Scrapper - Barrier Bruiser
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Contents
Overview
- A simple, no kit open world Scrapper Build, designed to last long with
barrier in extended fights with champions, and have good enough burst to cleave trash mobs down as well. It has good access to 
quickness and 
superspeed.
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- You can run Rifle if you need to range, be aware that this is a massive dps loss.
Skill Variants
Healing Skills
- extra protection with and you dont need the extra damage from .
Utility Skills
- in place of for extra Whirl Finisher
Elite Skills
- for more CC.
- for added combo fields and utility.
Specializations
Build Code
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Variants
- You can run Explosives over Alchemy for extra damage in the place of sustain
Standard Eqipment
- Note that Ascended Gear with stat infusions are not required, you can use exotic gear with the same stats.
6x
Superior Rune of the Scholar
18x
Mighty +5 Agony Infusion
Marauder/Valkyrie Variant
- If your barrier cant keep up with the damage, consider running the Marauder/Valkyrie Variant to lose a minor amount of Damage but greatly increase your max health and sustain.
6x
Superior Rune of the Scholar
18x
Mighty +5 Agony Infusion
- You can run
Superior Sigil of Bloodlust instead of 
Superior Sigil of Impact - Run
Superior Rune of Durability Instead of 
Superior Rune of the Scholar if you're having trouble with 
might uptime or are taking too much damage.
Consumables
- Food
- Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
- - Use for general farming.
- - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
- - more sustain (requires crit chance)
- Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.
- Utility
- ,,- general farming
- - good damage option with +karma
Usage
- , , , and are your highest damage skills, use them whenever possible. Fill with auto-attacks.
- Always try to use inside a lightning field. Doing so applies
Vulnerability which stacks with .
- Always try to use inside a lightning field. Doing so applies
- Never interrupt your auto-attack chain.
- Having
stability grants you might, your main sources of this are and if running . - Having superspeed is a dps increase due to , you can grant yourself superspeed via , and .
- Use off cooldown.
Sustain
- You have high amounts of sustain via your passive barrier generation
- is both a block and gives you barrier, use it if your barrier is running low
- You can quickly call and detonate for
regeneration and area healing via the blast finisher. - The Healing from grants
swiftness, which compounds with to further increase damage
CC
- inside a lightning field.
- doubles as both a lightning field and a hard CC option.
- .
- .
For the Engineer who doesn't want to play the piano. This build's survivability was nothing short of surprising when pitted against different champions, and it hits satisfyingly hard against everything else while being almost ridiculously easy to play; this will stand up in almost any situation you find yourself, or at least keep you alive long enough to get out of it. The build itself practically does the work for you as long as you keep hitting and gaining barrier, setting it apart from active-defense builds like Daredevil Staff, reactive defense builds like Dagger/Axe Spellbreaker, or evasive condition builds like Mirage Staff. It really goes a long way towards giving the profession a tanky feel without sacrificing damage.
EDIT: Adding to the review. The defensive startup is almost instant in many cases, so you generally don't have to worry about how long it will take to figuratively roll with the punches. Obviously it's best to let the barrier soak smaller forms of damage; not that it can't soak some meatier hits, but that's why you also have dodging and Shock Shield as an option to outright negate them. Range might be an issue at times, but easy access to swiftness and superspeed can alleviate this concern, to say nothing of closing the distance with Rocket Charge.