Guild Wars 2

I decided to run with a Lightning build for my enigineer, but I can’t seem to get my Crit Chance over 54% even with 2k Precision.

Is Crit Chance capped at 54% normally?

I mean I can push it up to 74% cause of Utility Goggles, but its not permanent obviously, is it possible with item stats to push past 54%?

No, it’s definitely not capped. At 80 it takes about 21 precision to gain 1% crit; base precision is 916 with a 4% chance to crit. If you have a total of 2000 precision that would be approximately 51. 619 additional crit, landing you squarely at about 55%. That’s not the 54% you stated, but it’s close.

So, no, not hard capped. Just… limited by stat budget.

It’s hard to pump crit chance with Engineer, but it is possible to get over 100%. It’s very difficult (some other classes, Signet Warriors in particular, can reach this pre-Fury without maxing Arms, with Precision as a only minor stat on gear and no Precision runes).

If you went full Rampager’s, full Precision main stat runes, full Firearms, 20 into Tools for Scope (10% to crit while standing still), used Accuracy Sigil on your weapon (5% to Crit Chance) and had the Fury (20% crit chance) boon, you could hit in the neighborhood 110% at 80.

But this would be for as long as Fury lasted and as long as you stood still, after which it’d drop by 30% (to 80%). This is assuming a rifle (dual pistols or pistol / shield would get about 8%-9% with a pair of Accuracy Sigils): the best you could get away with using a kit would be substantially lower due to the loss of weapon stats.

Them’s the breaks, but it’s possible.