Guild Wars 2

So I haven’t played GW2 in literally years (the last time I played was The Lost Shores in late 2012, and that was as a Ranger), but a friend of mine talked me into reinstalling and kitten ing around with her some. I’ve decided to try Engineer, a class that always fascinated me but I was turned off of because of the early reports that it was actually pretty awful. (Again, this was over three years ago.)

I tried googling around for any advice on leveling builds, but almost everything I’ve found is for pvp or max level or both, and what little there is regarding leveling is woefully outdated. So if anybody has any advice on a good build for mostly-solo leveling, I’d love to hear it!

There are really only two avenues one can make when following the path of Engineer, Power+Condition or Power (zerker). Core Engineer is renowned for its ability to unload sustainable condition pressure and power combinations both separately and together. Neither of these builds changes too much, the only exception would be minor trait and utility changes. As you are leveling up you will most likely want to max out your kit variety utilities first, as this is where the vast majority of your damage (and survivability) will be coming from. Combining Bomb Kit and Grenade Kit with another of your choice should get you through most of, if not all, the PvE content through level 80 and beyond. Your basic role in parties is to kitten the situation and adapt your play style to what is currently needed most. The combination of Grenades and Bombs will provide some of the highest Vulnerability stacking potential from a single profession, while the very generous amount of Combo Fields/blasts at your disposal will allow you to fulfill a variety of needs that range anywhere from stealthing, might stacking, swiftness etc. Take the time to discover which skills provide you with Blast Finishers and know what the results of using them in each field would result. If you do this, you will find that you are one of the most dynamic and universal professions available.

Basic Power Build

Basic Condition

levelling doesnt last all that long. youll be 80 before you know it.

that said, bombs and flamethrower are the most interesting pre-80 kits. bombs have high damage in a fairly large aoe around you, and its good to unlock explosives to go with them. flamethrower is extremely easy to use and will get you lots of tags on mobs for exp credit, and its good to unlock firearms with it. for your 2nd spec, take tools (streamlined kits) or inventions (mecha legs) so you can move around fast. additionally, unlock rocket boots for more mobility.

in this setting, you can go either power or condi, but pick 1 or the other and focus your gear on that. with power, take rifle and power/precision/ferocity stats on gear. with condi, take pistol/pistol and gear that has high condi damage.

for your heal, take healing turret. to use it properly, spam your heal button until you notice yourself healing twice, then immediately pick it up or explode it. do not leave it out.

for your 3rd utility, take whatever you want. try all the things. everything works in open world while soloing. but i suggest avoiding all turrets besides healing turret, they were overnerfed.

for your elite, X is not so useful in open world, and turrets got overnerfed, so the clear best option is mortar kit (4 and 3 are really useful).

Thank you! I’ll definitely be trying these out.