Guild Wars 2

I’ve just recently hit 80 on my Engi and I want to keep it as a Hybrid “Jack of all Trades” character that I can more freely switch between casual PvE (open world/farming/maybe the occasional dungeon) and WvW zerging with minimal changes to my gear. At the moment I’m working on collecting a set of Ascended Celestial Trinkets, but I’m unsure what stat prefix to go with for the armor/runes. Just to clarify I know Hybrid/non Zerker builds are not as optimal for PvE, but this is more for fun and just being able to handle most situations at least somewhat decently.

I’m still kind of unclear as to which stats our kits scale the most from as many seem to benefit from a combination of Power/Condi/Healing. Also is our kit damage affected by our base weapon stats (Rifle or P+P/S)?

As I cycle between Kits fairly frequently I’m not sure whether I should lean more towards Power/Condi/Toughness or even full Celestial (probably be a bit too widespread) for more versatility.

For Kits I’ve mainly been sticking with Grenades or Bomb + Flamethrower as staples and swapping between [Explosives] and [Firearms] for Spec 1 depending on which I want to focus on. For Specs 2+3 I use [Alchemy]+[Inventions] for personal survivability/utility. I try to only carry at most 3 kits at a time as 4 or 5 if you include Med Kit just becomes too unmanageable for me at the moment.

I left some spots empty, but this is the core build I’ve been using and would ideally like to center it around. If I find that my survivability is good enough I’m willing to drop [Alchemy] as it’s more for WvW.

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So here’s my dilemma, what’s a good all around Armor+Rune set to complement Celestial trinkets for casual play whether it be casual PvE or WvW zerging? I’ve already got mobility covered with Mecha Legs so for Runes I’m thinking either Strength/Hoelbrak/Pack as general all purpose choices.

Not trying to be annoying, but you can farm the gold it takes to make an exotic Berserker/Scholar set in literally a day of dungeon running. There’s no reason not to just sit down and make one so you’re making the most of your engineer in PvE.

But to answer some questions you have:

Highchu.3806:

I’m still kind of unclear as to which stats our kits scale the most from as many seem to benefit from a combination of Power/Condi/Healing.

As far as PvE is concerned, power is still the way to go. Between vulnerability increasing condition damage by 25% at max potency and all the might stacks thrown around, building for power and gaining condition damage bonuses from might/vuln is much, much greater than building for condition damage and gaining power bonuses the other way.

In PvP/WvW it’s a bit more mixed between conditions and power, though I would say that power still has the edge in zerg fighting and in structured PvP.

Highchu.3806:

Also is our kit damage affected by our base weapon stats (Rifle or P+P/S)?

Kit damage is affected by both the weapon type (e.g., rifle vs. pistol/shield) and its rarity. An ascended rifle will do more damage than an exotic rifle, which will do more damage than an exotic pistol/shield.

Yea I know, the problem isn’t getting the Berserker gear I just wanted to change it up. I was hoping Condi/Hybrid builds would have become more viable, but as usual Power pulls ahead. I guess thats fine though since it goes well with Grenade/Flamethrower Juggernaut builds.

For Power I hear Zerk Rifle is still better for dps, but is a Zerk Shield + Pistol still viable? Also, if I were to go for a Condi build which stat prefix is most idea with Celestial trinks? I’ve only ever tried Rabid. but Carrion and Sinister look like good options as well.