Engineer - Celestial Rifle

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Focused on: Hybrid damage, Mobility.

Designed for:

Conquest

Overview

This build provides both Power and Condition AoE damage, decent CC, good sustain and great mobility.

Skill Bar

Rifle

Utility

Elite

¾

Hip Shot

Deliver a quick rifle shot from the hip that pierces targets.

Damage: 158

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

10

Net Shot

Immobilize foes with a net shot.

Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

Range: 1,200

½

10

Blunderbuss

Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

Damage at 0-250 Range: 390

Damage at 250-400 Range: 341

Damage at 400-550 Range: 292

Damage at 550-700 Range: 244

₄Bleeding at Range 0-250 (4s): 680 Damage

₃Bleeding at Range 250-400 (4s): 510 Damage

₂Bleeding at Range 400-550 (4s): 340 Damage

Bleeding at Range 550-700 (4s): 170 Damage

Range: 700

15

Overcharged Shot

Fire a blast so strong it launches your foe as you fall backward and cures immobilized, crippled, and chilled.

Damage: 244

Foe Launch Distance: 450

Self Knockback Distance: 300

Range: 600

1

20

Jump Shot

Blast the ground, damaging nearby foes and leaping to your target.

Leap Damage: 219

Landing Damage: 438

₃Vulnerability (7s): 3% Incoming Damage

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Leap

Range: 800

½

20

Healing Turret

Turret. Deploy a turret that heals you briefly, then regenerates you and your allies.

Healing: 2,520

Regen (3s): 390 Heal

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 480

Grenade Kit

Device Kit. Equip a kit that replaces your weapon with grenade skills.

Tool Kit

Weapon Kit. Equip a kit that gives you a variety of tools.

1

180

Supply Crate

Turret. Request a supply drop of turrets.

Damage: 266

Stun (2s): Unable to use skills or move.

Duration: 60 seconds

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

Range: 1,200

Kits

Grenade Kit

½

Grenade

Throw several grenades that explode.

Damage: 117

Number of Grenades: 3

Number of Targets: 5

Explosion Radius: 120

Range: 900

½

5

Shrapnel Grenade

Throw grenades that explode in a hail of shrapnel, causing bleeding.

Damage: 196

Bleeding (10s): 220 Damage

Number of Grenades: 3

Number of Targets: 3

Explosion Radius: 150

Range: 900

½

10

Flash Grenade

Throw grenades that explode in blinding flash.

Damage: 36

Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Grenades: 3

Number of Targets: 3

Explosion Radius: 150

Range: 900

½

20

Freeze Grenade

Throw grenades that chill foes with a frigid blast.

Damage: 178

Chilled (2s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

Number of Grenades: 3

Number of Targets: 5

Explosion Radius: 240

Range: 900

½

25

Poison Grenade

Throw several grenades that explode in poisonous cloud.

Damage: 178

Poison (8s): 268 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Number of Grenades: 3

Number of Targets: 3

Range: 900

Unblockable

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

¾

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

Slot Changes

For the slot you can take one of the following skills:

• Elixir S

  60

  Elixir S

  Elixir. Drink Elixir S to shrink yourself, recover from stun, and evade attacks.

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

  Breaks stun
  - gives you access to stealth and invulnerability, makes it easier to escape damage and stomp/res other players.
• Elixir Gun

  Elixir Gun

  Weapon Kit. Arm yourself with an elixir gun that replaces your weapon skills.
  - provides a short CD stunbreaker, a blast finisher, minor condi and healing.
• Slick Shoes

  45

  Slick Shoes

  Gadget. Spray oil behind you, knocking down foes. If underwater, foes entering the field are blinded.

  Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Knockdown: 2 seconds

  Oil Slick Duration: 3 seconds

  Duration: 3 seconds

  Unblockable
  - CC and a stunbreaker toolbelt skill.

Traits

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Weapons

First Weapon Set Main Hand Rifle Superior Sigil of Intelligence 9 Superior Sigil of Intelligence Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s) Superior Sigil of Doom 9 Superior Sigil of Doom Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts poison (6 seconds). (Cooldown: 9s)

Equipment

Rune:

Superior Rune of Vampirism

Superior Rune of Vampirism

(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Vitality (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Vitality (5): +100 Power (6): +10% Maximum Health; restore 10% of your health upon killing a foe.

Amulet:

Celestial Amulet

Celestial Amulet

+460 Power +460 Precision +460 Toughness +460 Vitality +460 Ferocity +460 Healing Power +460 Condition Damage

Equipment Variants

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Pack

  Superior Rune of the Pack

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Swiftness Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to grant nearby allies might, fury, and swiftness for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 20s) (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Precision; +20% Swiftness Duration
• Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

  Superior Rune of Hoelbrak

  (1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 25% chance when struck to gain might for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 5s) (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; -20% condition duration applied to you.

