Mechanist - Condition Mechanist

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on July 13, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condition Mechanist with Mech Core: J-Drive is a very straightforward specialization for OW gameplay that applies lots of Burning, Confusion and Bleeding. Since the mech is a very good punchbag for harder encounters and using Grenade Kit allows for a fully-ranged playstyle, Condition Mechanist excels at soloing even the hardest OW encounters. It also shares its gear with the raid variant of Condition Mechanist, making it a very convenient option for general PvE gameplay.

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Skill Bar

Pistol/Pistol

Utility

Skill Variants

• In general, the default skill setup provided above is the most versatile option, since it provides a stun break + condi cleanse through Shift Signet, powerful ranged damage skills through Grenade Kit and strong passive + active healing through Rectifier Signet.
• Rocket Punch (Mechanist) and Sky Circus are your main sources of CC, so you might want to keep them for CC phases.
• It does not provide any self-boons, but scales better with externally provided boons and does more than enough damage on its own.
• Rocket Boots - Mobility and soft CC removal.

Specializations

Trait variants

• Blast Shield - if you need more defense.

Specialization Variants

Replaces Explosives.

Switch Mech Core: J-Drive to Mech Core: Jade Dynamo. Consider replacing Grenade Kit. This variant results in higher single-target DPS and better survivability, but can have lower DPS against large groups.

Equipment

Ascended gear is not required.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Pistol
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Your main sources of damage are Bleeding and Burning, so your priority for maximum condition duration (100%) lies on them. You need 67% overall condition duration to reach that due to Incendiary Powder and Serrated Steel, which provide 33% condition duration to Bleeding and Burning.

Equipment Variant

Armor

• Celestial - Defensive option for gear; more survivability than this should never be needed.

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• - DPS

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

Usage

Damage

• Due to Mech Core: J-Drive, your signets will keep their passive effects while on cooldown, so you can use them freely without any downside.
• The general rotation involves alternating between Pistol/Pistol and Grenade Kit.
• The most important damage skills are Blowtorch, Shrapnel Grenade and Discharge Array so they should be prioritized.
• Generally, you'll want to go into Grenade Kit every 5 seconds to use Shrapnel Grenade; in Grenade Kit, also use Freeze Grenade and Poison Grenade on cooldown whenever they are available.
• Aside from those skills, use Superconducting Signet, Rolling Smash, Poison Dart Volley and Static Shot off cooldown.
• When everything is on cooldown, you can use Fragmentation Shot vs. single targets, or Grenade vs. cumpled groups.
• You can use Overclock Signet for damage, or save it if you think the Mech will die during the fight.
• You can use Sky Circus for damage, or save it if you will need the CC.
• Using Static Shot will cause the Mech to fire Rocket Punch (Mechanist). This is automatic and does not interrupt whatever the Mech is doing. You can delay this if you will need the CC.
• Due to the good amount of confusion that you apply and Shift Signet copying all your boons to your mech, your damage scales heavily depending on the encounter.

Survivability

• Rectifier Signet provides you and the mech with a good amount of passive healing as well as a strong, short-cooldown active heal.
• As mentioned before, Grenade Kit allows you to stay at range whenever it is required, so you can kite damage more easily.
• Shift Signet is a short-cooldown shadowstep, stun break and condi cleanse without a cast time, so you can use it at any time. Make use of it, it is really powerful for quick repositioning as well (the mech AI tends to stand in places where it's not supposed to)!

Detailed information on the build + rotation is provided in the video down below:

Guide Video (as of May 2022)