Guild Wars 2

I came back to GW2 exclusively for 3 reasons. To play a Necromancer wielding a greatsword, to dance around as a staff wielding thief and to be an Engineer that smashes kitten with a hammer.

As a predominantly PvE player, I was fairly disappointed to find out that only 1 out of 3 of those doesn’t straight out suck. So unable to sleep I got out of bed to try to come up with something that will let me use my Engineer in open world PvE(HoT), dungeons and lower level fractals. I tend to PvP and WvW once in a while and I’m happy to say Hammer Engineer has no issue there.

So the two traits I’m focusing on is HGH and Applied Force. 3.5s of Quickness every 10s can make a lot of difference.
Not to mention the combination of Alchemy, Inventions and Scrappers gives the Engineer a lot of survivability in the form of health recovery, movement speed and endurance recovery.

For a little bit of tankiness, Zerker can be swapped for Knight’s gear and Rapid Regeneration for Mass Momentum.

Here’s the build, let me know what y’all think:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFASlcThqrY5Vw+Kw6FLTGlYzUABA9fX3Be42lMhFA-TxRBABXp8jm9HMTJIe6AA4CAQp6PU8AAAA-e

Did the hammer ever stop working? I just see a cookie cutter zerker build.

Personally I prefer juggernaut and flamethrower in PvE. Its the only viable excuse to actually equip it.

gs necro doesnt suck, its just not a high end build. its easy to play and does enough damage. just dont take it to a raid, where there are other builds/classes just as easy to play that do more damage and bring more group love. because typically raids need all the help a single player can give.

hammer engi also isnt bad, but why bother when you:

• want firearms/explosives for damage
• kit dance
  and
• have to choose between inventions, tools, alchemy and scrapper when all 4 offer some damage but 2 of them also offer perma move speed (and it seems like tools offers the most damage even when you forgo move speed)

but no its not bad

Dawdler.8521:

Did the hammer ever stop working? I just see a cookie cutter zerker build.

Personally I prefer juggernaut and flamethrower in PvE. Its the only viable excuse to actually equip it.

Hammer damage is not the best in PvE due to the auto-attack being slow.

It doesn’t have to be Zerker. It can easily substituted for Knight’s gear and Rapid Regeneration for Mass Momentum.

Eh, I got it … Working, depending on how you define that word and what your expectations are.

Took the Frontline Scrapper build from WvW and made a few alterations for it. Damage is kitten, until you count the 90% quickness uptime. Then damage becomes… Alright, I guess. I am not running full zerker. Tankiness is awesome though, but in PvE you really don’t need all that much tankiness for engineers as they have a super healing ability with 17k health, they aren’t nearly as glassy as thieves.

The quickness uptime combined with 25 stacks of might work wonders with explosives and Grenades though, so there’s that.

… So yeah. It works.

@OP I guess if you’re looking for a no-kit power build that focuses on using hammer for DPS and hedges itself with some defensive traitlines this is probably a way to achieve these goals. But of course this build would likely be stronger overall if you compromised on one of these objectives.

You can use it in pve anywhere you want provided you don’t have a team/group to be efficient for.

If efficiency is your game and you really want to use a hammer, you are better off rolling a guardian and roleplaying as a technopriest or something. Just remember to equip one of those medium armorish outfits.

You can even use the fixer upper along with a suitable offhand for your offset to really seal the deal.

This is the build you should be running for what you want: Boon-Hammer. A week late, but oh well. Permanent swiftness, might, quickness, fury, vigor, and high regeneration, protection, retaliation, and stability uptime while drunk on Elixirs.

Start out on G-kit to stack conditions for Modified Ammo and then Hammer stuff out. Mortar & Grenade kits also serve when you need to range, proc Agility sigil, and extra (group) condition conversion.

I use this build myself and it’s pretty fun alternative to power Engineer. Can also sub in Chocolate Omnomberry Cream instead of Golden Fried Dumplings to save some coin and barely lose out on 25 might.

Wondrouswall.7169:

This is the build you should be running for what you want: Boon-Hammer. A week late, but oh well. Permanent swiftness, might, quickness, fury, vigor, and high regeneration, protection, retaliation, and stability uptime while drunk on Elixirs.

