Guild Wars 2

Hello

I main engi, and I would like to have to have other points of view on my current build :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqelIqicHxSfF1LJSIF4nhBqgeJqg+95xbxWQIA-jEDB4MAoOgk3gkIAZqFRjtaqIasKZo6FYKXAqXIaYQ6YwA-w

I use it in WvW, in solo-roaming or in a very small group. Currently, it’s quite effective, I have only problems with bunker Ele (that condi clean -_-) and Mesmer.
I know Bombs are more common in roaming, but I prefer grenades : hitting with bombs is too random for me in an open world like WvW…
And grenades provide a mix between pure damage and condi damage, which is nice imo…

But I think there is still room for improvement…. any idea ?

-your only source of burning is incendiary powder which is unreliable. i suggest taking offhand pistol.
-you are very slow without power shoes or swiftness. you’ll never escape from anything and you’ll never catch anything trying to escape.
-you have some power gear, but still very low power; low enough where it won’t really make a difference. taking the power gear also lowered your condition damage by a lot. i suggest you pick power or conditions and focus on that.
-you didn’t take vigor or use an energy sigil. that really hurts your survivability. when you play the game of dodges, you dodge or you die.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqalIqicHxSfF1LJyoCdGoC5lIF5nl95xbxWQIA-jECB4igoOA0CgkIAZqFRjt0qIasqbY6YER1SBAz0I-w
this is what i recommend.

Thanks

My accessories are a bit strange, because it’s a patchwork used for other builds too….

Some comments :
- I need a shield : #4 is precious to bump ennemis out of their shadow refuge, #5 can counter stealth attack from thieves, and #5×2 can interrup a finish and save your teammates…. More over, #4 off pistol wouldn’t be that useful because it does the same thing than incedary powder

- I’m slow, Yes . Sometimes I take Infused precision to have some mobility in combat, but maybe speedy kits is a better choice.

- I try to compensate my lack of power by stacking might….

- Even without vigor, #4 from toolkit and #5 from shield + stealth from Elixir S provide good survivability.

But I’ll try your version. Is Backpack regenerator really worth it ?

get your trinkets in order, theyre the most important things of all gear after weapon.

in your original build you can just swap reinforced shield for power shoes and rifled barrels for hair trigger and call it good… hmm.. well no i think p/p and an energy sigil instead of battle might help too.

in the 2nd build, im not a fan of backpack regen and id take prot injection over it. i wouldnt take adventurer runes either. perplex, undead, noble… hell, tormenting even… i feel like there are better options when youve already specced for vigor in traits.

i prefer backpack regen for this build because you are sufficiently tanky enough to survive a few stuns. backpack regen is amazing. it heals for over 7000 every minute.

i swear by adventurer runes. after using them for so long i can’t use any other rune especially after the vigor nerf. you can never have too much endurance. it will save your life.

I disagree re: Incendiary Powder. IP is to passively add burning. You don’t have to make your build around perma burning just to use IP. There is nothing wrong with using IP and a shield, I don’t know where that rule of IP + must use offhand pistol comes from. Use Koi Cake and you have 70% uptime on a single target.

with shield, tool kit, elixir s, and grenades, the only burning you have comes from IP. if you fight a spirit ranger or a mesmer or a mm necro and you proc burning on something useless, it’s a wasted cd. it’s unreliable burning. being able to control your condi bursts is huge and pistol 4 is huge burning damage. i don’t have anything against taking IP + shield. i’d just swap tool kit with bomb kit if i went down that path.

Okay, but like I said you don’t need to use it in a condition build where you must have so much burning. It’s a free proc that they won’t keep up with every time it’s up.