Guild Wars 2

I still haven’t settled on any one build or playstyle with my engi.

I used various kits, turrets and the like whilst levelling but I’m primarily interested in two things: rifle, and WvW.

I’d like to do some decent damage and also be able to CC well (traits like sitting duck for example). I’ve looked through the forums but I haven’t found a build that’s caught my eye yet.

Not really interested in static discharge as I have my berserker d/d thief for glassy damage.

Keeping the rifle and using it primarily is pretty important to me (as a RP thing, my character was designed to be a rifle-wielding maniac) so if there are any builds that could work for that, I’d be grateful.

Also – any ideas regarding gear would be good. I always struggle to gear up my characters. I won’t be needing ascended gear as I don’t have the time to grind it out.

Thanks for your time.

Unfortunately, there really isn’t a build that’s rifle oriented and not static discharge. Rifle #3 and #5 hit hard, but without something else to supplement it, you’re going to be doing a lot of running around ineffectively and dying.

SD lets you wield the rifle almost exclusively. If you don’t mind using kits, then a grenade and/or bomb kit build will gel wonderfully with rifle. 30/30/x/x/x will get you traits that boost your bombs/nades as well as your rifle. And between rifle #2 & #4, grenade #4, bomb #5, and BoB, you’ll have quite a lot of cc.

I’ve always liked Rifle/TK 0/30/0/10/30. It runs SD but I’d consider it more a damage supplement then a burst build depending on your skills.

Without SD Rifle isn’t real good as a stand alone main weapon. We need our kits n tricks.

Med Kit, Tool Kit, Rifle Turret and one other skill are what I’d suggest. Tool Kit has great utility with a block and pull.

Rocket Boots, Net Turret, Elixir Gun, Slick Shoes, or Personal Battering Ram are what I’d suggest for the skill.

GL
Blood~

Backing up what Bloodgruve wrote, I’d recommend a turret or two and Rocket Boots with the rifle as well. A friend ran something similar and did rather well with it.

Rifle is great with most builds that are power. I generally go 30/0/0/30/10 for my engineer in PvP and WvW (If I ever go back) and 30/0/0/20/20 for PvE (Although I’ve switched back to 30/0/0/30/10 recently). Rifle + Nades is a great combo.