Guild Wars 2

So I’m about to get alot of gold from gems and thinking of boosting an Engi up with crafts and such. I currently got an 80 war, thief and mesmer and am looking for something abit tougher now ( war was full zerker ). So was thinking of an Engi because they look cool, got amazing AoE and because a Guardian was boring to me.

I kept looking all over the place and I feel like a toughness/condition damage Engi would be a good choice for me, however I haven’t had too much luck with condition builds in the past and am wondering if this is a good choice or if I should go for a power build instead. The condition builds were on the mes and thief, and they didn’t really do much other than tickle my enemies in comparison to their power build options.

So what I’m asking here is, is a toughness/condition engi good and what type of build should I aim for ? ( traits, skills, etc . . ).

WvW/spvp or PVE?

Pve and WvW. I mainly WvW but I do want to finally get 100% map completion on the Engi if I get it 80. I came up with a power/condi hybrid build. 24k HP, 1.4k toughness, 1.8K power and 1.5k Condi damage. Would this be any good ? I’ll post the build later, chrome is acting up abit.

The standard condi build for solo WvW is 30/10/20/10/0 P/S with rabid armor+rabid/dire trinkets. HT, nades, TK, and rocket boots

This thread explains why

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/WvW-Solo-Smallman-Roaming-Build

Well how about this build : http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcMQJAqelUUpEr9ZxkLseNiEShEefiUgZW2nHy1bBhA-zUCB4MBkCAkkGIFqIasVTFRjV3ATjKpKWCyeEFRrGA-w

One I just came up with, seems like it would do decent enough in the hands of a skilled player ? Seems to have alot of both options, power and condi damage, alot of health and enough toughness to outlast alot of enemies in the right hands. Any oppinions ?

All that power is a waste without any precision or crit dmg. You have to at least use food as well, especially for condi builds. +40% condi duration is HUGE. Your build has no vigor or energy sigils, with the same amount of toughness as the average thief. Youll go down really fast. You’re only source of burn is fire bomb, thats not enough. You also have no mobility.

If you want to go the hybrid route, give this a read

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/HGH-might-stacking-power-vs-condi

i run these builds:

heavy burst might stacking hybrid control
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQFAUlUUpvrlcxELseNiMSRnJaiUkf63nHv1DChA-zACBYjAkIAZmKrJqCiVhFRjVVTQWXDT5KpkCAmhRA-e
full condi toolkit/grenade <-i mainly run this one
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQJAqalUUpvrlcxELseRiMqQnBqQeJSh+ZZfe8WPIEC-zwBB4iBkWAk+AITtIaslWFRjVdDTHjIqmUAwMNC-e
full condi bomb/grenade
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQJAqelUUpvr9ZxELseRiMqQnBqQeJSh+ZZfe8WPIEC-zwBB4iBkWAk+AITtIaslWFRjVdDTHjIqmUAwMNC-e
invincible full condi bomb/grenade
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQJAqelUUpvr9ZxELseNiMqQnJ6R+pfW2nHv1DChA-zwBB4iBkWAk+AITtIaslWFRjVdDTHjIqmUAwMNC-e