Guild Wars 2

Hey there! I wanted an opinion from everyone if this build would be viable in PvP.

Condition Doctor

Let me explain what this build is all about. I have been tired of seeing mostly all classes in sPvP going to Condition now. Every match its all about condition wars and it’s really getting irritating and annoying that players run so much condition classes. So I was up all night trying to theory craft and tried to find the best class that is a Nightmare to Conditions because of their condition cleanses, and I found Engineer to be the one. Let me explain the build that I created.

In a match, you are rarely going to use the Hammer I have as my weapon on that build. You’ll mainly rock the Elixir Gun, because of its very excellent condition cleanses. Glob Shot is a good ability to start off the match so you give your allies the Swiftness boon, it’s also a good get-away as well to you or your allies. Fumigate is the skill you will have to aim carefully, since this skill can absolutely save a life since it cleanses 5 conditions from someone, and the number of targets it can cleanse is 5 people as well. Acid Bomb is a good AoE attack. Super Elixir is another good skill that Elixir Gun has, removing 2 conditions on allies inside the Light Field while also healing allies for every pulse they stay in that light field.

For my heal, I chose healing turret because its a no-brainer. It provides the boons protection and vigor to my allies (protection on me only), it also cures the conditions of burning, poison, torment, confusion, and bleeding and can cure one condition on an ally. It also is very durable because of the specializations I used (i’ll get to that later) and not only heals but grants good Regeneration to allies. This is all given to allies every ten seconds, so in team fights against high pressure condition classes keeping this healing turret alive is key. Also, if you overcharge the healing turret, not only does it do good heal, it gives Regeneration to allies again and cures 2 conditions.

As for Elixir C, that is a no-brainer as well. Not only does it convert all conditions on you to boons making it very good to survivability, but if you aim it right the tool belt skill Toss Elixer C can turn 3 conditions on allies into boons. As for the last utility skill, the Purge Gyro, that’s a no-brainer as well, since it can remove 2 conditions on allies every 3 seconds and not to mention grants Stability to you when activated and Superspeed when it’s destroyed.

For the Elite Skill, I personally choose Sneak Gyro, because not only does it give you and allies an ability to get away, but it can also revive an ally with the combination of Function Gyro. This Elite Skill can be changed though if you want to go full boon giving to allies with Supply Crate, since all turrets give boons to allies on this build.

Let’s get to the Tool Belt. Regenerating Mist you want to use before you drop your Healing Turret on allies, since the extra Regen will stack and can give a long Regen boon to allies. Healing Mist is a powerful Tool Belt utility, and you want to make sure you get as much allies in your vicinity as possible since not only does it remove a condition on allies, it grants 17 seconds of Regeneration! Not to mention it can also be used a CC breaker if you need to get away. Toss Elixir C I already gone over so let’s talk about Chemical Field. This tool belt skill is going to be used for the Poison condition it gives. It won’t do much damage, but this is a great skill to use if most enemies are low on health since Poison also decreases heal effectiveness on enemies by 33%. And the last one, Detection Pulse is very handy against thieves or any class that can stealth as it can reveal unknown threats in team fights.

For the Function Gyro, sometimes it doesn’t work the way we want it too work. You have to be really in close range to be able to either revive an ally or a fallen enemy. The easiest solution is to use your Sneak Gyro and Function Gyro to revive an ally, but if your Sneak Gyro is on cooldown, use your Shield’s #5 ability and revive your ally, but if there is too much pressure and you might go down as well, then cut your losses since you don’t want two people going down at the same time.

Speaking of Hammer, when are you going to use this weapon? Well if you feel comfortable enough that no conditions are spreading out you can use it in various of ways. You can use Rocket Charge for movement to get around places faster. It’s Thunderclap ability as a great AoE stun to help your team out. Electro-whirl as great pressure to enemies trying to revive their own teammates, and Shock Charge as a great defensive ability.

Now for the specializations I chose, Inventions, Alchemy, and Scrapper!

Inventions:
Automated Medical Response- All heal skills recharge while below the health threshold, a no-brainer to take since not only does it give you all your heals back to heal yourself, but nearby allies as well.

Experimental Turrets- If you take the elite skill Supply Crate, definitely take this, but the reason why I chose this is because the healing turret grants Vigor to allies. You could take Mecha Legs to get to places faster and reduce the condition duration on immobilize, chill, and cripple, but since this is a team support build I decided to people that know what Evade can do and know that it saves lives the extra endurance
regeneration is vital.

Advanced Turrets- This is another no-brainer trait, as I said before keeping your Healing Turret alive can play a huge role if your team will win a team fight or not. So the reflective barrier shield that lasts for 4 seconds and the damage reduction by 33% is very essential on your best friend and maybe will become your allies best friend as well, Healing Turret.

