Any hammer scrapper build other than zerker
Personally, I am going condi with P/P all day. Have 2 armor pieces to ascended to go, then switching everything to sinister. Yes, even the odd time I will run with hammer, or I can keep some exotic pieces I tool around with trying to find a ‘tank’ build. I spvp alot, use a specific condi set up, have tried pseudo versions in pve and it’s extremely effective. Albeit there is a certain ‘cheese’ factor in dropping condi everywhere as you run by and kiting elite and veteran mobs to death. Kinda like retaliation spamming thieves in pvp
However, knights armor with zerk trinkets seems to hold up in pve content. It will serve in wvw as well if you play enough engi to get comfortable with static discharge/mortar build. Key, imho, is to negate DD as much as possible and burst condi classes down before they melt you. Otherwise condi hgh with food is king in wvw right now, at least for engi.
This is an SD build I used to run around with in pvp during early rank games. It’s fun and effective. Can substitute utility goggles as needed. http://intothemists.com/guides/6273-static_dismay_v2
It’s a little dated, can potentially switch firearms out for scrapper and get a slightly tanker build, but crit potential drops. Trade offs and all that jibber jabber.
*SD build is also viable in all pve, but as I said, I see condi as superior and while I currently run a variation of the above build, it is temporary
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Kinda like retaliation spamming thieves in pvp
what
Lyss
Thief
Thief
Kinda like retaliation spamming thieves in pvp
what
Elixir gun 5,4. Elixir b. 20 out of every 32s can have retaliation up, and that’s if you’re lazy with EG and timing. This with the toughness stacking, adaptive armor, alchemy/elixir cleanses, and hgh might, makes this build able to wade into nodes, dish condi to multiple targets, and get out the other side to turn and cover with secondaries. Your heals come from keeping elixir b on cd, drink/throw h, and both stun breaks regen. And again, if you stay on top of EG combo you get another regeneration and retaliation on top of dmg and an escape.
Kinda like retaliation spamming thieves in pvp
what
Elixir gun 5,4. Elixir b. 20 out of every 32s can have retaliation up, and that’s if you’re lazy with EG and timing. This with the toughness stacking, adaptive armor, alchemy/elixir cleanses, and hgh might, makes this build able to wade into nodes, dish condi to multiple targets, and get out the other side to turn and cover with secondaries. Your heals come from keeping elixir b on cd, drink/throw h, and both stun breaks regen. And again, if you stay on top of EG combo you get another regeneration and retaliation on top of dmg and an escape.
The way you worded that it sounded like you were comparing this build against thieves who spam retal, which is very strange because thieves have no access to retal.
Lyss
Thief
Thief
Kinda like retaliation spamming thieves in pvp
what
Elixir gun 5,4. Elixir b. 20 out of every 32s can have retaliation up, and that’s if you’re lazy with EG and timing. This with the toughness stacking, adaptive armor, alchemy/elixir cleanses, and hgh might, makes this build able to wade into nodes, dish condi to multiple targets, and get out the other side to turn and cover with secondaries. Your heals come from keeping elixir b on cd, drink/throw h, and both stun breaks regen. And again, if you stay on top of EG combo you get another regeneration and retaliation on top of dmg and an escape.
The way you worded that it sounded like you were comparing this build against thieves who spam retal, which is very strange because thieves have no access to retal.
Ahh, gotcha. My bad. Yea syntax and grammar go out the window for me sometimes. Squirming baby in one arm can result in some hard-to-understand posts on my phone, in the othere hand. Engi can use available retaliation application to great effect against thieves in particular.