Guild Wars 2

Hi all, my first post on the engi forums!

i have been trying to level my engineer as a rifle master using gadgets as control along with the net shot. This enables me to keep enemies at bay and line them up for piercing rifle shots. This is my idea for a build and gear at endgame

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as i said, gagets are to keep enemies at bay, medpack is beacause f1 is shortened timer due to toolbelts cd reduction. Also with medkit i can have 100% uptime of vigor and swiftness.

the average rifle hit is 741 on a medium armor target (medium being average armor, right?)

my crit is 49%, and my crit multiplier is 74%

so to find my average damage on an average target, I take 741+(.74*741*.49)

741 is my base damage done, .74 is crit multiplier, .49 is crit chance. that equals 1009.6866 average damage of my 1 shot. lets say i pound away at a boss for 1 minute, this equals a dps of (60*1.25)*1009.6866/60 or 1262.10825
60 being 60 seconds times 1.25 to get cast times * damage per cast (on average) /60 seconds

so a dps of 1.260*10^3 with 18262 health and 2423 armor

is that good? especially for a relatively new player?

traitwise I took 30 in firearms for reduce rifle cd, increase rifle damage by 10%, and immobilize a foe causes vulnerability

10 in alchemy for swiftness grants vigor

30 in tools for speedy kits, speedy gagdets, and static discharge

so recpa: permanent vigor, swiftness, and an average dps of 1.260*10^3

thats pretty much a Static Discharge Meta Build. Very viable and tons of fun, but you have to know, how to dodge properly

i would only switch one gadget to toolkit because

- the toolbelt skill hits very hard with short cooldown
- another source of vigor and swiftness in combat beside medkit (you can’t dps if you switch to medkit infight)
- toolkit block (great for defence)
- prybar hits like a truck and some added confusion for free

It’s my favorite Engi-Powerbuild.

Yeah, the toolkit syncs very well with a rifle/power build

I tend to favor precise shots, though, because that’s one less button you gotta push for vulnerability

Maybe try using the Rifle Turret in your 7 slot – not for the Turret itself, but for the tool belt “Suprise Shot”. This is a fast cool down (I think 7 seconds) and coupled with Static Discharge, does decent damage.

blutstein is right that you are headed in the direction of what know as a Static Discharge build – but a true static discharge build relies on ranged damage delivered from the tool belt. The Took Kit’s tool belt (Throw Wrench) also works with a SD build.

If you want to take the SD to the next level, consider using Bersker armor and not Knights.

Soon.5240:

Maybe try using the Rifle Turret in your 7 slot – not for the Turret itself, but for the tool belt “Suprise Shot”. This is a fast cool down (I think 7 seconds) and coupled with Static Discharge, does decent damage.

blutstein is right that you are headed in the direction of what know as a Static Discharge build – but a true static discharge build relies on ranged damage delivered from the tool belt. The Took Kit’s tool belt (Throw Wrench) also works with a SD build.

If you want to take the SD to the next level, consider using Bersker armor and not Knights.

not true, you could take the tool kit, but the build works very well with gadgets to.
A Static Discharge Build relies on strong toolbelt abilities

But youre right, mostly rifle turret, toolkit and a stunbreaker.