Guild Wars 2

Hi. I’m still fairly new at the game even though I’ve had it for a few months now.

This particular build was to focus on Healing/Condition but I don’t seem to be able to really “survive” when solo or contribute much when in a group. What are some ways I can improve this?

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=VX;4cP-7-a6gTFx0;9;6TT9;429C08C5;0a33;033-pLQhpLQhM7Glcg;1ca-VMVRWWXa2g3m_BR-6-0F;0ZF18Z;01;9;9;9;9;9;1VBs5m

I don’t play an Engi so I can’t offer any input, but it would be helpful if you specified the profession in your title. You should also try posting in the Engineer subforum where you’d probably get more feedback.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer

The first thing you want to do to be effective is to pick up an S-grade kit like Bomb Kit or Grenade Kit. If you really want to go for conditions, those two together are great for condition damage.

The trait Shrapnel will stack a lot of bleeds, mix that with crit chance and some points in Firearms and you’ll stack about 20 bleeds on average in medium-long fights. Mix this with Bomb Kit’s fields, adding even more conditions to the mix.

Use Thumper Turret to blast water fields to heal your team for even more, although this isn’t recommended as it’s very wasy to have your fields be overlapped by your team’s fields. (especially guardians, light fields for days)

Use Elixir gun to add a bit of healing for your party, as well as a fantastic condition cleanse on skill 3.

If you’re specced for healing power, always use healing turret. It’s a must to make the use of that stat.

Also, to answer your question about survivability, you’re not meant to really take hits. Use blinds and knockbacks to mitigate damage. Raw DPS is usually the answer to surviving since it ends fights quicker, dodging is the best tool for living through fights and it isn’t tied to any stat or build.

Thanks, I reposted in the Engineer Subforum.