Guild Wars: Character Profession Primary attribute

[kandrathe]

Zeroeth Law: Kill mesmers.

They can seriously mess with your head.

In PvE, the most obviously deadly of mesmers are Wind Riders in jungle missions, The Wilds, Bloodstone Fen, Aurora Glade. They are a level 12 enemy when most characters are level 14-17. They still kill greatly.

Wind riders have Cry of Frustration, and Conjure Phantasm.

Cry of frustration is an interception / counterspell, if it catches you using a skill which players do almost all the time, it'll interrupt you and your compatriots nearby (very noticeable with a little #$%^ sign above your characters heads), and do damage.

Conjure Phantasm HEX isn't much damage, but it stacks, and all that negative health generation over a long period of time means the player will have a hard time being healed--AND when the player runs away he'll still die unless healed for an unknown needed amount of health.

These partial mesmers monsters are underleveled for the areas they're occupying, and still cause a lot of trouble for Players who face them. I myself have been subject to their killing powers many times. They're less troublesome as a mesmer myself, or greatly overpowering them, but... this just goes to show.

Mesmers are a threat even beyond enemy healers, as mesmers can sap your ability to play.
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I would add that taken one at a time Wind Riders (et. al.) are workable, but running upon a pack of 3 or more without serious crowd control and it's over for that mission. GW really punishes the reckless player, and just punishes mildly the careful player. Most packs in GW are bound together so if one gets hurt, they all come after you. (Much like WOW, ala Princess and her entourage. :) ) There is an unholy terror in helplessly watching your red life bar turn pink (the mark of phantasm) and then quickly dropping toward zero.

To my knowledge, there is no mind defense (offense, yes) or armor to stop the mesmers illusions. One of my deadliest beta characters is a Mesmer/Necro combining the life draining of a necro with the phantom damage of the mesmer. Often I'm triple stacking life drain.