Guild Wars 2

I was bored at work, playing around with some builds trying to find one where Nomad could be viable for an Engi.

Whether a heal/bomb build itself is viable is a matter of opinion, but if you like the build, maybe this’ll put a few ideas in your head.

You can obviously play around with the Runes, Sigils, Infusions, etc. but despite the lack of condi damage and crit chance, it doesn’t seem half bad.

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I personally never use elixirs in my healer builds. I’ve used EG, BK, and a blast finisher whatever calls for the best solution at the time. For example, the enemies in the new LS area move around alot during storm events so using a Rocket Boots actually works out better in the long run and you lead attacks away from your healing turret.

I also take that 1 points out of Short Fuse and put that into Elixirs so I have a combination of the HT and transmute to remove conditions since this class is so weak vs condition removal compared to others, even in PVE.

I typically use the healer Sigils like Renewal and Water because I get free heals even while in kits, and since I’m not traveling with this armor typically choose the Superior Runes of Mercy because I can rez like mad fast with them. I kept alot of people alive when fighting the dragon yesterday because of it. They popped right back up with just me rezzing them often it was almost instant with just 1 other person. Since this class has yet to be made a soldier class (like it was meant to) the extra toughness doesn’t hurt either.

I also chose the apothecary simply because even while healing I would need a non-debuffed system of doing damage in this armor so I chose condis (but I solo alot so typically I’m not running dungeons or anything for the most part).

I can’t imagine Nomad being good in any build. If you decide to go with Healing Power despite it’s terrible scale factors, at least grab a stat that also boosts some sort of damage.

If you swap trinkets for Zealot (Zerk backpiece) and swap runes you still get a tanky build and decent damage.