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* After using {{skill|Refraction Cutter}}, go into {{skill|Grenade Kit}} and use {{skill|Shrapnel Grenade}} plus either {{skill|Poison Grenade}} or {{skill|Freeze Grenade}} (if available). {{skill|Poison Grenade}} takes priority. | * After using {{skill|Refraction Cutter}}, go into {{skill|Grenade Kit}} and use {{skill|Shrapnel Grenade}} plus either {{skill|Poison Grenade}} or {{skill|Freeze Grenade}} (if available). {{skill|Poison Grenade}} takes priority. | ||
| + | * If bringing {{skill|Elixir Gun}}, enter it after {{skill|Blowtorch}} and use {{skill|Acid Bomb}} then immediately {{tooltip|Weapon Swap}} to prevent yourself moving too far backwards. | ||
* Complete your autoattack chains. | * Complete your autoattack chains. | ||
* Every time you complete an auto chain, it slightly reduces the cooldown of your two sword skills. | * Every time you complete an auto chain, it slightly reduces the cooldown of your two sword skills. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:37, 8 March 2025
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Direct damage
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Expansions required: 
Difficulty:
Easy
This build was last updated on March 08, 2025 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.
Overview
Power Mechanist has a simple rotation, and the mech allows you to maintain high damage even if you're forced to deal with mechanics. This makes it an excellent starter class.
The different weapon options allow for some flexibility in utility and survivability, and it can provide some minor group support quite easily.
Skill Bar
Sword/Pistol
Utility
Non-SotO Weapons
- 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 will also result in some occasional
Swiftness for your subgroup. - 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, though it is significantly less damage than the other weapon options.
Skill Variants
- can be used to skip certain oneshot attacks
- can replace - is a significant DPS increase if used off cooldown, but the skill launches you backwards when you use it. This launch can be cancelled by weapon swapping just after use, but the timing takes practise and forced movement can easily get you killed on many encounters.
- 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
- It would be a minor DPS loss to take , and you would generate a decent amount of
Might for doing so.
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
Sword
Berserker
Pistol
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic
Equipment Variants
- The
Dragon stats pieces are a tiny dps increase, so you can run full 
Berserker stats if you prefer. - is a tiny DPS loss.
Consumables
Food
- or ascended versions
Utility
Usage
The build is incredibly easy to play, and mostly boils down to using certain weapon skills off-cooldown.
If taking , whenever you use skill 2 (, or ), switch to and use , plus OR . Shrapnel Grenade will always be ready, skip Poison and Freeze grenade if they are on cooldown.
If using , whenever you use , switch to and use .
Sword Rotation
The rotation is functionally a priority list:
- (if using)
- After using , go into and use plus either or (if available). takes priority.
- If bringing , enter it after and use then immediately
Weapon Swap to prevent yourself moving too far backwards. - Complete your autoattack chains.
- Every time you complete an auto chain, it slightly reduces the cooldown of your two sword skills.
Video example (with Elixir Gun)
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 each time you enter .
- takes priority over .
- On a loop where you use , only use the next time you enter .
- See below for more General Tips.
Rifle Rotation
Opener
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
Rest of the Rotation
- Autoattack and use your rifle skills as they come off cooldown until Blunderbuss is available
- plus or (if available)
- Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
- Repeat
- If you hover your mouse over an element of the UI, your character will use in place, minimising the animation length and maintaining your position
General Tips
- Make sure you're within 360 units of your mech before using F1-3 skills, or they will have a 50% longer cooldown thanks to .
- Try to let your autoattacks finish.
- Use , and off cooldown - you can set them on autocast if you won't need to save them for CC.
- may be delayed is a breakbar if imminent.
- If your mech dies, use to immediately get it back.
Ratings
Kind of crazy how low this build is rated. Personally, I take sword/shield, Sky Circus, and replace Sigil of Force with Air. Then the rotation is just 3-2-auto chain twice-2-auto chain twice-2-auto chain twice. Rinse and repeat, use Overclock Signet off cooldown for free damage. While Jade Mortar gives you higher DPS on a golem, Sky Circus wins out in a fight since you can actually use your signets while still retaining the passives, resulting in no lost DPS. I only use grenade kit when forced into ranged DPS, otherwise just stay on sword/shield. Ran through all sorts of different rotations for hours and nothing came out higher than simply using 3 and 2 on sword, not significantly anyways. Was able to consistently get 34.5k on the golem and sure, I'm no expert, but I'm willing to bet the majority of people playing the game aren't either. Tested it out in Fractals, Strikes, and Raids as well and was consistently either top DPS or close to it. You can choose to go crazy with much more complicated rotations, or just kick back and relax with this build and hit two buttons. Just saying. Not to mention you bring quite a bit of cc and some decent defenses with this as well.
Rifle/Hammer Mech is the best Mid Tier spec in the game. One build can run all PVE content in the game. I run High Impact Drivers, throw mine, and the dragon trinket set up for my build. You can run thief relic for both hammer and rifle to save build tab space. For food, go cheap and get Avocado Smoothie and Tin Fruit Cake. If you can master smashing you forehead on 1-5 (save weapon 4 on hammer for blocks), throw mine off cooldown (normally), F1-F3 auto, and know where to stand; you will always be close if not top dps in all PVE content. The ease of this build can make you a better player because you can master it quickly then focus on learning mechanics. Blink (Shift Signet) will be your friend for fractal skips, greeding one shot mechanics, or resetting for a burst. Have fun kiting mechanics while all the melee spread out from aoes. As of Nov 28, 2023 Rifle 5 now has evade for 1/2 sec after activation. Now you can dodge one hit boss mechanics while doing damage. Awesome buff to Rifle. Rifle 3 also does more damage (more than double) at the cost of a 1/4 sec longer cast time which makes it the same as 2 and 4.
While the mech provides effectively permanent DPS uptime, and it is almost fully ranged, other classes have been buffed so much in comparison that most players will perform better on other builds.
Very good easybto learn build that doesnt kill your hands to play
Very Good build for PvE. A good DPS, and the Mech is very Tanky.
It's very good for people who begin HL
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