Guild Wars 2

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, retired #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80! I am here with another build by me! Vee Wee! As with most Vee Wee builds, if you take this game very seriously then this build may not be for you! But if you want to have fun with the Flamethrower, give it a try!

Basically the Flamethrower has been my favorite kit ever since I started playing this game back in beta 2012! But I was always disappointed at how weak it was! Well over the years Anet has buffed it and even though it’s still not so great, we can make it work! Here is the build!
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUp+qlcxWLseNCbBNqxI6N2xh85IEgWD-TJBFwACuAA12foaZAAPAAA

Welp my frands I wish I could tell you that this build is new and exciting but everything is what you’d expect! Air/Fire runes turn lackluster Flame Jet damage into decent burst! The Alchemy tree is the undisputed best trait line that the Engineer has! Every single Engineer build can become more successful with points into Alchemy! And it doesn’t hurt that Deadly Mixture is in the Alchemy line and gives a whopping +15% damage to the Flamethrower! Pack Runes are the best runes for power oriented builds with low precision!

To play this build, like all rifle builds you want to set up combos! Your combo moves are Net Shot, Overcharge Shot, Magnet, and Air Blast! It may seem obvious but if you land these attacks, you’ll be able to land more hits afterwards! You can hit them, and then use another one of your combo moves to continue your combo! If you get lucky and hit them all, you can literally 100-0 most glassy builds! Here is video of a full combo!
http://www.twitch.tv/livskis/c/6403011

In between combos, simply stay alive and use Flame Jet and Flame Blast for damage and to proc Air/Fire Sigils! This build is an excellent decapper! With Air Blast, Overcharge Shot, Magnet, and Net Shot, it’s literally impossible to not score a decap very quickly!

This build is very weak to retal! If facing someone with retal, it’s usually better to use Hip Shot instead of Flame Jet! Remember the bulk of your damage is combo burst and Air/Fire Sigils! Like most Engi builds, in a skirmish or teamfight, do not ever stand on the point unless you have to! This is especially important since you are pretty fragile! Do. Not. Stand. On. Point! Like all Engi builds, this one is weak to conditions! Use your Healing Turret wisely! You are also weak to Meditation Guardians and Thieves! These two builds really wreck other berserker builds so don’t feel too bad!

Tips!

• Air Blast reflects projectiles! If a Ranger is pelting you with Rapid Fire, just reflect it all back! Today I reflected an Engineer’s Overcharge Shot! It was glorious!
• You can use Smoke Vent while stomping to blind downstate interrupts! Pay attention to their animations!
• Flame Jet goes through walls! Use this to your advantage!
• You don’t have to actually knock someone back to proc Synaptic Overload! You just have to land the attack! For example, if you Air Blast someone in downstate, you’ll get quickness for a very fast stomp! You won’t get quickness if someone dodges your Air Blast though!
• Try to hit your Flame Blast twice for maximum damage! Once from the projectile! Once from the explosion! So you’ll want to detonate your Flame Blast behind your target!
• Use Air Blast to knock a Thief out of Shadow Refuge!

Variants!
You may be wondering why I am not running any points into Firearms in a Flamethrower oriented build! Well because in my opinion, the Firearms tree stinks! Juggernaut stinks! Fireforged Trigger is great though, but not necessary! However if you wanted to run Juggernaut, I’d go with this! Just know I think it’s a weaker build!
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUp+qlcxWLseNSdBNqoA6AUgJI6EuwYA-TJBFwACuAAl2foaZAAPAAA

Take out Synaptic Overload for Fireforged Trigger!
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUp+qlcxWLseRCbBNqxAqJI6N2xh8xIEAA-TJBFwACuAA12foaZAAPAAA

Elixir Gun and Slick Shoes can be used instead of Elixir S! Slick Shoes is one of the strongest utilities the Engineer has and is pretty overpowdered while Elixir Gun can have its moments from poison and down body cleave, to team condi removal, to permanent weakness on a target!

Once again this build is for funsies only! If you are a very serious Sam, then keep away! If you like the Flamethrower or just want to have funsies, give it a try! Hope this helped! Questions! Comments! Concerns! Post here! Have fun!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

PS Here is a video of me playing the build! I’m too tired to edit it with highlights so here is the entire thing! I wrote in the description what times the matches start! There are some bad plays and some good plays! Some wins and some losses! And then there were Skyhammers where I just gave up and started learning a song on the piano! You can watch that too!
http://www.twitch.tv/livskis/b/641690194

i was also recently trying to make flamer work and it ended up as fun a whole lotta fun, might i recommend on your build that uses juggernaught you swap out rifle mods for bunker down, since flamer can crit so often you can keep five mines down at once which acts as an amazing deterrent for anything that is melee burst, and you can pull enemy’s into said mines if you get the chance to, they can also spawn more mines from people running over the mines and fire and air can also proc on the mines which in one really rare case i had a thief jump on me and ate 4 mines one of which crit and proced fire/air and downed him since he wasnt full hp at the time which even though rare fully adds to the fun factor of this build.

I’m so gonna try FT+bunker down…mmm tasty teef tears

Gaaroth.2567:

I’m so gonna try FT+bunker down…mmm tasty teef tears

Haha! I was thinking the same thing

I like gadgets
…and explosions
…and fire
So i went with this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpzrdZxWLseRicBNqqA6DsgRLyIejPFAA-TJBFwACuAAy3foaZAAPAAA

I love it.

…weak to thieves? do you say that cuz zerker amulet things in general are weak to thieves?

I guess cause I wreck any thief on zerker s/d… if I see them first.
But even if they jump me, gearshield and a well-timed OS followed by a s/d voley usually save me.
…and down the thief^^

Guys tried out ft+bunker down…and kicked hard…helluvafun xD

Coming around on some things Veewee? Until now, you had made many post with negative statements about the FT and several of the traits in the build you linked. Good to see you have been expanding your horizons recently and joining the discussion of some varying traits and skills outside of the meta. Good for you.

good to see you’re still at it veewee ^^

Well of course I have negative things to say about the FT! It’s pretty terrible as your primary source of damage in comparison to other kits! But that doesn’t stop Vee Wee! Vee Wee will make every aspect of Engineer work in casual games, whether it be gadgets, or 1 spam, or Tool Kit melee (still working on that one)!

As for Bunker Down, I’m just not a fan of the Firearms tree! I really dislike putting more than 10 points into that tree! I suppose if I were to run the 30 Firearms variant with Bunker Down, I’d replace Juggernaut over Rifle Mods! I don’t hold Juggernaut in very high esteem as you can see!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

I came up with my own FL build:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUp+qlcxWLseNSdBNqoA6LEgCI6FOkYA-TJBHwAAeAAd2fo8FAAZZAA

It feels pretty effective, but is still weak when going against Power rangers. It does feel like it’s a bit more effective against memsers and most mele, with the exception of the occasional panic strike thief. In short, it’s not as effective as my celestial build:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUp+qlcxELseRCbBNqxAqUIyNWlPHhAkUA-TJBHwAAeAAt2fo8FAAZZAA

But it is more fun in many ways.

Standard rotation of my FL build: build stacks of Might with FL – Toss Elixer S for stealth- magnet pull – pry bar – Blunderbuss – Overcharged shot – net shot – Throw wrench – Incediary ammo – Hip shot till they come into melee range – Napalm – Flame Blast – Jump Shot into fire field for Fire aura – Flame jet x 2 and start over.

It works pretty well. I am able to keep near constant burning on most targets.

Only real weakness is high burst pressure, such as a shatter Mesmer and power ranger.