Guild Wars 2

I’ve been gone a good, long while, but am getting ready to return and try playing my level 80 engineer again.

When I left, Bombs and Grenades were the only viable builds for PvE and WvW respectively. With all of the changes that have occurred to the class, what’s the current Build-of-The-Moments for PvE and WvW? I’m assuming that there’s still only one or two viable builds for the class; if I’m wrong, please let me know.

Depends on situation and role what you want to play.

Dunno how long you were gone but Grenade Kit’s direct damage was heavily nerfed about a year or so ago and since then it’s either Grenade Kit for support or Bomb Kit for raw damage.

Aside from 30 points into Explosives for Grenade Kit or 25 points for Bomb Kit you are rather flexible where to put your remaining points; many players put 10 points in Alchemy and Tools to have an easy access to Swiftness and Vigor.