Scrapper - Burst Gyro Scrapper

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: Strike damage and Mobility

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on March 27, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A high risk, high reward PvP Scrapper burst build.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

Viable choices for the optional slot:

• Slick Shoes - great CC and a stun break on toolbelt, it's both a defensive and offensive pick. Consider taking Gadgeteer on Tools.

• Shredder Gyro - higher burst damage and a CC on toolbelt.

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Specializations

Variants

• Takedown Round increases your burst damage.

• Kinetic Battery slightly improves Quickness and Superspeed uptime at the expense of survivability and Explosive Entrance synergy.

Variants

• Object in Motion trades sustain for higher damage.

Equipment

Hammer

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Sigils

• Sigil of Cleansing over Sigil of Courage - lower damage, better defense against conditions.

Usage

General

• Role: roam the map and +1 fights, aim to overwhelm enemies with your burst damage before moving on.

• Whlie Hammer is a very strong offensive option, it can be just as defensive. The build is rather squishy so CD management is very important. Try to pressure targets mostly with Grenade Kit if you want to play it safe and keep Hammer ready for situations where you'd be forced into melee or have to defend yourself.

Damage

• Most of the damage comes from Grenade Kit and its toolbelt skill Grenade Barrage, the latter being the best burst skill in the build.
  • Shrapnel Grenade and Freeze Grenade do the most damage, followed by the autoattack Grenade which is a solid filler skill.
  • Freeze Grenade's Chill is ideal for snaring enemies while pressuring them from range.
  • Poison Grenade doesn't hit very hard but the Poison's good for pressuring bunkers and delaying rez attempts as it reduces healing received by enemies.
  • Flash Grenade is somewhat of a defensive skill, low damage but the Blind could enable you to keep throwing grenades at your target without getting counterpressured.

• Whenever you gain Superspeed you also gain Fury, so always try to get some Superspeed before unloading some of your hard hitting abilities. Every Gyro and most of your toolbelt skills grant Superspeed.

• Try to make sure that your burst lands by using CC and Stealth beforehand:
  • Sneak up on your target with Sneak Gyro.
  • Stun them with Thunderclap or Blast Gyro.
  • Knock them down with Slick Shoes (if taken).

• Blast Gyro takes a few seconds to charge up, use Superspeed and Rocket Charge to stay on top of your target.

• Electro-whirl and Rocket Charge on Hammer both do great damage in melee.

Sustain

• Superspeed is your best friend, use your superior mobility to leave enemies behind and get away from danger.

• The only stunbreaks in the build are found on toolbelt skills: Blast Gyro's Bypass Coating and Slick Shoes' Superspeed (not to be confused with the effect of the same name).

• Both Medic Gyro and Reconstruction Field are Weater fields, use Rocket Charge and Blast Gyro in these to combo extra healing whenever you can.

• Condition cleansing is limited only to toolbelt skills via Mechanized Deployment synergy and Medic Gyro from Reactive Lenses. Be very careful against condition specs - try to stay in range, use CC as much as possible and avoid their attacks with Hammer. Bail out with Superspeed and Stealth at the first sign of trouble.

• Every Hammer skill except the autoattack could be used defensively.

• Electro-whirl does great damage in melee while reflecting projectiles, Rocket Charge has a lengthy evade frame on top of being a double combo finisher and having high damage, Thunderclap stuns enemies while leaving behind a pulsing damage field.

• Shock Shield is the most defensive thing on Hammer, being a block skill with barrier. While the damage is mediocre it's still worth using it in melee as you gain barrier whenever the skill strikes an enemy, but even if you don't do that the block is still very useful.

• If taken Slick Shoes is great at turning things around. The instant unblockable AoE CC could stop most burst attempts made by enemies without Stability while also creating the perfect opening for counterpressuring targets. Really good at immediately punishing teleport skills like Phase Traversal or Steal too.

• When it comes to this build the best defense is a good offense. Your survivability isn't great but your damage is, so try to keep enemies on the backfoot with constant pressure.

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