Guild Wars 2

Hey, its been a long time but im finally off of Australian dial up (okay its was a bit better then dial up but still really bad) and i can start doing things without skill lag and random lag spikes, so all this footage is done with really bad internet and id consider myself to be a casual player so dont judge to harshly.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUptr1UxkLseNCdBN6wMlSD6FUhP/pAA-TJBFwACuAAl2foaZAAPAAA
anyway this is the most glass i can pack into a SD build and its a blast playing, made me better as an engineer not having the save me options other SD builds would utilize, not saying its the better option but you get my drift, naturally i expect no one to ever run gadgeteer ever but its extra damage so i packed that in there and bunkerdown has for me and my play style been a pretty hefty damage boost but take it how you like it, i prefer the cd reduction on rifle over the range simply because its around the same range as the sd skills you use so its a great way to gauge range and who cares we are getting the range anyway, runes are up to you i run with either strength or pack, vamparism is great ive heard but i swear every time i use it or something similar it always cancels my heal so its more of a personal decision not to use it.

some downsides ive found recently is its not as effective versus thiefs and guardians anymore, i used to use the turrets to knock back guardians in 1v1 situations to control the fight better but since the turret nerf its alot harder to plant it and use it when you want to because it dies so fast, thiefs used to be pritty easy targets to 1v1 and even counter gank in situations because i would normally just jumpshot on there face followed with a surprise shot and analyze but alot of thiefs are running the immob trait and while i can easily survive the burst from a thief i can no longer counter burst thanks to the immob bug and am forced to use gear shield when befor i never used to so its safe to say i probly wont be playing much static discharge in spvp for a little while even though i love the kitten outta the small problems are just to common atm.

I admit I was highly skeptical of this builds validity, but after trying it out myself for a bit… it’s kitten fun :P

I’ve tried SD specs before but never with the Goggles, and I usually use the ram but I tried it your way with the rifle turret. Having those 2 sources of SD burst instantly on short CDs really brings the pain and gives this build the edge I was looking for with a zerker engie. Thieves get crushed before they even realize what happened…though I’m wondering if the success I’ve had running this is mostly because people don’t expect it, even your typical SD builds dosn’t pack this much punch.

This build definitely keeps you on your toes, I’m used to having escape tools like slick shoes super speed and its hard to play without vigor. I tried using blind on rifle crit over the 10% damage and found that helpful, I also ran Power Wrench over gadgeteer, mostly cause I haven’t even unlocked that skill yet lol. The CDR on block alone is really nice, though I will probably try with gadgeteer eventually cause theres no reliable way to get might otherwise. I can tell from your vid that it does make a difference on those opening bursts.