Guild Wars 2

Is engie zerker or condi and what about scrapper and the holosmith

Scrapper is mainly a WvW , PvP spec. For PvE , core engie is more effective. As for Holosmith, it appears to be a power spec, u can’t kit swap while in photon forge mode and kit swapping is a necessity for condi builds.

It seems to me that Holosmith is designed to address the skill rotation “issue” that players have with engie, engie has a notorious reputation in PvE for being too complex to play as. Holosmith seems to simplify the experience. Of course, this is just my opinion based on current info, things could change in the final release.

czerwoni.9563:

Is engie zerker or condi and what about scrapper and the holosmith

In PvP and WvW, running zerker on engineer will get you killed faster than you can yell “Elixir S!” I wouldn’t do it unless you really like high risk, low reward. In PvE, zerker engi can be useful for the power bomber build.

Condi engineer is primarily useful in PvE as well, and boasts one of the highest theoretical DPS’s, although in practicality it’s near impossible to achieve without being a perfect robot. That said, it is more robust and versatile than the power bomber build.

Scrapper is pretty poor in PvE, given its low damage. It’s tanky in PvP and WvW, and virtually a necessity in those two modes if you don’t like to die frequently.

Holosmith seems intended to be a high-damage, power spec, but I’m not sure how well that will actually play out.

For PvE: http://qtfy.eu/builds/engineer

For all game modes: https://metabattle.com/wiki/Engineer

Unknown.3976:

u can’t kit swap while in photon forge mode and kit swapping is a necessity for condi builds.

You can swap, kits are only disabled for a few seconds, and I think photon forge stays active underneath your kit, it just replaces your weapon skills for as long as you keep it active.
Think of the possibilities.

i sent you a pm for a fun build. it takes advantage of every new trait/utility change anet gave us. it’s not in the metabuild sites but its great fun. if you do wvw try running with some friends while you get used to it