Guild Wars 2

Hiho,
I’m quite new to gw2, so I’m not experienced enough to make own builds without any opinions.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErtbxWLseRSbBNqwAqMIyNGkPXgAcUA-TxBFABFcBAQS5XJ7PkmOAAeAAFq+zVKBBA-e

I made this PvE build today, and I want to ask about your thoughts.
My targets:
-Rifle (big dmg via 3 and 5)
-Grenade kit (with VII and XI in explosives tier)
-Elixir gun (for group support + stunbreaker)
-Flamethrower (might stacking + short cd blast)
-Quite high dmg with moderate survivability)

I’ve resigned from bomb kit because the only reason why I used it was fire bomb, and sometimes smoke for inflict blind.

And here’s my questions;
1) will it work on pve?
2) is it worth to take VI in alchemy? or invigorating speed will be better?
3) will it work on fractals either?

Thanks for every response.

Since we can change builds whenever/whereever, you dont need a build to go across both open pve and fractals. In open world pve, the best build is whatever you find the most fun. fractals is a little different because there you need to think about your party as well

I guess my first question would you definition of “pve”. what are you focusing on? map completion, world bosses, farming Orr, etc.? For normal map stuff, you dont really need too much extra defense. If you are farming orr, elixir gun wont be used very often because 1) its spammable skill is single target and 2) you dont really need to use support there. If you are talking map completion, rifle will serve the single target use perfectly fine. So, I am not convinced that going 4 into alchemy is justified when you can run juggernaught and get 5-6 might stacks in FT as well as extra toughness.

I have a strength sigil in my rifle as well and with that and juggernaught I routinely have 10+ might and thats without runes of strength. If you go 2 more into firearms past juggernaught, you get 5% damage on bleeding foes which goes well with sharpshooter which you already have. and modified amo will give easily 4% more between burning and bleed on crits from sharpshooter because FT hits so fast. <— keep in mind, though, that I am saying this for tagging lots of mobs because thats when I use FT.

If you are focusing on FT and elixir gun, then explosive powder isnt helping too much an could be switched out for incendiary powder for more burning which nicely couples with.

Also, if you are focussing on kits, then hair trigger doesnt come into play unless you are underwater (where you can use kits as well, and I do use elixir gun there). Infused precision is just a quality of life bonus in that slot.

That would make your traits look like this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErtbxWLseNCbBNqxA6Jeh3+5DEgkC-TxBFABFcBAQS5XJ7PkmOAAeAAFq+zVKBBA-e . I use bomb kit instead of elixir, but again, its open pve so its ultimately up to you just like the traits are.

As for fractals, in there you are with a team and your goal is to boost the team damage. So it might look something like this focussing on stacking up as much vulnerability as possible http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErtbxWLseNybBNq1A6R8h0+5AcghC-TxBFABFcBAQS5XJ7PkmOAAeAAFq+zVKBBA-e

I’d recommend this one for dungeons.

And in general if you are looking for builds you can use this site

Plus as an engineer, you might also find wolfineer useful.

also, you can watch this for fractals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYWpstTq528

Thanks a lot for responses. PvE I mean dungeons mainly(used to WoW PvE), so I’ll go with power grenadier with juggernaut(when it will be fixed).

But, is engineer a squishy character? There’s a lot of dungeons when I think that mesmer or elementalist can handle more damage than me.

engineers are pretty squishy. Eles have some defensive skills in the earth line for instance, but engineers dont. In this game, most of your defense is active: dodging and healing. dungeons, I dont use FT much there. it is still on my skill bar but its more for Napalm for the fire field. Also, in alot of scenarios people will ask you to stack in a specific spot to make the boss easier to manage. you will end up in melee this way and bomb kit is good there, though grenades can be just fine there as well.

“juggernaut(when it will be fixed)” its broken?

Darksuffer, you are the chosen one.

For pve you can really have any build you want. Honestly its a good zerker build. I might consider changing traits based on the situation. If you’re not using FT a lot in dungeons, where you’ll probably be using grenades mostly, you will probably want to invest more into crit chance or crit damage. I’d also definitely not advise using sigil of air, since it only hits one target, where sigil of fire hits a little less, bits does aoe, hitting more targets, or sigil of battle for more might.