Scrapper - Flamethrower Scrapper Roamer

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on February 24, 2025 and is up to date for the March 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

A WvW Scrapper roaming build centered around the

Flamethrower

. Easy to play and even easier to master, most of the time the Scrapper's going to camp the FT while spamming

Flame Jet

and enjoying passive Stability, Might and barrier generation.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Utility

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Equipment

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Dragon

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Dragon

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Dragon

Backpiece
Demolisher

Accessory
Demolisher

Accessory
Demolisher

Amulet
Demolisher

Ring
Demolisher

Ring
Demolisher

Hammer
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

If you're having a hard time getting Dragon or Demolisher pieces, try this for similar results:

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Diviner

Accessory
Diviner

Amulet
Cavalier

Ring
Cavalier

Ring
Cavalier

Hammer
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Changes

Relics

• Relic of the Herald
  - higher uptime on important boons.

• Relic of Isgarren
  - potentially higher uptime of 10% extra damage than what Fireworks provides, but you have less control over it (if you're chasing a target or you don't want to stop doing damage then it becomes harder to proc).

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Scholar
  - if you don't care about the boon duration.

Consumables

Food

• Spherified Peppercorn-Spiced Oyster Soup
  - food equivalent of Celestial, boosts all stats and reduces strike damage taken. All around great option for a build that needs a bit of tankiness while constantly pumping out damage.

• Spherified Clove-Spiced Oyster Soup
  - same stats as the other food but reduces the duration of incoming conditions instead of reducing strike damage taken.

• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
  - more endurance regen translates to more dodges in combat.

Utility

• Superior Sharpening Stone
  or
  Tin of Fruitcake
  .

Usage

General

• Toss Elixir H
  counts as a healing skill and therefore applies superspeed. Another elixir toolbelt with a similar effect is
  Toss Elixir U
  . These are great at both sticking to targets and escaping from them.

• Supply Crate
  is both a defensive and offensive elite. The CC and extra damage is good in any situation.

Damage

• Most of the damage on the build comes from spamming
  Flame Jet
  on Flamethrower.
  • Juggernaut
    and
    Mass Momentum
    passively stack Might and Stability while in
    Flamethrower
    kit.

• You passively stack Might while under the effect of Stability. Space out
  Toss Elixir B
  ,
  Elixir U
  and the passive Stability from Juggernaut to have as close to 100% uptime as possible.

• Superior Sigil of Celerity
  applies Quickness on a 20s ICD, which lines up with the CD of
  Thunderclap
  perfectly.

• Relic of Fireworks
  activates on
  Thunderclap
  and
  Function Gyro
  .

• Hammer is still useful for delivering burst damage especially after a CC, and might be a necessary finishing move for you after you've pushed a target to low HP.

Sustain

• Swapping in and out of
  Flamethrower
  every ~9 seconds in order to to proc
  Sigil of Cleansing
  is the closest thing you've got to a mass cleanse.

• Other than that, you'll need to rely on elixirs for cleansing - every elixir removes 1 condition, including toolbelt skills!

• Hammer mostly fills a defensive role, although it has good damage. Use it to block, evade and reflect attacks if you're starting to take too much damage in melee.

• Flamethrower's
  Smoke Vent
  can insantly apply Blind to nearby enemies even while you're stunned.