Guild Wars 2

firearms -> heavy arms, no scope, juggernaut
inventions -> automated medical response, mecha legs, bunker down
alchemy -> invigorating speed, backpack generator, HGH

elixir H, U, B

i use it on WvW too >.<

Oh, hey look its the build I also ended up with last night.

Guess we now know what the standard ft build will look like now lol

First build i came up 10 minute after the 23 jun patch xD Actually with S instead of U because i didn’t saw U had been improved !

What runes and gear you using?

It is indeed pretty fun, and it works pretty well with either dps or tanky gear.

Faction.4013:

What runes and gear you using?

i am currently using knight armors and rune of the eagle. i think either condi or power gears are fine for this build.
you will get perm stability, might, swiftness, vigor and fury with this build

Try it with runes of strength, or water if your can’t afford.

I played with a similar set up only with elixir gun in place of elixir u and with strength runes. Good fun but ultimately not where I’ve settled build-wise.

Peutrifectus.4830:

I played with a similar set up only with elixir gun in place of elixir u and with strength runes. Good fun but ultimately not where I’ve settled build-wise.

Out of curiousity, where HAVE you settled.

I am currently struggling myself and would like to know what others are doing.

Hehe, far far away ;D

It’s a condi-pistol-pistol-rabid-flamethrower-gadget build
In short XD

(not for turbo comp speed runs, but great for openworld, fractals, pvp and wvw)

Tell you what, when I get some time later, I’ll post a full build in the sticky.

I tried out the build and while I do like it, I find it incredibly annoying to keep up with all the elixers while simultaneously using the flamethrower skills

I tried this build, and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had with my Engineer. I love the FT kit, but have always been disappointed with its lackluster performance. It’s still nowhere near the “best” weapon/kit, but it performs really well here. You can camp FT in this build and be an unstoppable blazing death machine (in PVE at least!).

I’m currently using Knight gear, Berserker weapons and jewelry, Strength/Frailty sigils, with Eagle runes for added precision and ferocity, but I may switch to Strength runes.

So can I be a real juggernaut with that build and melt zergs in EotM ? Kappa

I ended up with a similar build, but went with Explosives instead of Inventions. You lose some survivability, but it adds a couple of options IMO.

I also gave up an elixir in order to carry Throw Mine… probably not the best route, but I’ve always found that skill useful. CC, blast finisher, and the tool belt is quite powerful on relatively short cd, even though it may be tough to land full dmg… plus it strips boons.

Explosives also makes Mortar Kit useful as a ranged alternative plus buffs Orbital Strike.

Before patch I was running Zerker gear with Runes of The Citadel. I wanted to maximize Fury since damage in my previous build was hard hitting but slow (not nades :P ). That it added an extra bomb was just something that I enjoyed… unfortunately, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t benefit from any traits. I’ve kept the gear and it seems to be doing fine.

IMO, the only drawback is that I don’t get to use rifle as much which I’ve always liked.

It’s pretty similar to what I run and very close to what I ran even before this update. The added bonus of getting our stats from our runes now instead of the trait lines helps a LOT too.

lorddarkflare.9186:

Peutrifectus.4830:

I played with a similar set up only with elixir gun in place of elixir u and with strength runes. Good fun but ultimately not where I’ve settled build-wise.

Out of curiousity, where HAVE you settled.

I am currently struggling myself and would like to know what others are doing.

THERE you go. Enjoy.

i came up with this build right after update as well for my second engineer in pvp. i use elixir S instead of U and go all cele. works great in hotjoin right now with all the interrupts flying around, stomping is easy with the two sources of stability and flamethrower skill 5. Anti stomping is easy with flamethrower 3 and rifle 4. and doing the double knockback with FT3 then R4 is also great fun.

I usually hit 25 stacks of might even before i engage a fight, so my damage in FT is good and once they’ve used their dodges and are in your FT 1 cone, just hit your toolkit skill and start the burning. It’s a lot of fun and a much easier engie build to boot.