Mechanist - Alacrity Support Condi DPS

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

Focused on: Condition damage and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on October 15, 2023 and is up to date for the February 27, 2024 patch.

Overview

A condition boon support build for Mechanist. Provides permanent Alacrity Alacrity and high uptimes of Fury Fury and Might Might.

Condition mechanist is more complex than its Power counterpart and it suffers a lot more when simplifying the rotation or taking extra utility, but it could be viewed as a "way in" to the Condi DPS build.


Skill Bar

Mace/Pistol
Utility

Weapon Variants

  • Pistol can replace Mace for higher damage but lower Confusion Confusion and barrier generation.


Skill Variants

  • is required if your mech is in danger of dying.
  • If you find you need more Alacrity Alacrity generation, you could replace or with .
  • You can take instead of for a much simpler rotation, but at a DPS loss (keep the signet passive).
  • Replacing with offers the highest damage, but with a significantly harder rotation and a loss of utility.


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Specializations


Trait Variants

  • It would be a minor DPS gain to take , but you would lose a decent amount of Might Might for doing so.


Equipment

Head
Celestial
Shoulders
Celestial
Chest
Celestial
Hands
Celestial
Legs
Viper
Feet
Celestial
Backpiece
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Accessory
Celestial
Amulet
Celestial
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Mace
Viper
Pistol
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic
  • This setup has ~36% boon duration.
    • You could go as low as ~31%, but this is not recommended.
  • If the +408 toughness from celestial stats celestial stats causes problems, you can replace your gear with ritualist stats ritualist stats pieces instead. This will leave you with only +45 toughness from the .
  • If you use , then can be taken for even more damage via .


Consumables

Food

  • or ascended versions.


Utility


Usage

Rotation

The rotation below does not use . See the Condi DPS page for this rotation - if you are using Pistol/Pistol you can follow it as written; if you are using Mace/Pistol then do an extra mace auto chain whenever you would use Pistol skills.


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 and use on Mace until either Blowtorch or Rocket Fist Prototype are available - make sure to finish your auto chains!
  2. or - these should alternate between loops
  3. and (if available)
  4. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
  5. Repeat

If you're fast, you may occasionally swap to and won't be immediately available. In this case, use to fill the gap.


Other Rotations

As indicated above, there are a number of ways this build can be modified to suit the player, each bringing a different rotation. Rather than attempt to cover all of them, some general guidance is provided, from most to least complex:

  • Pistol/Pistol with 4 kits - see the following video.
  • Pistol/Pistol with 3 kits - see the following video.
  • 2 kits - Follow the Condi DPS rotation.
    • If using mainhand Mace, follow the same rotation but do a full auto chain each time you would swap to Pistol.
  • Mace/Pistol with 1 kit - follow the rotation above.


General Tips

  • Thanks to , if you are over 360 units away from your mech when using F1-3 skills, their cooldown will be 50% longer. It is therefore vital to make sure you are within range before using them or you will cripple your boon uptimes.
  • You will need to use to maintain Alacrity Alacrity, but it can be delayed slightly if the Aegis Aegis is needed.
  • Use off cooldown. You can delay it by a second if it will coincide with , as the internal cooldown of would prevent the first tick from applying Alacrity Alacrity in this case.
  • If you are using , use it instead of in the opener, then use one second after the final pulse of . Make sure never to have these two skills overlap - this is to avoid the internal cooldown from .
  • Try to keep an eye on your mech, as it is a major source of Alacrity Alacrity thanks to . If it ends up more than 600 units from the stack, don't hesitate to use to force it to the correct location.


Ratings

This build has a rating of 3 stars based on 1 votes.
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3 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 3 stars • May 2023
Mechanist is easily the best dps alacrity in terms of the boons it can bring to the group, but it struggles in comparison with power alacrity mech - which is easier and deals more damage in most encounters, and Mirage - which can offer much more confusion damage, albeit with less reliable boon generation.

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