Usage

General

• Overcharged Shot

  15

  Overcharged Shot

  Fire a blast so strong it launches your foe as you fall backward and cures immobilized, crippled, and chilled.

  Damage: 244

  Foe Launch Distance: 450

  Self Knockback Distance: 300

  Range: 600
  is great for disrupting enemy res attempts (also for decapping). If the resurrector has Stability simply use this skill on the downed enemy to knock him out of range. In an 1v1 scenario you can use the same method to push enemies off the capture point, which opens the opportunity to cap it without performing a stomp so you can leave your enemy bleeding out, robbing precious time from your opponent.
  • Also removes soft-CC effects such as Immobilize.
• The best skills to use with
  Superior Sigil of Intelligence

  9

  Superior Sigil of Intelligence

  Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s)
  are:
  • Jump Shot

    1

    20

    Jump Shot

    Blast the ground, damaging nearby foes and leaping to your target.

    Leap Damage: 219

    Landing Damage: 438

    ₃Vulnerability (7s): 3% Incoming Damage

    Radius: 240

    Combo Finisher: Leap

    Range: 800
    and
    Blunderbuss

    ½

    10

    Blunderbuss

    Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

    Damage at 0-250 Range: 390

    Damage at 250-400 Range: 341

    Damage at 400-550 Range: 292

    Damage at 550-700 Range: 244

    ₄Bleeding at Range 0-250 (4s): 680 Damage

    ₃Bleeding at Range 250-400 (4s): 510 Damage

    ₂Bleeding at Range 400-550 (4s): 340 Damage

    Bleeding at Range 550-700 (4s): 170 Damage

    Range: 700
    on Rifle.
  • Pry Bar

    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
    on Toolkit.
  • Cast the skill, and just before it does the damage, swap to another kit. The skill casting won't get interrupted and the weapon swap will trigger the sigil (unless it's on CD).
  • These skills are hard to land, so try to use them after a
    Net Shot

    10

    Net Shot

    Immobilize foes with a net shot.

    Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

    Range: 1,200
    ,
    Overcharged Shot

    15

    Overcharged Shot

    Fire a blast so strong it launches your foe as you fall backward and cures immobilized, crippled, and chilled.

    Damage: 244

    Foe Launch Distance: 450

    Self Knockback Distance: 300

    Range: 600
    or
    Magnet

    1¼

    25

    Magnet

    Pull your target to you.

    Range: 1,200

    Unblockable
    pull.
  • Throw Wrench

    ½

    17

    Throw Wrench

    Throw a wrench that returns to you, striking foes each way.

    Damage: 355

    ₂Vulnerability (5s): 2% Incoming Damage

    Cripple (2s): -50% Movement Speed

    Number of Targets: 5

    Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

    Range: 900
    (Toolkit's toolbelt skill) is a projectile finisher, for instance you can use it in a Water Field in order to gain Regeneration. This skill also does decent damage and hits foes twice - once when you throw it and again on its way back.

Making a 2nd healing skill

• You can use Water Fields provided by your healing skill (
  Healing Turret

  ½

  20

  Healing Turret

  Turret. Deploy a turret that heals you briefly, then regenerates you and your allies.

  Healing: 2,520

  Regen (3s): 390 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 480
  ) and also its toolbelt skill (
  Regenerating Mist

  ¼

  21

  Regenerating Mist

  Release a mist of healing liquid to regenerate nearby allies.

  ₂Regen (3s): 780 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 480

  Combo Field: Water
  ) to gain some additional healing. Skills you can use for the combo:

• Jump Shot

  1

  20

  Jump Shot

  Blast the ground, damaging nearby foes and leaping to your target.

  Leap Damage: 219

  Landing Damage: 438

  ₃Vulnerability (7s): 3% Incoming Damage

  Radius: 240

  Combo Finisher: Leap

  Range: 800
  on Rifle.
• Acid Bomb

  ¼

  15

  Acid Bomb

  Elixir. Leap backward, spraying an acidic elixir on the ground that damages nearby foes.

  Damage: 277

  Distance: 550

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Radius: 180

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Unblockable
  on Elixir Gun.

Tool kit basics: Toolkit is a very handy set once you learn to use it, the main reason to take it is not the damage.

• Box of Nails

  ¾

  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
  - the bleed damage you get from it is insignificant, but it's good for crippling enemies
• Pry Bar

  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
  - the 5 stacks of confusion this skill applies is just great and the skill's damage also scales well with Power, tho it can be difficult to land, therefore people usually use it after a Magnet pull.
• Gear Shield

  3

  20

  Gear Shield

  Block attacks.

