Alt: lvl 80 Mesmer
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this is my fire Engineer build.. concentrating on Fire as main Condi dmg.
what do you guys think?
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this is awful
1) shrapnel is for nades only – has just 15% chance on explosion
2) Inventions V for condy build, rly?
3a) no stability, no stun breakers, little condi cleaning if we talk about WvW roaming
3b) too much toughness for pve, no fury, no way u need second pistol with 100+% burning uptime.
well i want power shoes. and the Sharpenel is better than the others. can proc on dodge bomb…
and im pretty sure pistol auto is explosive.
do you play that build or just calculated it?
i play it.. im ticking 920 fire dmg and upkeeping enough bleed( 10+ )
Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!
Remember that burning stacks duration and not intensity! You don’t need to have 80 million forms of burning! 2-3 sources are enough! Also remember that you don’t need Napalm Specialist! First, the firearms tree is really sub par when it comes to fighting other players! Second, you can reach 100% condi duration cap without it so it’s just wasted points!
In a condi build you want to focus on many conditions and not just burning! It’s the reason why condi Ele and Guardian are so bad! The only have a few conditions! In a full condi build in WvW, you can have 100% condi duration so why would you just focus on burning! That’s just thilly!
Flamethrower as your main kit never ever works! Try Bomb Kit! With only 70% condi duration it gives 100% burn uptime! Then you have Incendiary powder as well! This leaves 2 utilities for more conditions like Grenade Kit! Or you ckittene these for utility and survival like Rocket Boots, Tool Kit, Elixir Gun, Elixir S, or whatever!
You’ll want Swiftness instead of Power Shoes! You’ll never outrun anything with just Power Shoes! The Inventions tree is just yucky in general! Yippee! When you fight other players, you’ll also want dodges! Vigor or Sigil of Energy are necessary!
Hope that helped! Wahoo! Bye frands!
Hey VEE WEE. I have to agree only in part.
You really only need 2 sources of burning. I agree. Bomb kit is sooo much better.
I also agree that outside 2 pts in firearms, the line is generally subpar (the first minor trait is quite good).
Everyone likes a little BOOM BOOM so taking bombs and nades together is just fun and effective.
But I have to disagree without hijacking this thread (or we can throw bombs at each other on another thread) that inventions has a great trait in elixir infused bombs. A good tanky/support engineer in a zerg can be very valuable. Think of all the sources of healing you can stack from the pulse heal of e-gun, the bombs (3 per 2 secs), the HT and all your regen. Love it.
Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!
Yes I am thinking about the 300 heals per bomb versus the 11k Meteor Shower crits! Very useful! Every Engi should roll 30 Inventions! If we get 30 Engis together, we may be able to outheal one person!
Wahoo! Bye frands!
Oh Vee Wee. How I love your headstrong nature! Glad we are Frands!
But, look at what you can do by maximizing power and healing power.
The pulse heal is almost 400 per second (more if you use benevolence sigil but it doesn’t show up on the editor).
You have a great regen/s which you can place all over the place for different groups.
And you still are going to get 2 bombs off every second or so for another 860ish.
Stack all those glorious heals up (plus for yourself the backpack regen) and you get some wild numbers while still doing pretty solid damage with bombs and rifle.
Take it out for a spin or two. Think you might just like it. Honest, it’s like spinach (just need to acquire the taste).
That is real healing. In smaller groups, you can easily change out to a power sigil weapon and a nice bowl of lemongrass etc.
I could easily say, you aren’t going to do 11k crit damage by moving the pts from inventions!
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