Mesmer's one Redeeming quality

I don't think a mesmer could kill a competant boon prot. Shut him down? Mostly. Kill? I doubt it.

Anything else however, the mesmer pretty much has it sown up. although as sno implied, that is hardly the ONLY redeeming quality of mesmers. They are as good as any other class in PvP. 2nd Point: Possibly/Probably better, too.

I don't think a mesmer could kill a competant boon prot. Shut him down? Mostly. Kill? I doubt it.
Mindwrack energy burner with signet of humility.

Mindwrack energy burner with signet of humility. Yes, even if they swap focuses to combat energy denial, the Mind Wrack will still get them. And you can't do anything to Diversion. Mesmers rule!

Mindwrack energy burner with signet of humility. If we are just naming skills that counter each other... Signet of Devotion, Conteplation of Purity. With focus swapping even under constant energy denial you will have 15/17 energy for self heals and hex removal, if you are good. The counter to diversion? Drop that pre-cast holy veil, or just don't cast for a few seconds.

If we are just naming skills that counter each other... Signet of Devotion, Conteplation of Purity. With focus swapping even under constant energy denial you will have 15/17 energy for self heals and hex removal, if you are good. The counter to diversion? Drop that pre-cast holy veil, or just don't cast for a few seconds. Indeed, a very good boon prot could SURVIVE a mesmer for quite a long time... but what does a boon prot have for damage, a wand?... The argument was 1v1, and in 1v1 a boon prot has absolutely no offense. All the mesmer would have to do is constantly throw nastiness at him and eventually the monk would run out of energy even with his focus swapping, it would just take awhile.

If we are just naming skills that counter each other... Signet of Devotion, Conteplation of Purity. With focus swapping even under constant energy denial you will have 15/17 energy for self heals and hex removal, if you are good. The counter to diversion? Drop that pre-cast holy veil, or just don't cast for a few seconds. Signet of Humility: Not a hex.

Mind wrack: A hex with a five second recharge.

Burn, Surge, etc: Not hexes.

Indeed, a very good boon prot could SURVIVE a mesmer for quite a long time... but what does a boon prot have for damage, a wand?... The argument was 1v1, and in 1v1 a boon prot has absolutely no offense. All the mesmer would have to do is constantly throw nastiness at him and eventually the monk would run out of energy even with his focus swapping, it would just take awhile. Not with decent energy management. And with decent focus swapping you should *not* run out of energy. The battle between a mesmer and a decent boon prot would last untill one of them fell asleep I think.

Not with decent energy management. And with decent focus swapping you should *not* run out of energy. The battle between a mesmer and a decent boon prot would last untill one of them fell asleep I think. The Booner will have their energy mangement shut down due to Signet of Humility. So all that extra mana on the reserves to heal then swap back will trigger Mind Wrack which slowly kills the monk.

The Booner will have their energy mangement shut down due to Signet of Humility. So all that extra mana on the reserves to heal then swap back will trigger Mind Wrack which slowly kills the monk. So you take 95 damage from Mind Wrack, and then heal through it with a Signet of Devotion for 106 (which can be cast every 5 seconds). While all of this is happening, your energy is safely regenerating in your primary set, so if you really needed to you could swap down and use a reversal.

Believe me. The last two GvG's I remember where I was playing boon prot was against Ronin Corps and Storm Bearers. Both of them were running two surge/burn/sow mesmers, one of which sat on my face all the way through each game. With a warrior heavy offense we couldn't even really pressure them, thanks to distortion. However, with focus swapping I was not only able to heal myself, but other members of my team.

So you take 95 damage from Mind Wrack, and then heal through it with a Signet of Devotion for 106 (which can be cast every 5 seconds). While all of this is happening, your energy is safely regenerating in your primary set, so if you really needed to you could swap down and use a reversal.

Believe me. The last two GvG's I remember where I was playing boon prot was against Ronin Corps and Storm Bearers. Both of them were running two surge/burn/sow mesmers, one of which sat on my face all the way through each game. With a warrior heavy offense we couldn't even really pressure them, thanks to distortion. However, with focus swapping I was not only able to heal myself, but other members of my team. Hellu gentlemen, but we speak of 1v1! 'we couldn't even really pressure them, thanks to distortion' means your team was attacking, and they were kiting.

You can't spam veil. I can put diversion up and catch your skills one by one till I wand you dead, if I have to. I could bring shatter enchant too, considering I have fairly high domination. I gave you a very basic outline framework of a build, you've made assumptions only to counter the skills I listed. I have played boonprot however, and know most of the features of it... I also know every time you swap focus, 90~ damage goes your way. You're also assuming the mesmer wont get a burn in just as you swap foci, giving you a swift 170~ kick in the pants. I could even bring ignorance, just to mess with SoD. We're not talking that X build could beat Y, were talking that a mesmer, properly set, can defeat any other class.

Thread derailing... anyways, why would, assuming you knew a 1v1 was imminent, play a boon monk? Lets consider this to be the proposed '1v1 arena', why would you play a booner? Pure grief attempt?