Guild Wars 2

So after running a heavy boons and conditions engineer for a while now and reading some stuff on it over the last week or so on the forums i decided to make a video and post my build, this will be my first video ever.

and here’s the build

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/engineer/?2.0|a.1b.h1h.a.1b.h5|0.0.0.0.0.0|1b.71i.1b.71i.1b.71i.1b.71i.1b.71h.1b.71h|1b.63.1h.63.1h.63.1h.63.1h.63.1b.63|k3a.0.k16.u2ab.0|30.d|0.0.0.0.0|e

so i run with bomb kit (over the much favorite tool kit) for not only its handy arsenal of skills but with the high amount of might i get it puts bomb skill 1# hits well over 1k damage and in close combat with the forceful explosions trait makes them a massive part of dealing fast heavy damage.

getting on top of ranged targets is also not that hard with massive amounts of swiftness upkeep and a good amount of cripple and immobilization, its near impossible for any target to keep me off of them.

anyway hope ya enjoy it and i plan i doing more videos with better fights

This is a good build, very tough to duel against.

Everyone needs to watch your video, and learn how u react to different things. Very well done. It takes care of not having to kite your targets, very nice combo fields, and a nice way to use the runes. People really need to pay attention to this thread. My new favorite build.

very good video, worst music ever

I’m sorry but this a terrible build. I’ll explain.

1. You are carrying a bomb kit which is best used with power, not condition damage.
2. You are not using a Rifle which has the best CC and best for setting up bombs.
3. You should be going knights gear.
4. You have no points into firearms yet you use p/p. That’s over 6 stacks of might required to make up for that condition damage.

Alright I can’t just post the bad I’ll post what you did right:

1. Excellent Rune choice
2. Rabid gear is the best if you would have went Wrench Kit, but with a HGH build kitless probably would be best.
3. You went for might in explosives and veggie pizza for duration.
4. Your thinking outside the box, except ANET is yet to finish this profession so people are trying to squeeze as much out as they can.

Music was OK, but opponents weren’t nothing great. If you want to see good builds check out Masks posts

Goloith.6349:

I’m sorry but this a terrible build. I’ll explain.

1. You are carrying a bomb kit which is best used with power, not condition damage.
2. You are not using a Rifle which has the best CC and best for setting up bombs.
3. You should be going knights gear.
4. You have no points into firearms yet you use p/p. That’s over 6 stacks of might required to make up for that condition damage.

Alright I can’t just post the bad I’ll post what you did right:

1. Excellent Rune choice
2. Rabid gear is the best if you would have went Wrench Kit, but with a HGH build kitless probably would be best.
3. You went for might in explosives and veggie pizza for duration.
4. Your thinking outside the box, except ANET is yet to finish this profession so people are trying to squeeze as much out as they can.

Music was OK, but opponents weren’t nothing great. If you want to see good builds check out Masks posts

fair enough, I’ve watched most of mask’s video’s hes good and i like his build’s but this is what i run and i have great success with it, any way with might stacking my power gets well over 2k and those might stacks are easy to upkeep my condition damage is also up around the 1900 area, i will agree with you that rifle is good with bombs but i’m utilizing mainly the conditions that you get outta bombs, the large hits from the bombs them self are just a bonus.

thanks for your comments anyway, ill admit the fights arnt the greatest but i’m a bit slow to turning fraps on and miss most of the good fights, ill try to get much better vids next time and hopefully change your opinion on my build.

Its all good. Remember people run the builds that fit their playstyle. For example Mask loves the cloak on immobilize for some added survivability. I just know that if I see someone cloak which is because the dudes stuck I’m going to probably going to keep swinging in that Area. Have you tried the wrench kit? Its is a beast since confusion duration was increased and his like a truck. I would swap that out for bomb kit. With blowtorch and the burn trait in explosives you shouldn’t have to hard of time keeping burn up either.

I don’t want to sound like an elitist prick, I know these kinds of posts usually sound like that, it’s not my intention BUT:

you really really really really really should stop clicking skills. you are obviously a good player and your build and playstyle works for you but I’m 100% sure that if you stop mouse clicking your 6-0 f1-f4 skills you will be alot better. Unless there’s some physical problem or other reason not to do it, please practice using the keybinds, try rebinding them to some extra mousebuttons or q/e/r/z/x/c, whatever :p

The build is solid, you should watch some of amadeus’ movies too, he runs with bombkit alot and it wrecks stuff in 1v1. Your fights could be better, but they aren’t bad and I feel your pain when forgetting to press record :p

cheers

Maskaganda.2043:

I don’t want to sound like an elitist prick, I know these kinds of posts usually sound like that, it’s not my intention BUT:

you really really really really really should stop clicking skills. you are obviously a good player and your build and playstyle works for you but I’m 100% sure that if you stop mouse clicking your 6-0 f1-f4 skills you will be alot better. Unless there’s some physical problem or other reason not to do it, please practice using the keybinds, try rebinding them to some extra mousebuttons or q/e/r/z/x/c, whatever :p

The build is solid, you should watch some of amadeus’ movies too, he runs with bombkit alot and it wrecks stuff in 1v1. Your fights could be better, but they aren’t bad and I feel your pain when forgetting to press record :p

cheers

hahahaha i completely agree with ya i never actually noticed how much i click till i started making the video, its something I’ve been slowly getting better at.

