The best counter to scourge?

[Aza.2105]

The best counter to scourge is to play another pvp game. The class design highlights everything wrong with guild wars 2: aoe spam.

[Marxx.5021]

Scourge is broken/buged at the moment. But that is only one of the many issues in PvP. Unlike other game modes competitive gaming is nothing anet seems to put resources into it anymore.

[Mogar.9216]

You either burst them right away or figure out a way to stay out of their death circle. Tell your mesmer to moa them.

[Aenaos.8160]

If you decide to fight inside the Shades and GB,like the majority of players do,nothing can counter it.

It can melt anything with 20 stacks of Torment and another 10 of bleed,in seconds.

And if it has a team that knows enough to support it,it will probably prevail anyway.

But avoiding the AoE and using a ranged build,goes a long way.

The amount of players that I see going straight in the Shades to commit suicide,only to re spawn and push back in

again,is alarming and disheartening.

[Crius.5487]

I have killed scourge as scourge, killed scourge as weaver, killed scourge with a mirage, killed scourge with a ranger both soulbeast and druid, killed scourge with deadeye, killed scourge with spellbreaker (all 1v1 examples). Burn FB can also burst a scourge down quick but make sure that their plague signet is not off CD. I lost count of how many burn FB's I killed while playing scourge just by sending their 12 stacks of burning back using plague signet. Most of their attacks also don't go passed 900 range except for staff marks. Just kite them and stay out of red circles. I am amazed at how many players stand on point inside of the scourge shades and then cry about being killed. Kill the scourge then cap/contest the point.

 

Playing scourge some may also help to learn about their weak points.

[Hooglese.4860]

Druid is the best solution I've seen. Spellbreaker can take them on with out being swatted like a fly, and Firebrands with theives can do wonders (but then again its 2v1).

 

Best solution I've found so far is to target them and get the whole team to swarm them.

[Spartacus.3192]

Easiest solution to fight a scourge is to make sure you bring more scourges than the enemy team.

[thehipone.6812]

Max ferocity killshot warrior. 1500 range lets you hit people when they aren't expecting it. Damage not dependent on boons. Fun for bursting down a whole lot of other stuff too.

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[Dahkeus.8243]

Firebrand bunker won’t counter a scourge in a 1 v 1, but it does give enough cleanses to allow your team to win against them in team fights.

Of course, this is assuming your teammates know to fight near you and not chase random enemies way off point.

[voltaicbore.8012]

Switched from bunker druid to shoutbow druid, and I can outright kill bad scourges and at least really mess up good ones, and keep them off point (which also helps low skill teammates who tend to stay on node despite red circle spam). Can confirm, pewpew ranger is a pretty good counter to scourge, and you still have celestial avatar to help support your team.