Scrapper - Frontline Scrapper

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Focused on: Direct damage, Utility.

Designed for:

World vs World

Overview

This build is designed to deal high damage and group CC in a frontline group. It can also play an excellent role as 'counter periph' eliminating enemy ranged classes.

Skill Bar

HammerHealingUtilityElite

Kits

Tool Kit

½

Smack

Chain. Smack your foe. Repair turrets.

Damage: 260

Turret Heal Percent: 5%

₂Vulnerability (6s): 2% Incoming Damage

Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 130

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10

Box of Nails

Scatter nails that bleed and cripple foes.

Bleeding (2s): 85 Damage

Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 5

Box of Nails Duration: 4 seconds

Radius: 240

Unblockable

½

15

Pry Bar

Confuse your foe by smacking them with a pry bar.

Damage: 658

₅Confusion (5s): 325 Damage On Skill Use

Range: 130

3

20

Gear Shield

Block attacks.

Duration: 3 seconds

1¼

25

Magnet

Pull your target to you.

Range: 1,200

Unblockable

Skill Variants

Healing

• for a mobile water field on toolbelt.

Utility

• group condition clear with
  and
  plus solid cleave damage with
• If Stability is an issue
• Huge personal damage increase
• for powerful CC and low cooldown stun break toolbelt skill.

Elite

• for additional Water Field, Poison Field and ranged damage.

Specializations

Variants

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of Durability

18x

Mighty WvW Infusion

Variants

Stats

• Use more Marauder's or Soldier's for more defense.

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Air

  3

  Superior Sigil of Air

  50% Chance on Critical: Cause a Lightning Strike. (Cooldown: 3s)
  or
  Superior Sigil of Fire

  5

  Superior Sigil of Fire

  50% Chance on Critical: Trigger a Flame Blast for area of effect damage (240 radius). (Cooldown: 5s)
  higher burst damage
• Superior Sigil of Energy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Energy

  Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
• Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  9

  Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

  Damage nearby foes and chill them for 2 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Rune

• Keep boon duration in mind if changing rune.
• Superior Rune of the Scrapper

  Superior Rune of the Scrapper

  (1): +25 Power (2): +35 Toughness (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Toughness (5): +100 Power (6): Damage reduce by 7% when within 600 units of an enemy.
  for a slight damage boost and damage reduction when away from the melee train.

Consumables

Food

• Plate of Mussels Gnashblade

  Plate of Mussels Gnashblade

  Nourishment (30 min):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Concentrationn+10% Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Defensive option.
• Fried Oyster Sandwich

  Fried Oyster Sandwich

  Nourishment (30 m):

  +10% Damage Reduction+70 Power+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Offensive option.
• Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

  Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

  Nourishment (1 h):

  +100 Power+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  Alternate offensive option.
• Carrot Soufflé

  Carrot Soufflé

  Nourishment (60 m):

  +200 power for 30s after killing an enemy+70 Ferocity+10% Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Alternate damage option.
• Loaf of Saffron Bread

  Loaf of Saffron Bread

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Incoming damage reduced by 20% while stunned, knocked down, or knocked back.-20% condition duration+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  Alternate defensive option vs condi pressure.
• Fried Golden Dumpling

  Fried Golden Dumpling

  Nourishment (30 m):

  +100 Concentration+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year33% Chance for Might (5 seconds) on Crit

  Consumable
  Might stacking.

Utility

• Magnanimous Sharpening Stone

  Magnanimous Sharpening Stone

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Power equal to 3% of your VitalityGain Power equal to 3% of your Toughness+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable

Usage

Hammer

• If using
  Ensure it is active for pulsing stealth to your allies.
• Engage with
  at close range for interrupting CC and damage
  • If you are feeling ranged pressure at this stage it is extremely useful to activate
    for a mobile defense from enemy projectiles for nearby allies and yourself.
• Choose a target such as a Reaper or Tempest to use
  at. This will mitigate damage thrown at the engage as it is an evade, and will also deal high damage to the target.
• Immediately follow up with
  for high damage.
• Auto attack with hammer, activating
  as it comes off cooldown until the commander disengages.
  • deals high damage, however it is best used when you can take advantage of the block and mitigate some enemy damage. Activate when chasing enemies through damage or when you need to disengage.
• As you pull off to regroup, go in to
  and activate
  followed straight away by
  on a low health or vulnerable enemy without stability, in attempt to separate them from their own regroup and potentially generate a down. If they do go down, begin a stomp, then walk away and allow
  to finish the stomp.
• Activate
  , double tapping to activate its chain ability
  followed immediately by using
  to blast finish your water combo field.

Skills

• has a powerful block similar to a guardian's
  that you can use to mitigate damage. Use in chokes, or to avoid high damage scenarios, or to pull away from dangerous situations.
• is a powerful invulnerability skill. Try to use this to avoid damage rather than to react to already taken damage, as you have an automatic one traited that will come in to play should you get low on health.
• can be used to secure stomps, escape enemies, stealth downed allies and cleanse a condition should it be your last resort.
• is fairly weak considering the damage thrown around- however activating it whenever it is up can help mitigate small amounts of damage, or for a reasonable daze that can interrupt enemies. The main benefit of this skill comes from its tool belt ability.

Gameplay Tips

• takes a little bit of time to reach maximum stacks. Until then, keep in mind your toughness may be lower than your allies around you.
• gives a small amount of stability, making it especially useful after
  as it allows you to get off your burst.
• is unblockable. It can be used through Aegis, Shelter and other blocks. Interrupting a Shelter can prove deadly for an enemy Guardian.

Weaknesses

• Reliant on team for stability
• Low toughness as the fight begins
• Reliant on team for most boons
• Easily isolated from group

Gameplay Videos

• YouTube:
  [Vng] Freakshow