Mechanist - Alacrity Support Power DPS
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Direct damage and Support
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
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. Players with access to Secrets of the Obscure can use Sword or Hammer for higher damage at the cost of some utility.
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Weapon Variants
- Shield is a moderate DPS loss, but offers good CC and survivability, though Hammer provides similar benefits and does more damage.
- Hammer offers frequent projectile reflect, an evade, and a block. The lightning field on Swiftness for your subgroup. will also result in some occasional
- Rifle is the best weapon for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure. It is also a nice weapon on encounters that make meleeing the boss difficult, and offers better Might generation.
- Mace will provide significantly less DPS, though you will gain some barrier generation and easier CC.
Skill Variants
- can replace . This is a small DPS loss, and you lose access to ranged damage, but the rotation is simpler and you gain access to more CC and boon rip.
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Specializations
Trait Variants
- It would be a minor DPS gain to take Might without it. , though it would only be worthwhile if you are absolutely certain that your group can maintain 25
Equipment
Diviner
Berserker
Diviner
Berserker
Diviner
Berserker
Diviner
Berserker
Berserker
Berserker
Diviner
Diviner
Berserker
Berserker
x6
x18
Boon duration variants
- The above setup provides ~520 concentration (~35% boon duration), which should be enough as long as you're able to use
- 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. is needed at the start of an encounter to provide a buffer of
- Don't go below ~31% boon duration as this is the theoretical minimum amount needed to provide permanent Alacrity.
and off cooldown.
- 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
Sword Rotation
Aside from using your mech skills off cooldown, the rotation is functionally a priority list:
- (if using)
- After using , go into and use plus either or (if available). takes priority.
- Complete your autoattack chains.
- Every time you complete an auto chain, it slightly reduces the cooldown of your two sword skills.
Hammer Rotation
Opener
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
- (optional)
Rest of the Rotation
After the opener, your basic loop is as follows:
- Autoattack and use and on Hammer until Electro-whirl is available - make sure to finish your auto chains!
- , and OR (if available)
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
- Repeat
- is a small DPS increase, but locks your character into a long animation. As the skill also provides two evades, it can instead be saved for defensive use.
- Only use one grenade skill alongside
- takes priority over .
- On a loop where you use , only use the next time you enter .
each time you enter .
- See below for more General Tips.
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
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
- ⇒ ⇒
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
Rest of the Rotation
After the opener, your basic loop is as follows:
- Autoattack and use on Mace until either Blowtorch or Rocket Fist Prototype are available - make sure to finish your auto chains!
- or - these should alternate between loops
- , and (if available)
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
- Repeat
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 Alacrity, but it can be delayed slightly if the Aegis is needed. to maintain
- Use Alacrity in this case. 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
- Use your F1 ability off cooldown.
- Use off cooldown for damage, but hold on to it if the mech is in danger of dying, so that you can instantly revive it.
- 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.
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