Guild Wars 2

Hi all

So im looking at healing bomber which i have seen a lot of. Trying this for WvWvW and PvE mainly

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-X;4cP-9-u5gTFx0;9;4J-TJ-29;207A58;2aV0;3ecX9ecX9;0kr0;27bT

is this a pretty standard one? my concern is stun breaker, so wonder if i swap out 10 points of explosives to add it to alchemy to get cleansing formula so that my panic potion will help. Other option would be to replace elixir gun with another potion (and H so 3 condition removers)/goggles (vulnerability/blindness immunity and stun break)

I know ideal would be pistol and shield, but well i like the rifle and will be obstinate lol as not looking at being best in the world, just competitive. I have seen so many variations and alterations that l lose and change and worked on for this one, but as im only in the mid 40’s for my levels have some time but wonder what people think about this build in general.

As title – PvE and WvWvW mainly.

all comments criticisms and tweaks welcome. thank’s in advance.

That is a pretty standard Heal Bomb build yes, so in regards to the stun breaker; probably don’t even need to bother to be honest. If you’re building a lot of vitality and healing power you should be able to tank any damage you take while stunned.

Not sure if you’ve locked yourself into that build or not (it’s a fine build either way) but if not look at taking 10 out of explosives and put them into alchemy; not for cleansing formula but to get the HGH trait (all you need is the larger radius in explosives).

I’ve had plenty of success with what I use as my tanky build:
http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/engineer/?2.0|a.1d.h6.e.1d.h1l|0.0.0.0.0.0|1d.71i.1d.71i.1d.71g.1d.71g.1d.7v.1d.7v|1d.9d.1d.9d.1d.9d.1d.9d.1d.9d.1d.9d|a3.0.u69b.u49b.0|3t.d|2b.2g.2j.2e.2y|e

Main Points:

1. It focuses on the Shamans gear which tends to be a fairly cheap buy through the trading post and will still out put a ton of damage to others (it’s a horrible 1v1 build though). Shamans gear has no ascended options and only rare crests for jewels so it isn’t a harsh investment when min/maxing compared to other builds
2. You can reach about 30k health depending on what runes you go for, it has about 1k healing power as well as getting some really nice condition and power through the might stacks.
3. You can use rifle with it as well if you want, I mainly use either p/p, p/s just for two sigils and stick to bomb kit.
4. There isn’t really a need for condition removals as you can simply out heal high bleed stacks.
5. You can effectively run Elixir X; charging into battles with the giants 3 skill and going on knockdown rampages with tornado. You have a massive health pool and you can always exit and heal if you start going down. It is great for escaping if your Shrink is on cool down as well.
6. you can vary it a lot and still be effective, I switch to my condi set often and just use the healing bombs as a bonus.

Its up to you, the build you have will do fine without a stunbreaker but I’ve found it can get boring and annoying as you really can’t do too much damage and support is sort of meh in a world of siege and outnumbered. You’ll be doing more for your world if you can charge a zerg and not worry about being targeted – healing those who follow and provide easy pickings for the glass cannons pewpewing up back.

Either way Good Luck playing a heavy engie

Thanks for that advice and comments and I have to say i like your idea of the build as well, running with elixir x seems fun as well and was starting to wilt a bit with the lack of damage that my version put out so yours seems to boost that a litte and as you say just soak up things and being a bomber!

thanks again, its probably what i will spec into.