Guild Wars 2

I’m new to necro and I play a condition build 30/20/0/0/20. I’m having a hard time fighting again Phant Mesmer in tPvP and would like some tips on how to deal with them.

My setup is Staff / S/D with SA, CB, and Epi.

Thanks.

A good mesmer is going to be very hard to put down. The best way I found fighting them as a terror necro is…

1. Ignore the clones (until they start running at you)
2. Kill the phantasms immediately
3. When the mesmer goes invisible get ready for a spike (go DS and DS5 then DS4, both DS5 and DS4 hit invisible targets)
4. If they are running sword/pistol, you are going to get stunned… go into DS and take the hit. Sword 3 “Swap” makes a distinctive sound when activated, dodge when you hear it. Save any stunbreak for Signet of Domination, that 3s stun on a 1/4s cast is ridiculous.
5. If they are running great sword get in close, when they thrust their sword in the air dodge.
6. If they have Staff stay farish away, hit them with scepter autoattacks when they have chaos armor up, corrupt their boons and transfer the conditions to them.

Mesmers have bad condition clear, try to keep as many conditions on them as possible. If you are having trouble telling which the real mesmer is remember that clones only autoattack. Look for the one that is dodging/using other skills. I’m sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.

edit for reference this is what I run.