Cleansing Synergy: This is a trait that is given to you automatically when you pick the Inventions specialization, but its a very useful trait. Every time you use a heal skill, you trigger a cleansing pulse around you in a 300 radius that can cure burning, poison, torment, confusion, and bleeding and can also cure one condition that is not named. It also only has a 10 second cooldown, so using this passive skill near you allies is another great way to cure conditions.

Heal Resonator- This is a trait that is given to you automatically when you pick the Inventions specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. Every time you use a heal skill, you apply 9 seconds of Regen to nearby allies in a 240 radius. So again, being near your allies is essential for this build.

Energy Amplifier- This is a trait that is given to you automatically when you pick the Inventions specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. When you have Regen on you, healing power is increased by 250+ more, making your heals do much more making this another trait that can really be used effectively in team fights.
Alchemy:

Protection Injection: Since you are a support class, most of the time people come after you and try to stun fest you. This trait gives you survivability as it gives you protection every time you are stunned, dazed, knock downed, knock backed, launched, or feared.

Inversion Enzyme: Another no-brainer trait as you will be using Elixir Gun most of the time, so why wouldn’t you want the abilities that already remove conditions, also convert those conditions to boons on allies?

HGH: Another no-brainer trait, as it reduces cooldown time on ALL elixirs, and gives all of your elixirs abilities that you use give might to you. Win-win. Oh and it also increases all your elixir duration time by 20%. So win-win-win!

Hidden Flask: This is a trait that is given to you automatically when you pick the Alchemy specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. You drink an Elixir B when struck below the health threshold, giving you Fury, Might, Retaliation, and Swiftness. This passive trait has a 40 second cooldown.

Transmute: This is a trait that is automatically given to you when you pick the Alchemy specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. Incoming conditions have a 100% chance of being converted into boons. This passive trait has a 15 second cooldown.

Alchemical Tinctures: This is a trait that is automatically given to you when you pick the Alchemy specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. It gives all the elixirs you put down in the ground or consume yourself an extra +1 condition cleanse and increases your boon duration by 20%.

Scrapper:
Recovery Matrix- Every time you put down your healing turret, grant protection to yourself. Great for survivability.

Rapid Regeneration: Every time you are affected by the boons Superspeed or Swiftness, you rapidly regenerate health. Great for survivability.

Final Salvo: When you summon a Gyro, you and that Gyro gain Stability making you immune to crowd control for 3 seconds. Great for using your Function Gyro to an ally you are trying to revive so you don’t get crowd controlled, and when your Gyros die, it makes a lightning field and grants you Superspeed.

Function Gyro: This is a trait that is automatically given to you when you pick the Scrapper specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. Function Gyro is sometimes a pain to get the hang off, since sometimes it won’t work, but it’s very useful to reviving allies so they can get back into the fight. This passive trait has a 20 second cooldown.

Decisive Renown: This is a trait that is automatically given to you when you pick the Scrapper specialization, but it’s a very useful trait. When you successfully revive an ally or finish a downed enemy, you grant Superspeed and 5 stacks of might to your allies in a 240 radius.

Impact Savant: This is a trait that is automatically given to you when you pick the Scrapper specialization. but it’s a very useful trait. The duration of the stuns and dazes you give to enemies are increased by 25%, while incoming stuns and dazes enemies give to you have a decrease duration of 25%.

Sigils on Weapons:

Sigil of Purity- 60% chance on hit to remove a condition on you.

Sigil of Water: 30% chance on hit to heal allies in a 360 radius around your target.

Rune: Rune of Leadership. This is a new rune that I run thanks to Jourdelune’s feedback as it increases all stats, upgrades boon duration, and when using Sneak Gyro can convert 2 conditions into boons on all nearby allies.

Amulet: Menders Amulet. This is a new amulet that I run thanks to Rorschach feedback as it increases the damage output of this build while still maintaining its great Regen uptime and Condition Cleanse and healing as well. The Healing Power is reduced but not to the point that it can’t heal as good as it did.

Usage-

At the start of the match always tell your team that you are a condition cleanser Engineer.

Equip your Elixir Gun and use Glob Shot to give your team swiftness to get to mid faster

When you get to mid, use your #1 Tool Belt skill first near your allies then place down your healing turret in a safe spot.

If your allies need desperate defenses, use your Elixir Gun’s #5 ability which is Super Elixir, not only does it condition cleanse and heal, but if you use your Elixir Gun’s #4 ability inside the Light Field that Super Elixir makes, you grant Area Retaliation to your allies

Fumigate is one of the most powerful condition cleansers in the game. It can turn 5 conditions into boons on all 5 allies, so use it carefully and aim it carefully.

