Guild Wars 2

It wasn’t easy before to win against Staff Mesmers -Condtion -tanky build.
Starting today i find it imposible, last 1 vs 1 ended an draw after 30 minutes, with me running in circle like an chicken (Without reseting fight , i have my pride)
Situation 1 : i open with " shadowstep / C&D /backstab " i get 4 seconds revealed and 10 stacks of confusion , cripple , bleed etc, i am forced to use “shadow return”/ " hide in shadows".
I use basilik vennom steal / CND backstab , i barely survive, and do shadow refuge. mesmer stay on 50% hp and untill i can attack again he got his utility’s reused also.

Situation 2 :i open with thieves guide and burst . he use 2 utility’s (blink +stealth) and kite in circle untill thieves are gone . then the story repeat

MY problem – i cannot remove conditions without stealth, i get instant confusion – i cannot attack/stelth for 4 seconds.
Any sugestions ? except sword (wich looks like the only viable option to remove confusion now)

dodge the initial confusion ???

open for example with SB #2 + some autoattacks / dodges ?

Also post your build-

Mesmer is a though enemy if played right.