Scrapper - 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

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 06, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A full DPS variant of Scrapper - Quickness Support Power DPS that abandons its group quickness generation for increased personal damage. Strong burst and is extremely durable thanks to the continuous stream of barrier provided by Impact Savant.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

• If you have another source of Superspeed in the party, then Shredder Gyro can be replaced with Rifle Turret.

Elite

• Sneak Gyro will provide Stealth to five targets, which can be very potent in the right situation. Avoid using it in general, however, as Stealth can interrupt players attacks and it interferes with deadeye rotations that rely on Stealthing only at the correct time.
• Charr can bring Artillery Barrage. It deals better damage than Elite Mortar Kit on shorter fights, especially if it can be pre-cast before the boss is vulnerable.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• Explosive Temper if you're not using Grenade Kit for some reason.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• The Dragon stats pieces are a very small DPS increase, so you can use full Berserker stats if you wish.

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

Simplified Rotation

The aspect of engineer that most commonly trips people up is the use of kits. Though it is a sizable DPS loss, Scrapper can be simplified by omitting kit swaps from the rotation. This reduces it to just using skills off cooldown.

Without grenades, you should swap Aim-Assisted Rocket with Explosive Temper. Even without using Grenade Kit, Grenade Barrage does good enough damage to keep the skill. The damage is almost identical to several other options such as Blast Gyro, Rifle Turret or Rocket Turret, so you could swap Grenade Kit for one of these if preferred.

If possible, precast Throw Mine and Mine Field.

Opener

1. Mine Field if you didn't precast it
2. A.E.D. - thanks to Speed of Synergy this means you start with Superspeed
3. Shredder Gyro
4. Thunderclap
5. Electro-whirl
6. Grenade Barrage
7. Detonate (engineer) if you precast it
8. Throw Mine
9. Detonate Mine Field

Skills to use

• All toolbelt skills
• Electro-whirl and Thunderclap
• Throw Mine and Shredder Gyro

Video guide by Masel

Rotation

If possible, precast Throw Mine and Mine Field.

Opener

1. A.E.D. - thanks to Speed of Synergy this means you start with Superspeed
2. Shredder Gyro
3. Thunderclap
4. Electro-whirl
5. Grenade Kit
6. Detonate (engineer) and Detonate Mine Field if you precast them
7. Shrapnel Grenade
8. Poison Grenade
9. Freeze Grenade and exit Grenade Kit
10. Function Gyro for more Superspeed
11. Grenade Barrage
12. Positive Strike ⇒ Negative Bash ⇒ Equalizing Blow
13. Spare Capacitor
14. Electro-whirl
15. Grenade Kit
16. Shrapnel Grenade and exit Grenade Kit
17. Throw Mine
18. Static Shock

Loop

The idea behind the loop is to autoattack and use skills off cooldown until Electro-whirl is available, then use it and go into Grenade Kit for Shrapnel Grenade. These two skills form the backbone of your damage so try not to delay them, and fit in other cooldowns where you can.

1. Autoattack chains and available skills (see below)
2. Electro-whirl
3. Grenade Kit
4. Shrapnel Grenade
5. Other available skills
6. Return to start of loop

Example Rotation

Skills to use

• All toolbelt skills
• Thunderclap
• Throw Mine and Shredder Gyro
• Poison Gas Shell (in Elite Mortar Kit) is used to fill in gaps where you don't have enough time to do a full auto chain before Electro-whirl is off cooldown

While in Grenade Kit

• Freeze Grenade and Poison Grenade

General Tips

• Always try to finish your auto chains.
• The general goal of the rotation is to keep all the skills used in the opening + Function Gyro and Poison Gas Shell on cooldown, then fill downtime with auto-attack chains.
• Hammer is an overloaded weapon in terms of utility: Electro-whirl reflects projectiles, Rocket Charge is a series of short evades, Shock Shield is a channeled block, and Thunderclap is an AoE stun. Making the best use of all of them will greatly improve your effectiveness.
• The sustain from Impact Savant depends on attacking, so don't slack on your DPS.
• Most of your damage comes from Electro-whirl and Shrapnel Grenade. They have a very similar cooldown so you can "link" them together - every time you use Electro-whirl, jump into Grenade Kit and use Shrapnel Grenade.
• Flash Shell can be used to blind trash mobs, mitigating incoming damage in some fights.