Remember, the Healing Turret can be overcharged to instantly heal, give Regen, and condition cleanse 2 conditions.

Also remember, when you place down your Healing Turret, the passive trait Cleansing Synergy activates removing many conditions off allies.
If you get stunned, don’t panic. Use Healing Mist as not only does it condition cleanse, it grants 17 seconds of Regen time and is a cc breaker.

If you get tons of conditions on you, just use your Elixir C and your good to go. Also because of the passive skill Transmute, incoming conditions have a 100% chance to turn into boons instead.

If there’s a thief lurking around, use Detection Pulse as this can absolutely ruin their day if they are trying to kill a teammate.

Use Toss Elixir C for even more Condition Cleanse for your allies, and also Purge Gyro for maximum condition cleanse.

Once there are no more or very little conditions coming out, switch to your hammer and use Thunderclap for an AoE Stun to set up your team for a big burst hit.

If someone goes down, Sneak Gyro + Function Gyro are all the way overpowered rezzing power.

If enemies are very low on health, get near them and use Chemical Field to lower their healing effectiveness by 33%

Remember, Gyro’s grant you stability when casted and when they die leave an Lightning Field that damages foes while granting Superspeed to allies inside the Lightning Field.

Use Rocket Charge to get around the map faster if you need to rotate to a teamfight scenario.

Speaking of teamfights, ALWAYS rotate to where the team fight is to get maximum support with this build, if played correctly you might win the game for your team because of your great regeneration uptime, AoE healing, and superior Condition Cleanses.

Pros of this build:
Great Condition Cleanse

Great Regen uptime

Great AoE Healing

Can dictate whether or not you win mid fight

Cons of this build:
Do not use if there are no condition classes on the other team

Idiotic Teammates make this build harder to do

Not keeping your turret alive or placing it at the right place

Overall, the main purpose of this build is to adapt and get used to the new meta of Condition Wars. I personally don’t like the Condition Wars happening in Guild Wars 2 PvP, but there is nothing we can do about it but adapt. Criticizing this build, giving feedback and suggestions and recommendations are much appreciated since I truly want to perfect this build so that we can take the fight to these Condition Wars.

I feel like just blasting your turret is better, you lose condi removal, but then you dont have to play around keeping the turret alive and lets you take better self-survival traits. Hammer also gives you more natural survivality rather than non traited pistol/shield.

I feel like stealth gyro is perfect for the rezz potential, but just in case you didnt know mortar kit has also an elixir water field, for further healing/condi cleanse :p

Thanks for your feedback! Honestly, while it is a pain to have to watch out for the healing turret it’s a challenge I’ll gladly take if it means more healing to allies and condition cleanses. As for Pistol/Shield I might try Hammer on this build and update it to see if it blends well with Condition Doctor. Also yes, I know that Mortar Kit has an elixir but it only cleanses one condition, and the healing it does is sub-par. So running Stealth Gyro is a much more viable option since it’s a lot better you revive someone in a Ranked match so that they are able to contribute more and you don’t lose 5 points to an enemy kill in Ranked matches.

Hello there! I made some changes to this build, first off new combo fields like the Light Field Super Elixir gives can be combined with the Elixir Gun’s #4 ability which allows Area Retaliation around the Light Field that Super Elixir makes. Also, if you have nothing up as a condi cleanser you can spam your #1 ability inside the Light Field since that has a 20% chance of removing condis. I also replaced Pistol/Shield with Hammer for more defensive survivability and movement. Overall this build is far from perfect but I’ll be making daily updates to it since I truly want to perfect this build so that we can fight these Condition Wars. Like I said any feedback, criticism, suggestions, and recommendations are much appreciated!

Hey all! Just wanted to show you guys some results of what this condition cleanse build can do. Not the best stat line, but I’m working on it as hard as I can to perfect this build. It’s imperative that you have good teammates that can do damage while you condition cleanse, boon give, and keep them alive with your regeneration uptime. If you have good teammates that do decent dps, and lots of condition classes on the enemy team, and you rotate properly, this build can really shine.

Yo, that healing is quite a lot

Hey guys! Here’s some more progress on this engy support build so far. Keep in mind the amount of necromancers on the other team so it was a bit hard to condition cleanse with the focus they gave me. As always recommendations on how to make this build better is much appreciated. Thanks!

Your dps is quite low with magi. Try menders with rune of water. You still qoing to have perma regen with that setup and you will be able to put some pressure on the other team as well. Ive been doing round 500k healing with 500k dps in a match.

