Guild Wars 2

I want to eek out as much dps as possible no need for support or heals or survivability.
The question is how. What gear/traits/skills do the most sustainable damage?

the build given in this thread
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Five-Gauge-s-100nade-Guide/first#post1305263

is one of the most successfull builds for engineer and its the highest burst build we know atm.

I honestly like the P/P with HGH for might stacking.

As long as the target isn’t getting Burned, Poisoned, or Bleed capped by other players then Might Stacking Condi builds are viable. I’d argue that Bombs and/or Grenades supplementing it is probably better for absolute highest sustained DPS, however. It only takes Elixir H and B with HGH and a Sigil of Battle to get 15 to 20 stacks of Might sustained, and the cooldowns in Bombs and/or Grenades can output a lot more damage then Explosive Shot autos.

To name a few of the popular choices:
- Static Discarge burst, a combo that utilizes toolbelt skills with low cooldowns such as: Surprise shot, Launch battering ram, Throw Wrench, etc. and the tier 1 trait Static Discharge. As far as gear goes I usually see this type of set-up using Berserker stats, along with a rifle.
- 100nades burst, which is also a combo that utilizes toolbelt skills, but more specifically Grenade kit’s. Also using, tier 1 trait Kit Refinement; which casts a PBAoE version of Grenade barrage, when switching to Grenade kit. This set-up as well, I see being played with Berserker stats a lot of the time.

Personal set-ups I use for damage are using:
- Grenade kit spec’d out for condition damage (mainly bleeds and vulnerability stacking) using Rabid Gear
- Using Tool kit with Berserker’s Gear spec’ing for crit-damage for 7k+ Thwacks.
-Bomb kit using Cleric’s Gear for synergy in the Inventions line along with maxing out Explosives for power.
- Flamethrower using the tier 3 traits Juggernaut and HGH for mass might stacking. Made easier and possible with Might/boon durations runes on armor as well as Sigil of battle/strength on weapon(s).

If you’re going for DPS static discharge can really shine. I use Static Discharge with pistols, bomb kit, tool kit, and rifle turret(for the toolbelt abilit). Use medkit stim often. Works really well. I’m a big fan of confusion. and I so I love having it in 3 varieties on this build.

I have to say I agree whole heartily, discharge is a must at this point. I use rifle discharge the only kit I use is medkit/toolkit tho I wish sometimes the medkit had an AOE similar to the EG. I use the runes that do AOE heal when using a heal skill because then switching to the medkit sets that off and I use the sigil that heals on crits on my rifle so that anyone close to the target gets a heal. It’s a pretty good combo.