Guild Wars 2

I sometimes have issues fighting good chronomancers 1v1 on sidenodes (sage amulett condibuild). Any tips how to win this matchup?

I quote Shadowfall: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Ranger-Questions-Ask-here

shadowpass.4236:

As for 1v1ing a condition mesmer, use the terrain to your advantage. Clones can’t jump so they have to path around obstacles you as a player can jump over. Stealth as often as possible because clones can’t track you in stealth and they will end up standing around doing nothing until you appear again. If you stealth and move when the mesmer shatters, the clones will explode at the position you were at the moment you entered stealth so use this to your advantage.

Chronomancers generally have a lot of evades/invulnerability/blocks/distortion so target a clone for easier stealths with longbow because they can’t dodge.

shadowpass.4236:

Mesmer – stealth off clones, dodge the shatters

Ralkuth.1456:

I quote Shadowfall: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Ranger-Questions-Ask-here

shadowpass.4236:

As for 1v1ing a condition mesmer, use the terrain to your advantage. Clones can’t jump so they have to path around obstacles you as a player can jump over. Stealth as often as possible because clones can’t track you in stealth and they will end up standing around doing nothing until you appear again. If you stealth and move when the mesmer shatters, the clones will explode at the position you were at the moment you entered stealth so use this to your advantage.

Chronomancers generally have a lot of evades/invulnerability/blocks/distortion so target a clone for easier stealths with longbow because they can’t dodge.

shadowpass.4236:

Mesmer – stealth off clones, dodge the shatters

Not exactly the best advice, considering you will already be losing by the time you should consider using terrain against shatters.

My advice:

1) learn how to dodge shatters (have a chrono friend generate clones and shatter so you understand how and when they shatter into your dodge)

2) deny as much clone and phantasm generation as possible (don’t trigger second shield block, dodge every clonegeneration you can or bait clone generation onto your pet then swap them). depending on the build, you can use caf 5 to destroy clones aswell.

Pvt Frosty.6973:

Not exactly the best advice, considering you will already be losing by the time you should consider using terrain against shatters.

My advice:

1) learn how to dodge shatters (have a chrono friend generate clones and shatter so you understand how and when they shatter into your dodge)

2) deny as much clone and phantasm generation as possible (don’t trigger second shield block, dodge every clonegeneration you can or bait clone generation onto your pet then swap them). depending on the build, you can use caf 5 to destroy clones aswell.

This subforum gets the best pipe-ins. Thanks!

Indeed, a lot of the time I feel pressured enough to leave point, and that is probably the result of eating too much of the Condi Mes’ sustained damage. I need to plan my knockback better.

I have yet to get a feel for shatters when fighting on point. I’m guessing it’s more about prediction at close range? At longer ranges I’ve taken the advice to stealth + dodge on seeing the Mesmer’s shatter effect, or using jump puzzles to avoid clones.

So by kiting and stealthing I can bait the Mesmer to put clones on pet.

I will definatly try to find a decent mesmer to 1v1 with. Atm im stuck in lower plat 1500-1600 rating and need to become alot more solid in this frequent matchup. Keeping the node vs mesmer would mean alot to score in many games.

I ran the build that you played in unity tournament frosty, that one is alot better vs mesmer in particular. Good theorycrafting xD