  Duration: 3 seconds
  - a low CD block, this skill will save your life many many times, one of the main reasons to take this kit.
• Magnet

  1¼

  25

  Magnet

  Pull your target to you.

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  - it can be used for more than just setting up a hit with Pry Bar, for instance if used at the right spot, the engineer can pull people to really unwanted places: at Temple of the Silent Storm it's possible pull people into the pit at the upper buff, pull others to glass panels on Skyhammer, or from a window at Kyhlo's Clocktower pull a bunker onto the stairs from the cap point, often forcing another member of the enemy to stand on the point until the bunker climbs back or giving enough time to one of your teammates to decap the point (even better, you can just leap to the node with Jump Shot). It's also Unblockable and if you can predict a guardian's
  Shelter

  1¼

  30

  Shelter

  Block attacks while healing.

  Healing: 4,555

  Block Duration: 2 seconds
  or just get lucky, you can interrupt it, which send his heal on full CD without healing him.

Elixir gun basics: (if you take it)

• Fumigate

  2¼

  12

  Fumigate

  Spray a cone of elixir fumes, inflicting poison and vulnerability to foes and curing conditions on allies with every strike.

  ₅Damage: 140

  ₅Poison (2s): 335 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  ₅Vulnerability (6s): 5% Incoming Damage, 5% incoming Condition Damage

  Conditions removed: 5

  Number of Targets: 5

  Range: 450
  - excellent party condi cleansing and AoE Poison application. Use it on downed enemies to hinder res attempts.
• Acid Bomb

  ¼

  15

  Acid Bomb

  Elixir. Leap backward, spraying an acidic elixir on the ground that damages nearby foes.

  Damage: 277

  Distance: 550

  Number of Targets: 5

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Radius: 180

  Combo Finisher: Blast

  Unblockable
  - Blast finisher that can be chained with a water field of your healing skill for additional healing + it's a superior disengage ability.
• Super Elixir

  ½

  20

  Super Elixir

  Elixir. Launch an elixir orb, healing nearby allies on impact and creating an area of continual healing.

  Impact Heal: 700

  Pulse Heal: 204

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 11

  Duration: 10 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Light

  Range: 900
  - AoE heal, long duration Light field, nice buff to sustain.
• One of the reasons why this Triple kit build works is that Elixir gun is the only kit that has a stunbreaker (toolbelt skill
  Healing Mist

  35

  Healing Mist

  Elixir. Vent a healing mist, granting regeneration to yourself and allies.

  Regen (10s): 1,300 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Breaks stun
  ).

Counters

• Heavy Condition pressure.
• Heavy CC.

Video Guides

• YouTube:
  Teldo's in-depth Healing Turret guide

Top Streamers

• Twitch: Five Gauge/Chaith - NA
• Twitch: Teldo - EU
• Twitch: Backpack - NA
• Twitch: Texbi - EU
• Twitch: Hiba - NA/EU

Notes

• Blunderbuss

  ½

  10

  Blunderbuss

  Fire a cloud of shrapnel that causes more damage the closer you are to foes.

  Damage at 0-250 Range: 390

  Damage at 250-400 Range: 341

  Damage at 400-550 Range: 292

  Damage at 550-700 Range: 244

  ₄Bleeding at Range 0-250 (4s): 680 Damage

  ₃Bleeding at Range 250-400 (4s): 510 Damage

  ₂Bleeding at Range 400-550 (4s): 340 Damage

  Bleeding at Range 550-700 (4s): 170 Damage

  Range: 700
  ignores line of sight. It can be used to hit targets through walls and other obstacles.
• If you only need a little healing or want to have more frequent condition cleansing, you can deploy
  Healing Turret

  ½

  20

  Healing Turret

  Turret. Deploy a turret that heals you briefly, then regenerates you and your allies.

  Healing: 2,520

  Regen (3s): 390 Heal

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 480
  then use
  Cleansing Burst

  15

  Cleansing Burst

  Overcharge your healing turret, supplying a burst of healing that cures two conditions.

  Healing: 2,520

  Regen (5s): 650 Heal

  Conditions Removed: 2

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 480

  Combo Field: Water
  and pick it up again, instead of using
  Detonate Healing Turret

  Detonate Healing Turret

  Detonate your healing turret.

  Damage: 1,270

  Radius: 120

  Combo Finisher: Blast
  . This reduces the healing, but also the cooldown.
• Bug:
  Cleansing Burst

  15

  Cleansing Burst

  Overcharge your healing turret, supplying a burst of healing that cures two conditions.

  Healing: 2,520

  Regen (5s): 650 Heal

  Conditions Removed: 2

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 480

  Combo Field: Water
  doesn't stack with healing power.