Scrapper - Quickness Support Power DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage and Boon support

Difficulty:

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This build was last updated on February 19, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Scrapper boon support build capable of providing good DPS along with 100% Quickness and Superspeed uptime to five targets.

This build fills the role of quickness source for your subgroup, and while it can generate some Protection with Reconstruction Field it offers no other boons. This means that unlike firebrand, it does not provide Fury to its subgroup, neither can it provide Aegis or pulls for adds.

Quickness Scrapper's real strength lies in Impact Savant, which allows it to tank without investing in extra survivability, maximising damage on encounters that would otherwise force the tank to gear more defensively. Further, the majority of its Quickness is applied in a 360 radius rather than the 240 radius of some chronomancer builds, or the cone of firebrand. This makes it more reliable in groups that stack poorly, but also means that it cannot fulfil kiting roles.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

Bulwark Gyro could be used to replace either Grenade Kit or Shredder Gyro if the groups needs Stability or damage reduction. This is a significant DPS loss whichever skill is replaced; Grenade Kit is a bigger DPS loss, but will allow you to benefit from the extra Quickness generation if it is otherwise lacking. Be aware that Bulwark Gyro can rapidly down you if your teammates are taking too much damage.
Purge Gyro could also be taken for a potent condi cleanse, but with the same caveats as above.

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.

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Specializations

Specialization Variants

Pinpoint Distribution will be a group DPS increase if there are two or more condi DPS in your subgroup.

Equipment

Head
Diviner

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Diviner

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Diviner

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Notes

This is only a suggested gear setup, intended to maximise boon duration and damage. If you find yourself wanting more or less boon duration, you can change the hammer to Diviner and switch one or more of the armour pieces to Berserker.
You could also switch the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact for a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Concentration or use food such as .
In fractals, you might be able to get by in full Berserker gear if you have the correct mastery and enough AR.

Consumables

Food:

Utility:

Usage

Use Medic Gyro, Shredder Gyro, Function Gyro, Blast Gyro and Bypass Coating off cooldown for Quickness.
Use Reconstruction Field off cooldown for Protection.
You have enough boon duration that you can very slightly delay your gyro skills if necessary. In particular you might want to use Function Gyro to revive someone, or delay Blast Gyro for a defiance bar or to avoid knocking adds away. You shouldn't delay for more than a few seconds though or your Quickness uptime will suffer!
If tanking, the sustain from Impact Savant depends on attacking, so don't slack on your DPS.
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.

Damage

Use Grenade Barrage off cooldown.
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.
Every third time you do this, you can also use Thunderclap.
Most of the rest of the time you fill with hammer autos.

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Scrapper - Quickness Support Power DPS

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Overview