Hey.

Great write up.

Scrapper meta is half damage, half support. Great cleave.

Many fine tuning you did to go full support are super great. I did the same in season 1, 2, and 3 with a cleric gyro support build (more damage and sustain than Magi).

Paladin amulet is the way to go, to not be a liability to your team mate. In 1v1 or 2v2, the damage contribution is a factor enough, that got Bunker Guard (the best condition cleansers of the first 3 years of the game) off meta. (even with Cleric — 900 power, the low damage of my build was putting some 2v2 at risk, but since most of the gyro where instant, I could eat the cleave of 2 and still rezzing)

With the removal of Cleric, Anet don’t want us to be bunker and support at the same time.

Bunker are Knight and Cavalier nowaday. (and their high armor don’t even make them sustainy enough in 1v1 versus Marauder/Paly)

Support are mender, magi and sage.

But… but… healing power was always a bad stat with bad scaling in this game. (and you want to cleanse, right? Do cleanses best let druids/guard/tempest heals with magi/mender)

Going mender or magi remove your DPS from the equation. But DPS is still need to make winning fights.

So I think Paly is the amulet to use to be able to support and wins fight.

Most Magi build will simply prolong the fight for the death of him. Smart players recognizing the squishie Magi and will focus him before the other DPS/bruiser.

So, simply try your support anti-condi build with Paly amulet and enjoy more wins. It will play the same really, your regen will be less good but you will kill faster so you could rotate to other point faster to support more.

For dwayna regens… Plz try Leadership or Lyssa, so you could stealth rez with more boons, less condition on you. You are doing an anti-conditions build… go on that way all out. Leadership will give you the same regen duration than dwayna anyway (or so).

In season 1 and 2, when stealth gyro was instant, it was a great way to convert poison to regen on the corpse with it.

Rorschach.7406:

Your dps is quite low with magi. Try menders with rune of water. You still qoing to have perma regen with that setup and you will be able to put some pressure on the other team as well. Ive been doing round 500k healing with 500k dps in a match.

Thanks for your feedback! Also, I did try this build out with menders amulet and it does work a lot better than Magi Amulet. Less healing power and less vitality, but it does do more dps and makes this build further support the team, also yes my dps is quite low since I do run this against heavy condition classes on the other team and I rarely find a breathing room to dps since if I do dps I run the risk of my teammates being annihilated with the condition spread, but overall great feedback so thanks!

Jourdelune.7456:

Hey.

Great write up.

Scrapper meta is half damage, half support. Great cleave.

Many fine tuning you did to go full support are super great. I did the same in season 1, 2, and 3 with a cleric gyro support build (more damage and sustain than Magi).

Paladin amulet is the way to go, to not be a liability to your team mate. In 1v1 or 2v2, the damage contribution is a factor enough, that got Bunker Guard (the best condition cleansers of the first 3 years of the game) off meta. (even with Cleric — 900 power, the low damage of my build was putting some 2v2 at risk, but since most of the gyro where instant, I could eat the cleave of 2 and still rezzing)

With the removal of Cleric, Anet don’t want us to be bunker and support at the same time.

Bunker are Knight and Cavalier nowaday. (and their high armor don’t even make them sustainy enough in 1v1 versus Marauder/Paly)

Support are mender, magi and sage.

But… but… healing power was always a bad stat with bad scaling in this game. (and you want to cleanse, right? Do cleanses best let druids/guard/tempest heals with magi/mender)

Going mender or magi remove your DPS from the equation. But DPS is still need to make winning fights.

So I think Paly is the amulet to use to be able to support and wins fight.

Most Magi build will simply prolong the fight for the death of him. Smart players recognizing the squishie Magi and will focus him before the other DPS/bruiser.

So, simply try your support anti-condi build with Paly amulet and enjoy more wins. It will play the same really, your regen will be less good but you will kill faster so you could rotate to other point faster to support more.

For dwayna regens… Plz try Leadership or Lyssa, so you could stealth rez with more boons, less condition on you. You are doing an anti-conditions build… go on that way all out. Leadership will give you the same regen duration than dwayna anyway (or so).

In season 1 and 2, when stealth gyro was instant, it was a great way to convert poison to regen on the corpse with it.

Thanks for your feedback! I did change the rune to leadership since It completely slipped my mind that Leadership converted conditions into boons to allies as well. It lowers the regeneration uptime, but it’s definitely worth it as this is first and foremost a condition cleanse build, so thanks!

Hey all, this is what the newly updated version of the build can do. It has had much improvement thanks to the feedbacks community so I appreciate it!