Mechanist - Power DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on July 27, 2022 and is up to date for the February 27, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power DPS build for Mechanist.


Skill Bar

Rifle
Utility


  • Mace/Pistol is theoretically higher DPS, but the positioning required to hit with your melee attacks whilst still benefiting from is very precise.


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Specializations


Equipment

Head
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Chest
Berserker
Hands
Berserker
Legs
Berserker
Feet
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Rifle
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18


  • offers similar damage to , but as you can lose the 6th bonus, it is less reliable.


Consumables

Food:

  • or ascended versions


Utility:


Usage

Rifle Rotation

Opener

  1. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)


Rest of the rotation

  1. Autoattack and use your rifle skills as they come off cooldown until Blunderbuss is available
  2. , and (if available)
  3. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
  4. Repeat


  • If you hover your mouse over an element of the UI, your character will use in place, minimising the animation length and maintaining your position


Video example


Mace/Pistol Rotation

Opener

  1. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
  2. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)


Rest of the Rotation
After the opener, your basic loop is as follows:

  1. Autoattack on Mace until is less than one second off cooldown
  2. or - these should alternate between loops
  3. , and (if available)
  4. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
  5. Repeat


This loop is very similar to Power Alacrity Mechanist, except you don't need to finish your auto chains.


General Tips

  • Both you and your Mech need to stay 150 units away from the edge of your target in order to benefit from .
    • Make sure you remain in range of your group's boon as well.
    • If your mech ends up too close, you may need to recall it in order to reposition (using and losing the passive would be a big DPS loss).
  • Try to let your Rifle autoattacks finish.
  • While you don't need to finish your Mace auto chains, try not to interrupt the autoattacks themselves - let the animation finish before using or at step 2.
  • Use , and off cooldown.
    • may be delayed is a breakbar is imminent.
  • If your mech dies, use to immediately get it back.


Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 4 votes.
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5 stars
Haole gave this build 5 stars • November 2023
Rifle/Hammer Mech is the best Mid Tier spec in the game. One build can run all PVE content in the game. I run High Impact Drivers, throw mine, and the dragon trinket set up for my build. You can run thief rune for both hammer and rifle to save build tab space. For food, go cheap and get Avocado Smoothie and Tin Fruit Cake. If you can master smashing you forehead on 1-5 (save weapon 4 on hammer for blocks), throw mine off cooldown (normally), F1-F3 auto, and know where to stand; you will always be close if not top dps in all PVE content. The ease of this build can make you a better player because you can master it quickly then focus on learning mechanics. Blink (Shift Signet) will be your friend for fractal skips, greeding one shot mechanics, or resetting for a burst. Have fun kiting mechanics while all the melee spread out from aoes. As of Nov 28, 2023 Rifle 5 now has evade for 1/2 sec after activation. Now you can dodge one hit boss mechanics while doing damage. Awesome buff to Rifle. Rifle 3 also does more damage (more than double) at the cost of a 1/4 sec longer cast time which makes it the same as 2 and 4.
2 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 2 stars • July 2023
While the mech provides effectively permanent DPS uptime, and it is almost fully ranged, other classes have been buffed so much in comparison that most players will perform better on other builds.
5 stars
Kilozeta gave this build 5 stars • December 2022
Very good easybto learn build that doesnt kill your hands to play
5 stars
Stalroc gave this build 5 stars • September 2022
Very Good build for PvE. A good DPS, and the Mech is very Tanky. It's very good for people who begin HL

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