Goloith.6349:

Its all good. Remember people run the builds that fit their playstyle. For example Mask loves the cloak on immobilize for some added survivability. I just know that if I see someone cloak which is because the dudes stuck I’m going to probably going to keep swinging in that Area. Have you tried the wrench kit? Its is a beast since confusion duration was increased and his like a truck. I would swap that out for bomb kit. With blowtorch and the burn trait in explosives you shouldn’t have to hard of time keeping burn up either.

i was running with the burn trait but after testing it in spvp i realized that it didn’t really proc that much so i opted to go for larger explosions so i could get more outta the bombs and using the fire combo field with blowtorch is around the same upkeep, i find i can get a better tank taking less precision and more vitality and pass completely on the critical chance traits and sigil’s and still have a equal and majority of the time better upkeep on damage if i use the bomb kit correctly.

as for wrench kit i sometimes use it in duels but for me when it comes to solo roaming the bomb kits aoe blind and aoe immo/cripple is much handier for fighting larger groups and escaping if i get overwhelmed

I don’t agree with Goloith that bomb kit is best used with power, I use it for my conditio damage builds, and the burning/confusion is brutal, but they also work great in a power build (Carrion Armor is quite godo with i actually, or a mix of rapid and carrion)!

When that is said, I think it’s a fun take on the HGH, but in my personal opinion and in my experince Toolkit is better in any 1vs1 vs a good players, and in certain vs a good ranged player! mostly cause it’s just such a pain to land the bombs vs a good palyer that knows what he is doing! But on the other hand, how often is it we run into that haha?
Also, all the Boons (Protection as the most important) should help a lot in larger scale fights, making you able to actually run into larger groups and place the bombs! So all In all I think it’s a nice take on the HGH builds, and it should work quite well in roaming around a lone or in small groups, but I would never use it in duels vs good players ^^

Amadeus.5687:

I don’t agree with Goloith that bomb kit is best used with power, I use it for my conditio damage builds, and the burning/confusion is brutal, but they also work great in a power build (Carrion Armor is quite godo with i actually, or a mix of rapid and carrion)!

When that is said, I think it’s a fun take on the HGH, but in my personal opinion and in my experince Toolkit is better in any 1vs1 vs a good players, and in certain vs a good ranged player! mostly cause it’s just such a pain to land the bombs vs a good palyer that knows what he is doing! But on the other hand, how often is it we run into that haha?
Also, all the Boons (Protection as the most important) should help a lot in larger scale fights, making you able to actually run into larger groups and place the bombs! So all In all I think it’s a nice take on the HGH builds, and it should work quite well in roaming around a lone or in small groups, but I would never use it in duels vs good players ^^

Well I’ve watched him duel players what I’d consider allot better then “Good Players”, and only person I’ve seen able to beat them effectively was this Engineer build.

I like his build and its as solid as they come, I’ve seen allot good engineers come to duels and bring nothing different to the table.

I rolled Engineer after watching Ukune in action. After teaming with him and taking on massive amounts of numbers and winning its just funny.

@Sol, it’s not that it can’t work vs a good 1vs1 duel, that would be silly of me to say, since I use it for duels aswell in 1vs1, what I mean is, if I had to pick, Toolkit > Bomb kit in a 1vs1 build! It’s still an awesome kit, that’s very usefull (and get’s even better when vs 2+ enemies)
But try use bombs vs a Trap Ranger, a Shattercat Mesmer or a ranged Necromacer or Engineer ect. it’s super tough to pull off ! you can, but it’s hard

Goloith.6349:

I’m sorry but this a terrible build. I’ll explain.

1. You are carrying a bomb kit which is best used with power, not condition damage.
2. You are not using a Rifle which has the best CC and best for setting up bombs.
3. You should be going knights gear.
4. You have no points into firearms yet you use p/p. That’s over 6 stacks of might required to make up for that condition damage.

I disagree with some of that and agree partially with other areas.

Concussive Bomb and Incendiary Bomb are condi-dmg cooldowns. The only thing with decent direct-dmg is the regular Bomb without a cooldown, which isn’t really all that special aside from being a little more damage then a Grenade auto. Honestly the best combo would be high condi-dmg and moderate direct-dmg, but that’s describing most HGH condi builds anyway. Bombs when they are landing do far more condi-dmg then direct dmg, and it’s appropriate to gear for that. Bombs are in a tricky position where they can kinda do both, but I honestly lean it towards the condition damage side. With Elixir Infused Bombs though, where you want to Bomb auto, then it becomes a power primary selection. Condi builds tend to rely on cooldowns more, and the Bomb Kit provides that.

Glue shot can also setup Bombs, but I’ll agree that the Rifle would be better for it as long as you can land Net Shots point blank. Beyond that it isn’t going to be much more special. You don’t necessarily need to go into Firearms to use Pistols. It’s lost condition damage, but trait utility is potentially better. I don’t think we should be placing arbitrary constraints on things, as that restricts ingenuity in our builds. That said, I personally like the traits in Firearms more then I would in Invention.

As an aside, Bombs and Nades combined with the Shrapnel trait is our highest condi damage output in PvE. It’d be silly to say that Bombs are only a direct damage choice in this context. Bombs can be used for both paths.