Guild Wars 2

Hi all. I am one of those people who tries to create their own build and never feels fully satisfied, however finally I feel that I have a Scrapper build that I have been having some great success with in sPvP and solo. Please do add your hints and tips and critique (constructive though please). I also realize things will change with balancing since everything is so new, but I was excited to share this.

I couldn’t find a latest build site where I could simply put in the build and link it here, so I am going to have to do it the old fashioned way:

So, Hammer for weapon – sigils I chose Force and Blood. I’ve never been good at choosing sigils, but I think these work well with the rest of the build.

Rune of Hoelbrak for all round support and help against condis (I’m not 100% convinced on the rune of the scrapper just yet).

And, probably boring, but Marauder Amulet really for the extra precision and health.

Slot skills: Medic Gyro, Bulwark Gyro, Shredder Gyro, Elixir C and Sneak Gyro. Sneak Gyro, I find has some issues – for example if it doesn’t keep up with you and your team mate(s) you get revealed, but I have found it useful and a game changer with several people on a point and the confusion it can cause when several disappear, get rezzed and so on.

Elixir C is one that can be obviously swapped out for something else, but, I find it absolutely imperative to transfer those condis. Again, a game changer quite often and saved my life with a 2v4 scenario on far, leaving us able to wipe the 4 and one of the 4 to type “seriously?” in /say chat, which was awesome. LOL.

Although the shredder gyro doesn’t move with the target I find the damage output to be sufficient for its uses and until people get used to it, I think it’s great. Plus the extra dps when exploding it before it runs out of gas.

The tool belt skills you get with both these gyros are just awesome too. Defense Field can really save your life, and Spare Capacitor giving you a daze and a lightning field combo. This build relies on getting those lightning field combos from the rotation of the hammer skills and tool belt skills as it synergizes brilliantly with the traits I’ve chosen, giving this build some excellent survivability and good damage output enabling me to win a good majority of 1v1s:

For the scrapper trait line: Shocking Speed (tying in with what I said above), you gain superspeed when creating leap or blast in lightning field; Rapid Regeneration – key to what I said above giving you a great heal every time (practically) you use this kind of combo, which is a lot; and Perfectly Weighted for some stability. Perhaps I should go for Final Salvo to further synergize with the superspeed stuff?

Other specializations and Traits:
Tools: Static Discharge (because I use the TB skills a lot); Lock On; Kinetic Battery – I just find this one too good to leave out. Two uses of Detection Pulse, or Spare Capacitor? Yes please.

Inventions: Automated Medical Response for more survivability again; Mecha Legs; and Bunker Down.

Playstyle, generally, is literally to try and get the most out of the combo field lightning and superspeed. The reveal on TB from Sneak Gyro is just awesome for those pesky thieves and mesmers and for Elixir C, I try and save it to when I have a lot of condis and am pressured to get the full benefit, plus there’s the great team support for this also with the Toss. Gyros are really self explanatory, and obviously try and use Shredder Gyro on a locked target.

There’s probably little else to say at this point. But, I am proud of this, so please don’t batter me down too harshly with your critique lol, but I am very excited to hear what you think and what changes you’d make.

Thank you all

I’d personally replace shredder with elixir S or even tool kit and kinetic battery for w.e that endurance regen trait was. Problem is, you don’t seem to have much direct damage mitigation and you’ll be forced to burn kinetic battery at inopportune moments at times. Since you have stealth gyro, I find lock on to be a bit of a waste, but if there’s nothing better on that line then go for it.

shredder gyrohahahahhahaha

sorry homes, it’s just too funny to see people whip that out.
about the build, what can I say? it’s got gyros, elixer C and no kits. I would never run this build.

@SlayerSixx, thanks for your constructive feedback. I will definitely re-visit the Lock On trait. As for replacing the Shredder Gyro, I absolutely see the reasons for this, however I wanted this to be an actual Scrapper Build and not necessarily, tool kit with a couple of Gyros… plus, with my disability coming into play, I can find TK a little difficult to manage in high mobility fights.

BUT having said that, I really appreciate your constructive critique and I will definitely try it out and it could easily be the make or break. Thanks!

Just wanted to re-visit and say that after a good solid number of matches yesterday, I am even more confident in this build.

There is a lot of defense against direct damage, including TB skill from Bulwark Gyro and the block on Hammer skill 4 (not to mention the healing with the superspeed).

Plus, people are massively underestimating the Shredder Gyro. Definitely is without a doubt not worthy of laughing at anyway. If you read my build notes properly, you must use it effectively, or yes it is a waste. But, in all the fights I encountered yesterday, when used right, it was a game changer. On locked down foes, it is a great extra damage and on eles who mist form away after being downed, I popped the shredder on them while fighting other enemies around me and the gyro just whirled away and finished them off entirely – blowing it up early for a nice finish.

All the combo fields you can get with this particular gyro are also not to be sniffed at. And, originally the main reason to take it was the TB skill to give this build that extra lightning combo.

At any rate, my guildies noticed some awesome uptime (there were a few matches I didn’t die at all, and held my own against 2v1s very nicely and was able with support to wipe 4 enemies). In fact yet another team saw us wipe nearly all of them and said in /say chat “wow” which just made me feel awesome lol.

I am going to try and get some video of game play to show you just how good this can be when played right.

Build has a low skill ceiling, without enough damage mitigation with a semi glassy amulet. If your dead set on using AI due to your disability then that’s your choice, but the build would improve significantly by dropping a gyro for a kit and changing up a few traits.

With that said it really doesn’t sound like you will change anything regardless of what the more experienced higher tier players are going to tell you and that’s your choice. But I don’t understand why you would ask for critiques at all if you aren’t planning on considering them anway… kinda seems like a tell me I’m pretty thread, sry for my bluntness.

Hi NeXeD, thanks for that. I think you’ll find I did appreciate the response by @SlayerSixx and massively considered the TK. I also DID change the trait he suggested, so where your comment comes from about me not listening is weird.

I tried TK instead of Scrapper Gyro, and yes, personally, it’s not fot me because it takes away the lightning field combo and also the damage dealt when using the gyro properly (i.e. in poison/burn/blind fields) and on locked down foes, help preventing rezzes that kind of thing.

Anyway, I am more than happy for further ways to improve the build, but I don’t want it being another Engineer kit build, it’s a scrapper.

Here is footage of me easily beating the Chieftan in the PvP lobby, and I will post some actual game play in due course. But, hopefully this will help provide the concept of where I was headed.

https://youtu.be/mNA46nK1nI8

Thanks everyone