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Mesmer, Mesmer and more Mesmer.
Block bug still exists.
If you press 3 on mace then use 2 it will AOE block everything around you for 5 seconds. Just tested it in game after the patch.
Darn reply button disappeared again…now that is annoying
Anywho….
@Swilo-
In that situation it can be sticky, but you have to realize that each of the classes has utilities that can neutralize the thief or limit the damage his cluster will be doing. I tend to run combat medic as my mesmer depending on the group I am running with as we know how each other play. I also adjust my skills on the fly before going in and getting aggro. Sometimes I’m not fast enough in switching to skills that will help with ranged targets. You also have to realize that while he is spamming cluster..he is using initiative which limits his options until he has enough back and if he specced for prolonged inititive or gain more initiative while in stealth his DPS output will be lower than someone that is pure backstab build.
Steal-0 initiative
Cloak and Dagger-6 initiative
Backstab- 0 initiative
It requires so little initiative to pull that combo off. So what do you to “neutralize” the thief?
Yes backstab hits too hard but one of the huge issues with thiefs is that they can get away with building glass cannons because of their downstate.
If you look at the 2 classes that are the best at glass cannons Mesmer and Theif. You can not stab stomp either class in a high level game because they will blink away. The thief will also be able to stealth.
So that leaves top level players with 2 options. Ignore the thief while he insta gibs someone with backstab and spams cluster bomb off point. Or go for the thief as he stealths and if you do get him down he will get rezzed because he can blink and stealth.
Whats also funny? Watching a 5v5 turn 5v4 when that entire group of 5 turn enmass to slaughter that thief. Bout the only time I use my moa. Theives tend to be like gnats..annoying till you swat them or in this case turn them into a bird so we can mop up their team. Theives built as glass cannons are not that big a threat once you lock him down for a 2 seconds. Have your DPS burst him and he’ll go splat faster than a….well you get the picture.
I feel like you have never faced a top team with a good thief. The thief will stay in the back spamming cluster bomb until he sees an oppurtunity to gib someone. Turning the fight to a 5v4 in the theifs favor. If you do blow up the theif he will get rezzed because the tanks of the team can rezz while he blinks away. If you down a thief and he starts to get rezzed he can blink to interrupt the down but it will not interrupt the rezz.
If you don’t go for the thief he can shadow refuge a downed teamate. That coupled with a guardian doing an aoe block bug is a free rezz no matter what. But that is a whole different set of issues in its own.
There is a sync guild in NA where majority of the top teams sync ques to match up against each other. Of all the top teams 95% of them run a backstab thief, shatter mesmer, and bunker guardian.
Yes backstab hits too hard but one of the huge issues with thiefs is that they can get away with building glass cannons because of their downstate.
If you look at the 2 classes that are the best at glass cannons Mesmer and Theif. You can not stab stomp either class in a high level game because they will blink away. The thief will also be able to stealth.
So that leaves top level players with 2 options. Ignore the thief while he insta gibs someone with backstab and spams cluster bomb off point. Or go for the thief as he stealths and if you do get him down he will get rezzed because he can blink and stealth.