Build: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:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on December 14, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power boon support build for Mechanist. Provides permanent Alacrity and high uptime of Fury, with the option to provide permanent 25 stacks of Might. Mechanist is currently the only power build that can provide permanent uptimes of these three boons, making it a popular choice in many groups.

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 slightly better CC, while the rifle build is higher DPS and (with higher boon duration) generates all its alacrity from the mech, enabling the mechanist to be completely off-stack as required without dropping boons.

Skill Bar

Mace/Shield

Utility

Weapon Variants

• If no CC is required, offhand Pistol will offer a small amount of extra damage.
• Rifle will provide more DPS and better Might generation, though you will need more boon duration to make up for the lack of barrier to trigger Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• It would be a minor DPS gain to take Mech Arms: Single-Edge Cutters, 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
Assassin

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Assassin

Backpiece
Diviner

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Mace
Diviner

Shield
Diviner

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

• If you also want to be your subgroup's primary Might source, you can run Rune of Superior Rune of Strength. Ensure you are running Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers in this case.

Boon duration variants

• The equipment above provides a generous amount of boon duration for two reasons:
  • The internal cooldown on Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits can lead to lost Alacrity if your Barrier Blast syncs up with Mech Core: Barrier Engine.
  • Crisis Zone 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 using Rifle, you should run at least 50% boon duration. With this build, all your Alacrity generation is centred around the mech, so you will need to make sure it's on the group at all times.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

Usage

Rotation

The rotation below assumes you are using offhand Pistol.

Opener

1. Crisis Zone
2. Barrier Burst
3. Blowtorch
4. Grenade Kit
5. Shrapnel Grenade
6. Poison Grenade
7. Freeze Grenade
8. Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
9. Energizing Slam
10. Mace Strike → Mace Smash (Mechanist) → Barrier Blast
11. Rocket Fist Prototype
12. Grenade Kit
13. Shrapnel Grenade
14. Weapon Swap (or stow kit)

Rest of the Rotation

After the opener, your basic loop is as follows:

1. Autoattack and use Energizing Slam on Mace until either Blowtorch or Rocket Fist Prototype are available - make sure to finish your auto chains!
2. Blowtorch or Rocket Fist Prototype - these should alternate between loops
3. Grenade Kit
4. Shrapnel Grenade, Freeze Grenade and Poison Grenade (if available)
5. Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
6. Repeat

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

General Tips

• You will need to use Crisis Zone to maintain Alacrity, but it can be delayed slightly if the Aegis is needed.
• Use Barrier Burst off cooldown. You can delay it by a second if it will coincide with Barrier Blast, as the internal cooldown of Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits would prevent the first tick from applying Alacrity in this case.
• If you are using Barrier Signet, use it instead of Barrier Burst in the opener, then use Barrier Burst one second after the final pulse of Barrier Signet. Make sure never to have these two skills overlap - this is to avoid the internal cooldown from Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits.
• Try to keep an eye on your mech, as it is a major source of Alacrity thanks to Mech Core: Barrier Engine. If it ends up more than 600 units from the stack, don't hesitate to use Shift Signet to force it to the correct location.