Guild Wars 2

Hey guys.

I’m a fresh Lvl 80 Engineer and I’m looking for some dungeon build advices, as all build I’ve seen so far didn’t really convince me.

I leveled with Dual Pistols, as well as the Elixier Gun and some Elixiers. It was easy to level, but I’m not sure what I want to play in dungeons. Is the Engineer really “just” a Support / Heal class, or can we provide an acceptable amount of damage?

Ideally, I want to play something that does damage, but I think Support will do too, since there are like a bazillion of Warriors anyway.

I’d be really thankful for any builds or advices, since I’m not really sure about the role of an Engineer in a Dungeon group.

A Grenade Kit Engineer will deal the most overall damage and at the same time provides great support due to 20+ stacks of Vulnerability and other utility skills he can bring.
More information:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Grenadier-build/first#post2986584

A Bomb Kit Engineer will deal less overall damage but more direct damage; is “only” able to inflict 7-10 stacks of Vulnerability but comes with a fire field and blast finisher (combos), and can bring even more support if so desired.
Example build:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/PvE-Dungeon-Speedrun-Zerk-Build/first

This might also be helpful:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Engineer-PvE-little-help/first#post2992442

Was in your same boat a couple months ago, freshly 80 and looking to start some dungeons. First thing I did was pick up a set of rare armor on the Trading Post and mostly masterwork trinkets as they were more expensive. Everything was a mix of berserker and knights.

For a build I went with someone’s zerker dungeon build. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/PvE-Dungeon-Speedrun-Zerk-Build/first

Later I tried a standard grenade build and standard static discharge/rifle build. Both were fun. I liked the vulnerability stacking using grenades but standing back so far you sometimes don’t really feel like part of the group. Static discharge is great but I feel like the bomb build above does more damage and is all around more fun.

Side note about pistols, I think pistol 3 is great but otherwise rifle is better. I love the look of pistols but they really do get outclassed by either rifle for damage or pistol/shield for defense.

Also, about damage vs support. I think all classes are primarily dps. Funny thing about this game not having a healer or tank is that everyone pretty much defaults to dps with support backup. Some classes just have more backup than others.