Engineer - Frontline Scrapper

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good.

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

Hammer

Healing

Utility

Elite

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

• Medic Gyro
  for a mobile water field on toolbelt.

Utility

• Elixir Gun
  group condition clear with
  Fumigate
  and
  Super Elixir
  plus solid cleave damage with
  Acid Bomb
• Elixir B
  If Stability is an issue
• Elixir U
  Huge personal damage increase
• Slick Shoes
  for powerful CC and low cooldown stun break toolbelt skill.

Elite

• Elite Mortar Kit
  for additional Water Field, Poison Field and ranged damage.

Specializations

Variants

• Iron Blooded

Equipment

First Weapon Set Main Hand Hammer Stats: Marauder's Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Superior Sigil of Bloodlust Gain a charge of +10 power each time you kill a foe, five if you kill an enemy player. Superior Sigil of Concentration 9 Superior Sigil of Concentration Boons you apply last 33% longer for 7 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

Armor Head Stats: Marauder's Superior Rune of Durability Superior Rune of Durability (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality Shoulders Stats: Soldier's Superior Rune of Durability Superior Rune of Durability (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality Chest Stats: Marauder's Superior Rune of Durability Superior Rune of Durability (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality Hands Stats: Soldier's Superior Rune of Durability Superior Rune of Durability (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality Legs Stats: Marauder's Superior Rune of Durability Superior Rune of Durability (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality Feet Stats: Soldier's Superior Rune of Durability Superior Rune of Durability (1): +25 Toughness (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +50 Toughness (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies protection and regeneration for 3 seconds and resistance for 1 second. (Cooldown: 20 seconds) (5): +100 Toughness (6): +15% Boon Duration; +125 Vitality

Accessories Amulet Stats: Marauder's Ring 1 Stats: Berserker's Ring 2 Stats: Berserker's Earring 1 Stats: Berserker's Earring 2 Stats: Berserker's Back Stats: Marauder's

Infusions

• 18x
  Mighty WvW Infusion

  Mighty WvW Infusion

  +5 Power +1% Damage to Guards and Lords

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
  Sneak Gyro
  Ensure it is active for pulsing stealth to your allies.
• Engage with
  Thunderclap
  at close range for interrupting CC and damage
  • If you are feeling ranged pressure at this stage it is extremely useful to activate
    Defense Field
    for a mobile defense from enemy projectiles for nearby allies and yourself.
• Choose a target such as a Reaper or Tempest to use
  Rocket Charge
  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
  Electro-whirl
  for high damage.
• Auto attack with hammer, activating
  Electro-whirl
  as it comes off cooldown until the commander disengages.
  • Shock Shield
    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
  Tool Kit
  and activate
  Magnet
  followed straight away by
  Pry Bar
  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
  Function Gyro
  to finish the stomp.
• Activate
  Healing Turret
  , double tapping to activate its chain ability
  Cleansing Burst
  followed immediately by using
  Detonate Healing Turret
  to blast finish your water combo field.

Skills

• Tool Kit
  has a powerful block similar to a guardian's
  Shelter
  that you can use to mitigate damage. Use in chokes, or to avoid high damage scenarios, or to pull away from dangerous situations.
• Elixir S
  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.
• Toss Elixir S
  can be used to secure stomps, escape enemies, stealth downed allies and cleanse a condition should it be your last resort.
• Bulwark Gyro
  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

• Adaptive Armor
  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.
• Perfectly Weighted
  gives a small amount of stability, making it especially useful after
  Rocket Charge
  as it allows you to get off your burst.
• Magnet
  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