Guild Wars 2

Can anyone suggest a Rune/Sigil set up that will compliment my Point Neutralizer/Bunker build?

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#mzMzM9Mz0MNhGmMoRGm9MxxazksMoRo

The goal is to get onto a point and use Big Ol Bomb, Thumper Turret, Magnetic Inversion, and Elixir X to keep people on their backs and off of the point as much as possible. The build is very tanky with a lot of up time on Protection.

I’m currently using Ice/Chilling and Svanir. I don’t seem to notice much benefit.

Sigil of Energy usually keeps you alive longer. Runes of the Forge would give you even better Protection uptime and has plenty of synergy with what you offer. I’d personally drop Potent Elixirs for Invigorating Speed as well, to apply as much Vigor as you can.

You could run damage as well with things like Sigils of Geomancy and Runes of Adventurer or Nightmare. You can be plenty threatening even in a bunker build as an Engi.

Thank you for the detailed reply, Ayestes.

Not a problem, if you want to stick to some extra Chilling though you could probably run Sigil of Hydromancy and Runes of Grenth. I used to do that and it worked decently well for Chill uptime, but I don’t think I’d do it without Freeze Nades.

Try power rifle for point neutralizing! The low cooldown on overcharged shot means that even if it’s a good bunker that teleports back on to the point, you’ll get another shot at him soon. Or bring flamethrower as well so you can just knock him off twice in a row. Net shot is also invaluable.

Most bunkers have no problem blocking or dodging BoB, so it’s really become just a bait for me. Lay it down —> wait for bunker to use his defensive cooldown —> actually go to work with rifle and flamethrower. As an added bonus, drop bomb 5 after BoB is down to try to get them to use a really good defensive cooldown instead of just dodging.

Of course, it can be done with pistol/shield as well, but rifle is just fun. Give it a try, you’ll be glad you did.

I’ll try Rifle/FT a try after I run this for a bit. I can see how Hair Trigger and Fireforged Trigger would allow for more knockbacks.