Guild Wars 2

Heyo Engi’s,
I’m always looking for new things/builds/classes to play and thought I’d give SD engineer a try. I have been playing with a vampire rune build (after seeing what it can do due to wolfineer) and have had some succes with it in unranked.

BUILD: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpmqlcxdLseRCdBN6wMluAyFUBRtwPFAA-TJBFwACuAA62foaZAAPAAA

great sustain and damage utilizing both the tool and elixer gun kit. I had a hard time with the last tools/alchemy traits because there are so many good choices. BackpackRegen, Aegis thingy, power wrech, adrenal implants, speedy/invi speed combo, etc.
I decided upon speedy kits + invig speed for more endurance regen compared to adrenal implants (can someone confirm if these stack?), and power wrech over Aegis thingy for more blocks over time (gear shield).

Any thoughts? I’ve played mnay games with condi/cele engi, but zerk on engi feels so weird.

Thanks

From the wiki “effects which grant additional endurance regeneration do not stack beyond double the normal rate” if what you were concerned about stacking was Invigorating Speed and Adrenal Implants. It’s the same as Swiftness, Super Speed, and movement speed passives. They don’t stack.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Endurance

ive played alot of sd engineer and i personally feel like trying to throw some defensive utility into the traits is a bit of a waste simply because of its small tank has a hard time getting more benefit out of tank then sheer damage, that said this is what i use

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpmqlcxtLseNCdBN6wMlSD6FUhP/pAA-TJBFwACuAAl2foaZAAPAAA

the idear is simple, use utility goggles after overcharge shot and nuke something like magnet-prybar-overcharge-goggles-throw wrench-jumpshot, also i can not stress enough how amazing bunker down is with this build you can quickly get 3 mines down for just sitting back and autoing into the fight then pull your target into them adding anywhere from 1-2k damage per mine to your burst, not only that but pulling a target into your prybar-surprise shot will also drop a mine since so many damage procs adding even more damage to your burst, i also had a situation last night where an ele was 1v1ing me and use rtl at me and i was able to direct him threw the land mines killing him mid rtl.

also, while i can see runes of vamprism being good for countering surprise thiefs i can also say that a thief cannot kill you faster then you can kill them so laying down rifle turret or healing turret in anticipation for them to jump on you can quickly and i mean insanely quickly kill an enemy thief long befor they realize what just happened.

I came up with this and called it “RNGeebuS/D”
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpkrtdxmKseRSehM6rJDCyAJEXvvA-TJBFwACuAA12foaZAAPAAA
Guarantees one abusive whisper every 15min.

Arantheal.7396:

I came up with this and called it “RNGeebuS/D”
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpkrtdxmKseRSehM6rJDCyAJEXvvA-TJBFwACuAA12foaZAAPAAA
Guarantees one abusive whisper every 15min.

If only Defender Runes were available in Spvp, then I’m sure you’ll get double the hateful comments.

Now I feel compelled to show my own crazy S/D build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUnUISfXWyFudBrXGJvgG9VSymBdAWQlFVAB-TJBFwA12fo9FAoaZAAPAAA

I just want to say, no, that is not a mistake nor are your eyes playing tricks on you, that build does use A.E.D.

Why? 3 reasons. 1) Static Shock adds yet another bit of CC, plus it’s the only targeted toolbelt skill found with heal skills. 2) Nobody uses A.E.D., so 80% of the people you face won’t know to stop attacking when they see that on your status bar(and depending on the number of damage conditions on you, it won’t matter even if they do) and 3.) an instant 12k heal in the middle of a fight can be a game-changer, especially in the short, fierce fights that burst build like S/D engi excel at. So many thieves and power rangers that should have had my kitten on a silver platter were denied victory thanks to that heal.

Of course, the downside is that you have to drop rifle turret for Rocket boots or be killed by soft CC, which takes away your fastest S/D cooldown, but I’ve found the burn you get from RB’s toolbelt skill to be a decent tradeoff.

Foefaller.1082:

Arantheal.7396:

I came up with this and called it “RNGeebuS/D”
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpkrtdxmKseRSehM6rJDCyAJEXvvA-TJBFwACuAA12foaZAAPAAA
Guarantees one abusive whisper every 15min.

I just want to say, no, that is not a mistake nor are your eyes playing tricks on you, that build does use A.E.D.

beetus still uses AED with 100 mines and its quite a good combination to run especially since he needs to be melee range to pull off 100 mines he easily gets the full heal and can very very quickly get off another 100 mine combo which incase you didn’t know is one insane hitting combo, think of it like a suicide bomber that has 2 lives.

Nice builds, really, but I was actually asking on what everyone was thinking about my build :P

Like: Should I rake battering ram over EG?
get backpack regen in there too?

lauch PBR has some nice dmg on its own, and the newly added daze is awesome, but the s/d bolt is heavily delayed (long, invisible after-cast), and it has a rather long cast-time in itself(personal opinion). PBR’s knockback is nice, but given the other options you have for that slot, it still under-performs.

I rather take toolkit, goggles and rifle turret since I can cast throw wrench and instantly fire analyze and surprise-shot after it, making this into a 5-projectile insta-burst + 10 stacks of vulnerability and reveal. surprise-shot also has a decent base dmg (crits up to 3.5k), so the burst really hurst and if there are targets for s/d to bounce back on, it almost always downs zerkers and burns a decent amount of health from bunkers.

backpack regenerator is a nice trait in itself, especially since it does not work like the tooltipp describes it.
the regen from it will “silently” tick for 10sec (not even displayed in the combat log, but you can see the numbers and health increase directly) even if you switch into TK / EG for just a split-second, therefore giving you constant and reliable heals, even when mainly staying on rifle.
But it requires 4 points into alchemy, either hurting your cd’s (if you don’t go fully into tools) or your damage directly (if you leave out key-traits in firearms or explosives in exchange)
the dodge-bomb is simply too good to be passed on, therefore I just go 3 into alchemy and at least 1 into explosives in all my s/d builds.

ukuni.8745:

Foefaller.1082:

Arantheal.7396:

I came up with this and called it “RNGeebuS/D”
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpkrtdxmKseRSehM6rJDCyAJEXvvA-TJBFwACuAA12foaZAAPAAA
Guarantees one abusive whisper every 15min.

I just want to say, no, that is not a mistake nor are your eyes playing tricks on you, that build does use A.E.D.

beetus still uses AED with 100 mines and its quite a good combination to run especially since he needs to be melee range to pull off 100 mines he easily gets the full heal and can very very quickly get off another 100 mine combo which incase you didn’t know is one insane hitting combo, think of it like a suicide bomber that has 2 lives.

Could you link me beetus channel/ build?
And may you explain what you mean by 100 mine combo? Thank you