[Raid] Power Scrapper as Tank?

[Raid] Power Scrapper as Tank?

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Posted by: The V.8759

The V.8759

Q:

Dear Raiders,

I have a question about raiding on scrappers. I personally don’t really like to play condition engineer, mainly not for raids. However it seems to be the only accepted build for raids. I’ve been thinking to come to the question:
Why isn’t power scrapper considered as a tank?
In theory power scrapper seems pretty good. Hammer only offers you evade and block while you maintain dps. Next to that you can sustain yourself very well with super speed, and allies with elixir gun and mortar heal. Reconstruction Field is great AoE protection and an option to heal. Medic Gyro itself seems good since it’s instant: again you can keep dpsing without downtime to heal.
So what is it that holds scrappers from being tank?

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Posted by: Rising Dusk.2408

Rising Dusk.2408

  • Power Engineer is substantially weaker than condition Engineer.
  • Hammer’s evades move you (and thus the boss) around a lot.

Really, though, you can do whatever you want. You can have a Scrapper tank if you’d really like; it’ll work just fine for any of the current raid bosses. You just have to find a group willing to take you.

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Posted by: Rhyav.4812

Rhyav.4812

On my Guild we use a Scrapper as Tank on Gorseval. As I don’t use Engi I don’t really know what traits or skills he uses but we never had an issue and, as the healer, my job was easy as he barely needed any heal.
Gorse didn’t move around much either.

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Posted by: TexZero.7910

TexZero.7910

They can work, though i would believe you would run a condi/hybrid tank since you’ll generally be a field bot.

Alchemy + Scrapper makes you stupidly tanky if you have boons on you. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Iron_Blooded + http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Plate_of_Mussels_Gnashblade have good synergy for it.

With decent block timing (Hammer 4 / Gear Shield) you should be fine to tank.

About hammer evades, if next to target you don’t move. The evades are all cast point blank.

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Posted by: Velho.7123

Velho.7123

Role compression through Chronotank is dat good.

Matt [LOD]
Guardian main since launch