Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone,

Are you tired of playing with your kits? Tired of having to take action when you get overwhelmed with condition? Well look no further, as I have the build for you!

Pros:
Shotgun playstyle
Counters Mesmers and meta thief
Lots of fun
Only needs 25 skill points to work
The joy of telling your team in a rated match “I’m playing with no kit and the only condition removal I have is from dying…Let’s do this!”

Cons:
A good p/p thief….for real…
As sturdy as dust
No condition removal
Downtime, while you reload your shotgun

Gameplay:
The goal of this build is to play off your teammates. You need excellent map awareness, and to time your entry into a fight. Mostly you play a game of counter roaming. You look to see how the enemy mesmer or thief is moving, and try to counter them in the team fights. Let your teammates start the fight, and watch carefully for when the enemy may use stealth and counter with reveal. Don’t try and be a hero and 2v1. Roam to always trying to be there for teamfights, and kill the squishy. (Especially mes and thief)

The build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUnUISbX23F2UBrXGJvgG9VOSNBdAWQ+EVAB-TJBFwACuAAI3foaZAAPAAA

Good luck, and don’t let yourself get spawn camped once the enemy realizes how deadly you can be. If you have to, wait for an ally to spawn and leave with them.

Final note: I don’t claim I invented this. But its a fun build I put together once I got my AED. It may be even better with gadgeteer, but I’m not sure.

run toolkit instead of the rocket boots. the kit is far too good for static discarge builds to pass on it.

I’ve ran toolkit many times in the past. This build has excellent mobility. Which means you can actually “counter roam” thieves and mesmers. I’m not saying its the best build, but rocket boots are intended. Without it, you play almost like a moving turret. With it, an agile shotgun ninja. I like the kit, but its not the focus of this build. Give it a try. If you focus on map awareness, I think this build offers some interesting advantages, and is fun to play.

I just won my last game by respawning, and noticing my teamates mesmer was going for enemy lord. I rushed as fast as I could and made it as he got killed by 3 players and the lord. But he had gotten lord to 40%. I killed the lord about a millisecond before they stomped me. That mobility won the game. Although, maybe it wouldn’t come to such a last second if I had more staying power with toolkit during teamfights. Either way, my team was very happy, the enemy surprised as they had just killed me and didn’t expect my return so soon.

Good luck engineers, and if you want to avoid the sack, try this build if you feel up to the challenge of no condi removal and limited skills. (so each button press becomes more important)

Loboling.5293:

Final note: I don’t claim I invented this. But its a fun build I put together once I got my AED. It may be even better with gadgeteer, but I’m not sure.

Considering you are using Scholars you might actually prefer Armor Mods.

Xaylin.1860:

Loboling.5293:

Final note: I don’t claim I invented this. But its a fun build I put together once I got my AED. It may be even better with gadgeteer, but I’m not sure.

Considering you are using Scholars you might actually prefer Armor Mods.

That’s a good consideration. The last trait is flexible. I like scope because it allows me to put out more pressure from a distance before I run in for the kill. Just remember to fire your surprise shots on top of your autos. And Save your revelaed debuff for an actual stealthy. Nothing more aggravating than dying horribly to a thief after you went overkill on a warrior and used all your toolbelt skills.