Guild Wars 2

As title says, Im gonna try out engineer, Im looking for the top 1-2 burst builds for pvp, there are usually a few with every class. Can you guys throw out some options and maybe give me an idea which builds blow stuff up the fastest?

1. grenadier build, look it up in the sticky.
best damage I believe, but hardest to pull of on moving targets.
Extremey strong in WvW, rather weak in tpvp unless you’re really good at it.

2. standard power-crit rifle build with gadgets and-or elixirs
again look it up in the sticky for details.

Think these 2 are the fastest bursting builds we have.

Did you check the stickied thread of posted and discussed builds?

Yea but Im looking for a specific spvp/tpvp engineer burst build that is proven. Problem with that thread is alot of people post any build including pve and its just alot to cycle through. I was looking for something specific tho. If any1 can post links that would be grateful, I hear rifle build is nasty.

this thread has proven builds, some might be your thing.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Engineer-Guides-The-Compendium/first#post429704

Find Teldo’s power engineer build on youtube. It has fantastic burst AND sustained damage, high mobility, and good CC.
The best way to learn its intricacies would be to watch it in action, Teldo does have some great videos of it in action during the beta weekends.

I have and do use this build with great success in SPvP though you might find it difficult to play correctly if you are the type to run in and get in the thick of the battle, this build works best sniping from the edges.

For this build, use runes of divinity (+10 to each stat, +2% crit damage for each) on your armor, berzerkers amulet, and superior sigil of air on your rifle (scales with power, does bonus damage pretty often.)
The last slot can be a couple different things. Rifle turret (low cooldown toolbelt skill triggers static discharge and greatly increases sustained damage, turret itself isn’t very useful.) Grenade kit (toolbelt skill does high burst damage, they have to be immobilized or it will be worth nothing, rest of kit can be good for applying conditions/stalling a fight with chill or blind.) Elixir S (good defensively, and for stomping or helping an ally stomp.) Elixir R (another stun break, allows you to rez allies while fighting, can be handy if you want to be more supportive in larger fights.)

Feel free to PM me if you would like any more information, or a listing of the full build I use.

This is the build cilice was talking about. I run something similar with a few modifications.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQFAUl0pqdH5y4F17IxoHkuzbG0D9mX/KqQ+B;TsAg0Cno4ywlgLLXOukcNo4QxMCA

The downside to this build is the absolute lack of condition removal.

coglin.1496:

The downside to this build is the absolute lack of condition removal.

Absolutely, this build is extremely weak against strong condition bunker builds in 1v1. The point here is that you want to engage those fights after the bunker has already committed to stacking conditions on someone else, you roam, you don’t assault points alone.

Exactly. That’s the whole idea behind more burst builds. The damage they put out is balanced by their lack of survivability, whether it’s straight up damage or condition removal. A nice well rounded build that also works well it just the Elixir/Rifle build, where 409 gives you plenty of condition removal and you have higher vitality, but your damage takes a major hit. In this game, it is all about your role in the team you play with, so if you are just puggin’, best to be well rounded.

I don’t get it: Rifle burst dmg > 2 Pistols? And Grenades > Bombs?
Looks like I am doing it something wrong. Lvl 42 Engineer here. The funny thing is, that I can do best burst with :1. Tool kit and Bombs (greatest damage at all)
2. Double Pistols (ok dmg)
3. Rifle or Elixir gun (nothing special)
4. grenades, Flamethrower … (hard to hit moving targets, so I don’t use them a lot).
I realy like to use Bombs for leveling. Best single target dmg + AOE dmg!: You run in the middle of 4 or 5 mombs and blow them up in a few seconds, without loosing 50% of your health

Sort of true that in a pug you should be well-rounded for survivability. It’s also true that you can play a hit-and-run build like a p/p condition + elixir for engi or backstab thief and rack up the glory.

Sifu.9745:

I don’t get it: Rifle burst dmg > 2 Pistols? And Grenades > Bombs?
Looks like I am doing it something wrong. Lvl 42 Engineer here. The funny thing is, that I can do best burst with :1. Tool kit and Bombs (greatest damage at all)
2. Double Pistols (ok dmg)
3. Rifle or Elixir gun (nothing special)
4. grenades, Flamethrower … (hard to hit moving targets, so I don’t use them a lot).
I realy like to use Bombs for leveling. Best single target dmg + AOE dmg!: You run in the middle of 4 or 5 mombs and blow them up in a few seconds, without loosing 50% of your health

Once you get to lvl 80 and have all your trait points then rifle/nades because your hardest hitting builds. I run a power/prec/crit build with 30/20/0/0/20. Basically you want the explosion end line ability grenadier, I can not stress how much damage your nade kit will do with this. Also I go 20 down firearms for range and damage bonus on rifle. Then I drop the last 20 on gadgets, speedy kits is a must have to keep mobility up, and the static discharge is where your burst DPS comes from . I use med kit for healing, and condition removal, then I slot rifle turret due to the very fast toolbelt cooldown, followed by wrench kit again for the toolbelt skill of throw wrench, and lastly the grenade kit. I will alternate my elite with supply crate and motar depending on situation. Please note that I mostly WvWvW, followed by farming in Orr, then dungeons.

When going single target I will net shot using #2 rifle skill, followed up with rifle turret toolbelt then throw wrench tool belt. These both hit hard and throw wrench will hit twice. Each time I used the toolbelt I proc’d a static discharge, each one critting for over 3K. Also because of precision and crit my default rifle attack is hitting really hard. Most things are dead by this point, if not I can either use the grenade toolbelt for an insane amount of damage, or I can save the cooldown and blunderbuss with #3 rifle skill. The nice thing is my toolbelt cooldowns are 10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec for each one. Also since I am using med kit for heals I will proc a static discharge when healing cause even more damage. My survivablity is based off of mobility. With speedy kits I gain swiftness when using a kit. I switch to med kit, get swiftness, pop #5 ability to extend the buff, pop #4 if I need to clear a condition.

If I am going after groups, then grenade kit all the way until my hand is tired from spamming the buttons.

maxing out grenades and using frenzy the the best burst you can do. Best to use a rifle if you are doing grenades because you can netshot them and then barrage them. The third skill should elixir gun if you want survivability for condition removal, could also just stack another elixir. the build only relies on 30 explosives and the other points gets pretty evenly divided depending on your play style.