Guild Wars 2

This is currently my favorite engineer build for the amount of CC it provides, and the setups you can do with combo fields and double Orbital Strike.

Hope you enjoy the showreel!

Build: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFASncoClYhFpCuoC0ehlJjieur7+W8ZKgA4bfSumD-TJBFABA8AAkb/h/LDQwFAAA

Interesting concept, however I don’t understand why you are running HGH with only 1 elixir ability with a 24s cooldown. Seems like a waste of a trait. Any of the other 2 traits would better benefit you imo.

I can see you have no reliable forms of condi cleanse so this is better in a group although with the amount of condis that are in PvP atm I can see you struggling with just about any wanderers condi builds.

Just a couple suggestions.
If it was even slightly focused on orbital strike, have you tried running the Tools traitline? Extra damage and reduced cooldown on orbital strike (or any toolbelt skill). It would synergize better with the build, and possibly running sigil of paralyzation for the extra stun time?

I’ve found the cooldown reduction on the Mortar 5 skill to be worth HGH actually, as the reduced cooldown synergises well with Orbital Strike and the low-CD leaps of hammer 3. The double orbital strike provides a lot of oomph, and Tools traitline’s other traits don’t synergise well with Mortar or Grenades (remember that all explosions now give 1 Vulnerability stack; it stacks quickly). Grenadier and Aim-Assisted Rocket are also indispensable I feel. You see the latter proc quite often when throwing grenades, and the faster grenades means it’s much harder for an enemy (even a very agile thief) to avoid them for long. Grenade 5 is also unblockable Poison stacks which is very nice.

In terms of conditions, so far I haven’t had much trouble 1v1 against most condi-heavy enemies, except the rare Warrior or Necromancer. I will sometimes swap skills around depending on composition. For example if I see 2 or more necros on the enemy team, I swap out Bulwark Gyro for Elixir C for that extra condi conversion and removal. But more often than not I tend to be able to out-cc them and use LOS to heal myself enough to handle it.

Damian.6978:

I’ve found the cooldown reduction on the Mortar 5 skill to be worth HGH actually, as the reduced cooldown synergises well with Orbital Strike and the low-CD leaps of hammer 3. The double orbital strike provides a lot of oomph, and Tools traitline’s other traits don’t synergise well with Mortar or Grenades (remember that all explosions now give 1 Vulnerability stack; it stacks quickly). Grenadier and Aim-Assisted Rocket are also indispensable I feel. You see the latter proc quite often when throwing grenades, and the faster grenades means it’s much harder for an enemy (even a very agile thief) to avoid them for long. Grenade 5 is also unblockable Poison stacks which is very nice.

In terms of conditions, so far I haven’t had much trouble 1v1 against most condi-heavy enemies, except the rare Warrior or Necromancer. I will sometimes swap skills around depending on composition. For example if I see 2 or more necros on the enemy team, I swap out Bulwark Gyro for Elixir C for that extra condi conversion and removal. But more often than not I tend to be able to out-cc them and use LOS to heal myself enough to handle it.

Interesting. I hope to come across this build in PvP someday and stream the results. This is something I would like to see in action.

My engi relies primarily on running 15 – 22 or so might stacks. You have HGH but limited potions, and no fire field. Do you do alright without it?

Ah I watched. So you do a lot more AA with your hammer than I do, which I suppose is a source of might. In general your fights take longer, but with your gyro help your sustainier than my build so you can wait it out.

Do you find their are classes that can just permanently draw you however?