Guild Wars 2

Hiba’s hard-to-break glass engineer guide!

http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simulator.php#1.4.8.0.0.0.22.0.0.0.79.92.97.91.102.2.2.6.230.232.236.242.249.0.0.0.0.274.280.0.0.0.0.30.20.0.20.0

I have experimented, tested and perfected this build over the past week and been more succesful than I could’ve ever imagined in paid tournaments & solo queue frees.

Playstyle & tips:

This build has been designed around long range harass/intimidation, burst key targets and punish balled up/downed ennemies with massive cleave damage from grenades and the decent support it can provide to your teammates if used correctly. When you can catch someone off position overextending on your backline try punishing them with Net Shot and follow up with burst Grenade Barrage then Jump shot, this should dish out enough pressure & make them retreat from your backline. When you get focused grab your Tool Kit and activate Gear Shield to negate incoming damage, this skill is your best bet to get away from incoming burst. Remove conditions from yourself mainly with Throw Elixir H & Elixir H, Elixir R as last resort. I prefer using Throw elixir R to secure a rez on myself, but I try saving it to secure a rez on a teammate if possible in tight situations. Tool Kit autoattacks & Pry Bar hit like a truck, do not be afraid to use those when you get trolled by projectile reflection. Sometimes you might not have the choice to hold on a node as long as you can but you are still able to do this fairly well and buy a decent amount of time if you have Gear Shield up and your self-regulating defense hasn’t triggered yet, if you don’t have any of those I suggest you not even try.

Movement:

Jump shot. Elixir H when you can afford it gambling the RNG.

Positioning:

You want to stay as far as possible from your ennemies until you and your team get enough pressure on them to get closer safely.

(from my experiments so far)Works best with:

D/D elementalist frontliner
Wells/terror necromancer

Note that your necro can drop a well for any desired utility, as you have enough cleave damage to compensate for it.

You can drop Supply Crate for Mortar on Kyhlo to break treb efficiently, note that grenades can also reach treb from the Mortar spot. If you cannot find the spots to reach trebuchet you can send me a tell in game and I will gladly show you.

You can also tweak stuff around alot with this build to fit your preferences best, but this setup is my personal favorite.

I hope you will enjoy playing this setup as much as I do. Feel free to discuss & ask questions.

Cheers.

Give some love if you enjoy the build <3

The first personal preference tweak I would make would be swapping sitting duck out, picking up infused precision in its place. This will give you the option of running Invigorating speed instead of Self Regulating Defenses.

For your overall effectiveness, I’d say that perma vigor and perma combat swiftness > 5 vuln stacks on immobilize and last ditch elixir S. With no swiftness or excessive dodges, lets face it, you are only delaying your death 3 seconds longer with 976 toughness and 4k health left.

I perfected my build for teamplay, nothing I would change as I stated that is part of my personal preferences.

Bump for a great build. I play a couple variations out of tPvP and I’m probably going to make some changes to mine after seeing yours. I know this is your thread, Hiba, but I’m going to share my main variation, anyway!

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-V70;2sPFw0m5VQFx0;9;4TJ-9946A58;20;05;0L;5s3G3G3G35BD

Been playing with Shrapnel instead of Incendiary Powder. I like Sitting Duck in Firearms. I also love Self-Regulating Defenses in Alchemy when playing as glass. Sometimes I’ll do 20 points in Tools instead of 10 in Alchemy or drop Tool Kit for Slick Shoes. T2 trait in Tools will either be Speedy Gadgets or Static Discharge. I play it very similarly to how you described above.

what kind of armors / runes / sigils / etc does this build use?

rogerwilko.6895:

what kind of armors / runes / sigils / etc does this build use?

You can copy and paste the above links to see the gear choices.

Hiba uses Berserker’s with 6 Divinity Runes and Sigil of Fire on Rifle.

I use Berserker’s with 5 Scholar Runes and 1 Divinity. Sigil of Fire on Rifle. You may want to go with Hiba’s setup, though.