Mechanist - Alacrity Support Power DPS

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

This build was last updated on March 06, 2023 and is up to date for the February 14, 2023 game patch.

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Overview

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

Power Alacrity Mechanist has a simple rotation that affords a good amount of CC with little damage loss, and the mech allows you to maintain high damage and boon uptime even if you're forced to deal with mechanics.

The mace build provides some extra support through barrier generation and offers more accessible CC, while the rifle build is higher DPS and Might. As all its Alacrity comes from the mech, the mechanist can be completely off-stack as required without dropping boons.

Skill Bar

Rifle

Utility

Weapon Variants

• Mace/Shield will provide less DPS and worse Might generation, though you will gain some barrier generation and easier CC.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• It would be a minor DPS gain to take , though it would only be worthwhile if you are absolutely certain that your group can maintain 25 Might without it.

Equipment

Head
Diviner

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Diviner

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Diviner

Ring
Diviner

Rifle
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Boon duration variants

• The above setup should provides ~35% boon duration, which should be enough as long as you're able to use and off cooldown.
  • is needed at the start of an encounter to provide a buffer of Alacrity, but it's useful to be able to keep it for negating certain attacks afterwards. If you want more freedom with when you use it, you could switch the Amulet to Diviner stats.
  • Don't go below ~31% boon duration as this is the theoretical minimum amount needed to provide permanent Alacrity.
• Note that all the Alacrity comes from your mech, which inherits your concentration stat rather than your boon duration. This makes gear such as worthless.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Rifle Rotation

Rifle video example - see the DPS Build for the written rotation.

Mace Rotation

The rotation below assumes you are using offhand Pistol.

Opener

8. Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
10. → →
14. 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
4. , and (if available)
5. Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
6. Repeat

General Tips

• You will need to use to maintain Alacrity, but it can be delayed slightly if the 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 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 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.