Scrapper - Frontline Scrapper

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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

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