Guild Wars 2

Hello guys. Im used to play alot of tpvp and wvw too, but i find myself in trouble to duel against some good condition engineers that use perplexity. When the engineer know what he is doing its seen to be nearly impossible to bet it.

People like to act as if Engineers take so much skill but really it’s just a really forgiving class when specced full Dire + massive AoE Condition spam + 40% Condition duration food + Perplexity Runes.

That combination is probably the king of condition cheese.

I once watched an Engineer from stealth running in circles for a full 20 seconds, spaming his AoE bombs before deciding to stop. He didn’t even bother to check if he’d hit anything or if I was even around.

As for an actual counter. The only way I’ve managed to come out on top of a not-terrible Engineer is by stacking -40% Condition food on myself and waiting out their cooldowns.

Try to avoid their AoE as much as possible while still pressuring them just enough for them to use their cooldowns. Be patient and don’t expect to instant-gib them like some other classes. After they’ve blown their immunity-shrink thing (Elexir S?) they can be bursted down successfully.

But it takes a little luck and timing.

This is assuming you’re playing either D/D or D/P burst in WvW.

But as said, they are the kings of condition cheese so don’t expect a good win-record even with -40% Condition food.

What build do you normally use? And to add, condition engineers are en extremely good counter to thieves, so losing to one isn’t unnatural, but advice can be given.

I use d/p 10/30/0/0/30 with lyssa, and try 0/30/30/10/0 lyssa too. Thanks for replying I’ll try to start with the SB, the problem is the CC’s.

The fight vs perplexity engineers is usually a very tough one. Keep in mind that 10 stacks of confusion can deal over 2k damage when you use a skill, if your opponent has high condition damage stats (and they usually do). So a BP and HS combo will deal 4k damage to you!
So always see if you have confusion applied to you. If you do, do not use any skill, just try and keep a safe distance from the engie, and his turrets. Most of the time his power is very low and can not harm you with direct damage attacks.
Patience is the key in this battle. Wait for the right moment and burst him down

Just roll cheese perplexity P/D x x 30 × 30 and faceroll their wannabe pro kitten.
If I had the gold, I would do it for sure.

Dee Jay.2460:

People like to act as if Engineers take so much skill but really it’s just a really forgiving class when specced full Dire + massive AoE Condition spam + 40% Condition duration food + Perplexity Runes.

That combination is probably the king of condition cheese.

I once watched an Engineer from stealth running in circles for a full 20 seconds, spaming his AoE bombs before deciding to stop. He didn’t even bother to check if he’d hit anything or if I was even around.

As for an actual counter. The only way I’ve managed to come out on top of a not-terrible Engineer is by stacking -40% Condition food on myself and waiting out their cooldowns.

Try to avoid their AoE as much as possible while still pressuring them just enough for them to use their cooldowns. Be patient and don’t expect to instant-gib them like some other classes. After they’ve blown their immunity-shrink thing (Elexir S?) they can be bursted down successfully.

But it takes a little luck and timing.

This is assuming you’re playing either D/D or D/P burst in WvW.

But as said, they are the kings of condition cheese so don’t expect a good win-record even with -40% Condition food.

Do you expect them to stand still and eat your backstab? wtf is he suppose to do when a cheese invis thief is running around somewhere.

Use your shortbow wisely. Engineers have even worse Condi cleanse than Thieves.