Guild Wars 2

Im playing almost since release but only with faceroll classes.
Now switched to engi and felt in love.
Im lvl 26~ atm, got 10 in tools for speedy kits and 5 in Firearms, not sure how to spend rest of traits while leveling tho.
Wanted to ask – are there any tips and tricks that ‘more than casual’ engi player should know to get the most of the class?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Rocket Boots is (in my opinion !) a must-have. The blast finisher triggers whenever you go across a combo field mid-air, no need to be on a combo field to trigger the blast finisher.

Inventions’ 10 point trait “Cloaking Device” combo well with Rocket Boots: invisible jump that cure Immobilize, great escape. Not sure if useful in PvE.

You will jump farther using Rocket Boots if you have Swiftness and even farther if you use Slick Shoes’ tool belt skill “Super Speed”. I think you jump 40 or 50% farther using Super Speed, easy to test.

You can use Flamethrower’s Smoke Vent whenever you want, while channeling a skill or while stunned.

Hope you will learn something :>

bomb kit is good for the lower levels. you can use bomb 4 + rocket boots to escape with stealth if you ever get overrun. similarly any blast finisher inside bomb 4 will grant you stealth. you’ll want to trait explosives if you go that route.

Super Speed + Rocket Boots: You jump just about double the distance – or at least the overall movement is doubled, according to tests I performed in Hoelbrak, using the walkway panels as my measuring stick.

Other than that…I’m sure there’s a lot of crazy tricks with kits. I know one is that you can prevent being launched by Acid Bomb by dropping the Elixir Gun, or you can double-trigger the field it creates by using Rocket Boots to fly right back into it.

Try playing with a lot of kits, they give you a lot of options, and also unpredictability and utility in PvP. Practice switching in and out of kits.
For leveling, always have 10 in Tools for Speedy Kits, you can get swiftness every 5 seconds if you keep switching kits. You will thus have permanent swiftness while leveling.
Engineer is a mid-range class, so melee is not a very viable option. You do have toolkit auto, but it doesn’t bring out the Engi’s specialty. You have Bombs and Grenades that can hit multiple enemies. When leveling I usually spec power. You can LoS pull 5 or more enemies around a corner and hit them with massive area AoE from Grenades, Bombs and your Rifle 3 and 5.
Experiment with Engi combo fields and finishers. You can self leap and blast plenty.
3 examples:
Smoke Bomb -> Big Ol’ Bomb -> Healing Turret (don’t double click) -> Healing Turret Detonate -> Shield 4 Detonate-> Rocket Boots; this is a Smoke field + 4x blast finish for AoE Stealth (up to 8~12 seconds, better than mass invis)
Smoke Bomb -> Rocket Boots (stealth somewhat distant teammates to prevent a stomp!)
Big Ol’ Bomb -> Healing Turret (spam click for water field) -> Healing Turret Detonate (water field will persist) -> Shield 4 Detonate -> Rocket Boots (Water field+ 4x blast finish AoE heal 1.4k+ each)

If you want to get the most out of Engi probably try fighting other players and try to counter them. There are a few tried-and-true solid builds that I suggest you look up:
Static Discharge PvP burst setup (Lady Steamhawke twitch)
Enhance Performance Condi PvP setup (Chaithh twitch)
Bomb Far-node Decap PvP setup (Teldo twitch)

Misc clutch skill usage:
Big Ol’ Bomb stomp (plant bomb on one side, walk to max stomp range on other and stomp; launch disables enemy)
Toolkit Magnet near an edge; Skyhammer: quick gib by walking over panel and pulling; Temple: stopping a far node rush by pulling into hole; setting up Prybar + Static Shot/Blowtorch + Glue Shot + Grenades/Supply Crate into quick condi gib.
Flamethrower: switch into before a stomp, FT 5 can be used mid stomp to blind.
Static Shot/Flash Grenade stomp assist: time it to a teammate’s stomp and blind the downed enemy.
Always keep Poison (Grenade/Pistol darts) on enemy if unable to instantly stomp; Condi Engi capable of devastating body AoE cleave.
Plant Big Ol’ Bomb if you know enemy Engi uses Elixir R and he about to go down. Knocks him out of self-res and blew his 120 second CD.

-No ability is useless, learn them all and get to know them.
-Bomb kit is godly while leveling, as it requires the least traits to be good. Also, most mobs you fight will just walk right into it.
-Self combos are important to learn. For example, place Big Ol’ Bomb, then Fire Bomb. Fire bomb will go off first, creating a Fire Field, then Big Ol’ Bomb will detonate giving you and nearby allies 3 stacks of might. Put elixir gun 5 at your feet, then use elixir gun 4 to enjoy some retaliation.
-Rocket Boots is good alone, but becomes awesome with Slick Shoes toolbelt skill (Super Speed). You can travel far faster than anyone else with those two abilities used properly.

Dropping a Big Ol Bomb followed by an Elixer X can give you a huge damage spike from your BoB.