marks and calling targets they are still incredibly difficult to follow. Any recommendations/tips on how to better deal with these classes?

Only very good thieves should be a problem, or if you’re out of life force+luck
For thieves remember to use dagger 5, it weakens their hits, so does enfeebling blood, and dont turn your back to them. If they are condi, transfer and profit. I always keep staff5 for the shadow refuge.

I hate mesmers in pvp, but their cheese build is vulnerable to conditions, you need to dodge their bursts, and watch out for confusion…Just overload them, most of them will panick and start running , use signet of spite if he has just used his stealth

Well, there’s a couple of thing you can do… If you feel like they outcondition you, go for runes which decrease condi duration. You can AOE mesmer illusions with scepter #2, dagger #5 and DS #4, and against a thief don’t be afraid to use tainted shackles, even if he is the only person around you. Also, you should try to stack fear on the thief with staff #5 and DS #3. Also you must have the weakening shroud trait when dealing with a thief.

When I used to play DS power necro in pvp, thieves and mesmers weren’t an issue if you could lock them down. Lifeblast at close range decimates them. But a good mesmer or thief won’t get locked down in the first place so theirs that. For condition I’d try to use the various AoEs to make their stealth lives a lot harder.

As a thief player: Condi bombs (especially torment) with some fear chaining. The only way they’re clearing it even remotely well is if they have a very unlikely combination of “bad” utilities and are running a SA-based build. Thieves in general have arguably the poorest access to condition clears in the entire game.