Start out on G-kit to stack conditions for Modified Ammo and then Hammer stuff out. Mortar & Grenade kits also serve when you need to range, proc Agility sigil, and extra (group) condition conversion.

I use this build myself and it’s pretty fun alternative to power Engineer. Can also sub in Chocolate Omnomberry Cream instead of Golden Fried Dumplings to save some coin and barely lose out on 25 might.

Well now you have me wishing I had used the Zojja’s Weapon box I found today on a hammer rather than a sword. Thanks though. I’ll give this a shot

jpnova.4572:

Wondrouswall.7169:

This is the build you should be running for what you want: Boon-Hammer. A week late, but oh well. Permanent swiftness, might, quickness, fury, vigor, and high regeneration, protection, retaliation, and stability uptime while drunk on Elixirs.

Start out on G-kit to stack conditions for Modified Ammo and then Hammer stuff out. Mortar & Grenade kits also serve when you need to range, proc Agility sigil, and extra (group) condition conversion.

I use this build myself and it’s pretty fun alternative to power Engineer. Can also sub in Chocolate Omnomberry Cream instead of Golden Fried Dumplings to save some coin and barely lose out on 25 might.

Well now you have me wishing I had used the Zojja’s Weapon box I found today on a hammer rather than a sword. Thanks though. I’ll give this a shot

Just a warning, those runes are a pain in the ass to get if you are not an active Dragon’s stand player, but if you really wanna try it, gl.

Source: I made a similar build to that one, and i needed those runes too.

Ivantreil.3092:

Just a warning, those runes are a pain in the ass to get if you are not an active Dragon’s stand player, but if you really wanna try it, gl.

Source: I made a similar build to that one, and i needed those runes too.

Alas, poor PvE players… WvW players can get them cheap and easy just by playing what they love

Dawdler.8521:

Ivantreil.3092:

Just a warning, those runes are a pain in the ass to get if you are not an active Dragon’s stand player, but if you really wanna try it, gl.

Source: I made a similar build to that one, and i needed those runes too.

Alas, poor PvE players… WvW players can get them cheap and easy just by playing what they love

~60-70 WvW levels, might be worth dabbling in even for non WvW players, pop xp/birthday/guild boosters and level go pretty quickly if you have an active server.

Jerus.4350:

Dawdler.8521:

Ivantreil.3092:

Just a warning, those runes are a pain in the ass to get if you are not an active Dragon’s stand player, but if you really wanna try it, gl.

Source: I made a similar build to that one, and i needed those runes too.

Alas, poor PvE players… WvW players can get them cheap and easy just by playing what they love

~60-70 WvW levels, might be worth dabbling in even for non WvW players, pop xp/birthday/guild boosters and level go pretty quickly if you have an active server.

How would 60/70 WvW levels help me get those runes? I need them for my Mesmer too.

You get 2-10 heroic badges each WvW rank and they cost 2 gold and 75 badges.

jpnova.4572:

Jerus.4350:

Dawdler.8521:

Ivantreil.3092:

Just a warning, those runes are a pain in the ass to get if you are not an active Dragon’s stand player, but if you really wanna try it, gl.

Source: I made a similar build to that one, and i needed those runes too.

Alas, poor PvE players… WvW players can get them cheap and easy just by playing what they love

~60-70 WvW levels, might be worth dabbling in even for non WvW players, pop xp/birthday/guild boosters and level go pretty quickly if you have an active server.

How would 60/70 WvW levels help me get those runes? I need them for my Mesmer too.

75 proofs of heroic + 2 g per rune, and levels take a variable amount of time. I think I get about 3-5 a night playing about 3 hours without boosters, so toss those in and it’d be about 2 levels an hour or 12 proofs an hour. so about 6-7 hours per rune. Worth mixing in with Dragon Stand meta’s if you have an active WvW community on your server.

Personally I drained my proofs a few months ago and I’m back at 2260 playing about 6-9 hours a week. Not sure how EOTM fits in but that might be worth looking at too.