Guild Wars 2

The most difficult time I have with mesmers usually happens in round 3 of tournaments when they camp out by the trebuchet and can see me coming. They have ample time to prepare and sometimes I land on teams that don’t seem to care much for the trebuchet. I know it can easily be dodged and so on but sometimes its a bit too much to worry about a trebuchet and fight thieves and warriors etc. while trying to hold/cap points. To add to it, if all else fails they have the Moa skill which just gives a free kill for the most part (haven’t figured out what animations to look for to try and counter it either -.-)

I’m still fairly new to this class and I’ve played about 50-60 tournaments on my Necromancer. Its the only class I play at the moment and I’ve mostly been using a staff/scepter/focus/dagger. I’ve tried to learn how to fight against most other professions and learn how to counter them and despite the staggering number of bugs necromancer still has, I manage to do fairly well in tournaments most of the time. The one profession I still cannot figure out is mesmer. How do you fight mesmers without coming up with a build to specifically counter them? Is it even possible with the current state of the necro or am I wasting my time trying? I’ve seen many suggestions and watched several videos and they all range from “kill all the clones then the mesmer” to “go all out power build and kill them like a thief or a warrior does”. None of them seem to be able to help with consistent results.

They should just get rid of all necromancer pets and replace them with a mini-thief or mini-warrior that can spam heartseeker/backstab/thousandblades -_-