Engineer - Core Support

This build is unrated.

Focused on: Healing, Condition cleanse, Boon support and Revive

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A build designed for constant healing via karakosa and mitigation of all condition pressure, with access to a low cooldown AoE revive via Toss Elixir B

Skill Bar

Shortbow

Utility

Med Kit

Elixir Gun

Variants

Utilities

• Elixir B for an AoE stability from its toolbelt skill (Toss Elixir B)

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Specializations

Variants

• Anti
• Ex Machina

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Shortbow
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Shortbow
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relics

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Stamina for steamroll dodges
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Frenzy for cooldown reduction
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy for consistent dodges

Usage

Quick Guide

• Medkit Engineer is a support with very high throughput on both healing and cleansing. It excels in extended fights where its abundance of cooldowns allow it to overperform against other healers. It also brings exceptional Might generation compared to other secondary supports.
• Use Bandage Self, Toss Elixir C, Orbital Strike, Healing Mist off cooldown
• Evade to reduce cooldown of your toolbelt via Adrenal Implant
• Use Elixir C when you have Chilled to get 6s of Alacrity (and extend to 9s of Alacrity with Elixir B if slotted)
• Use Elixir R to refill endurance if you have all your toolbelt skills on cooldown
• Use Toss Elixir R to revive allies
• (Optional) Save Toss Elixir C or Bandage Self for when you have Chilled to get 6s of Alacrity

Condition Clear Priority

1. Toss Elixir C
2. Bandage Self - Cleansing Synergy + Expert Examination ⇒ Anticorrosion Plating
3. Fumigate
4. Essence of Living Shadows
5. Cleansing Field
6. Purge Gyro
7. Super Elixir

• Blast combo fields frequently for healing and boons via Relic of Karakosa and Kinetic Accelerators

List of Blast skills

• Bandage Self
• Orbital Strike
• Essence of Animated Sand
• Essence of Borrowed Time
• Acid Bomb
• Infusion Bomb

General

• As soon as you get the 25 stacks of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Benevolence and get out of combat, swap back to the weapon without it

Surviving

• This build has high passive defense
• This build has high mobility skill access
• This build has moderate active defenses

Defensive Skill List

• Elixir C - Full condi wipe + healing
• Elixir R - Endurance reset + stunbreak + immobilise clear
• Mechanized Deployment - Cleanse on toolbelt
• Compounding Chemicals - Cleanse on elixir
• Acid Bomb - Movement

• An About Face keybind can be useful for quickly using Acid Bomb for mobility

Priorities

High

• Healing
• Condition clear
• Revive

Low

• Poisoning downs

Detailed Explanations

Healing

Healing Priority

1. Blasts with - Relic of Karakosa

• Use Bandage Self, Toss Elixir C, Orbital Strike, Healing Mist off cooldown to trigger Soothing Detonation

1. Essence of Animated Sand
2. Vital Burst
3. Super Elixir
4. Elixir Shell
5. Bandage Blast

• Your default action if you don't have a more important button to press should always be to Evade to reduce cooldown of your toolbelt skills via Soothing Detonation
• Blasting fields with Relic of Karakosa is your highest healing
  • Your own fields have priority for combo finishers. You have access to all field types that are useful to blast: Fire on Essence of Liquid Wrath, Water on Cleansing Field and Elixir Shell, Light on Flash Shell and Super Elixir, Ethereal on Streamlined Kits with Elite Mortar Kit
    • Prioritize blasting your Water fields, but don't delay your healing just to do so. Blast your Light fields when you can, but with lower priority

List of Blast skills

• Essence of Animated Sand
• Essence of Borrowed Time
• Acid Bomb
• Infusion Bomb
• Bandage Self
• Orbital Strike

Condition Clear

Condition Clear Priority

1. Toss Elixir C
2. Fumigate
3. Essence of Living Shadows
4. Cleansing Field
5. Bandage Self - Cleansing Synergy + Expert Examination ⇒ Anticorrosion Plating
6. Super Elixir

• • Move slightly behind your group (while staying closer than 300 range) when casting Fumigate to maximize hits
    • You can also just stop moving for a brief moment while your group moves forward to let everyone get in front of you
• Cleansing Field should be dropped when clashing with the opponent or preemptively before an enemy spike
• Use your Weapon Swap key immediately after casting Acid Bomb to cancel the leap backwards
• Your own fields have priority for combo finishers, Super Elixir and Flash Shell can provide a light field for combo interactions
• Make sure to combo Essence of Living Shadows with any other shortbow 2-4 skill.
  • Ideally combo with Essence of Liquid Wrath so you can save your blasts for light/water field interactions

Poisoning downs

• Use Poison Gas Shell when you can safely fire projectiles, watch out for enemy reflects
• Use Fumigate only if your group is taking no pressure and you have other cleanse cooldowns avalible

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.