Guild Wars 2

I haven’t been keeping up with Engineers but I’d like to play a flamethrower build. What is the consensus on the best build for this? I’ve seen quite a few builds, but every one of them are months or even a year old.

I’m going to honest with you, just don’t. Flamethrower is really a situational weapon, mostly only for when people are behind cover, as if you are defending a door from rams in WvW. Flamethrower damage is really weak just autoing, the 2nd skill is meh, the third skill has its place in pvp for point control, the 4th skill is just a weak fire field, and the 5th skill is really only good for stomping some people in pvp. The toolbelt skill is slightly usefull in a condi build if you lack burning. And if you just love tagging things in wvw, take piercing pistol bullets with improved range. Now if you just absolutly have to use a FT the just throw traits into juggernaut and the trait for 15% damage on flamethrower and elixir gun and then just take either your favorite poweror condition damage set and spam 1 all day, because at the end of the day you should always do what you find to be the most fun

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1. Juggernaut for +2oo toughness and ~7 stacks of might which add >200 power/condi. 30% boon duration from the vit tree helps to keep those might stacks longer. Don’t worry about more than this. Flame blasts + guardians will power you up even more. By them helping you achieve close to 25 stacks, you add on your additional % dmg for the most possible damage.

2. 15% dmg bonus trait + 5% from sigil of force + 7% from runes of engineer = +27%

3. Sigil of Bloodlust for more power.

4. Soldier set + the toughness & vit traits adds a lot of survivability + you convert 11% of your toughness into power and 4% of your vit into power. You’re a walking medium tank.

5. Elixir gun for stun breaker + super elixir + acid bomb (blast finisher + fire field = 3 stacks of might). Elixir S for additional survivability.

6. Optional: Swap to medkit before battle, drop stimulant for fury to bring your crit chance up to ~40%.

Dunno if you’re looking for PvE or WvW. I’ve been rocking this FT build in PvE since the latest patch and have been loving it.

It hinges around serious might stacking: Juggernaut, new Strength Runes, and Sigils of Battle and Strength. I also slot Thumper Turret instead of EG for 3x blast finishers in Napalm.

Having to trait 4 into Alchemy for Deadly Mixtures lets us now put only 2 more pts in for Experimental Turrets. That trait is sick, giving the group Fury, Vigor, and Prot.

Food: you’ve got so many choices. Omnomberry Ghosts increases your damage & survivability with life steals. And since FT has such a fast fire rate, that’s quite a lot. Or you can go with Chocolate Omnomberry Cream for +20% boon duration, boosting your ET boons by a full second each. Or Curry Butternut Squash Soup for straight up better crits.