Q:
[Raid] Power Scrapper as Tank?
- 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.
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.
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.
Role compression through Chronotank is dat good.
Guardian main since launch