Engineer - Core Power Engineer

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and Open World Core

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on August 18, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A simple but strong power based Engineer build which can be a great starting point for those that do not have any of the expansions. This build can hold its own in most open world situations and is very easy to play.

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Skill Bar

Rifle

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Elixir H - good heal and defensive boons.
• A.E.D. - strong heal if it prevents lethal damage (mediocre heal if it doesn't) and great CC with Static Shock.
• Med Kit - large heal with Bandage Self. The kit also has condition cleanse, extra heal plus a water field, and defensive boons.

Utility Skills

• Grenade Kit - ranged alternative to Bomb Kit.
• Rocket Boots - for getting around faster.
• Flamethrower - for tagging mobs in group events with Flame Jet.
• If you need crowd control you can use Thumper Turret, or Personal Battering Ram, or Net Turret depending on the situation.

Elite Skills

• Elixir X - stability and lots of crowd control.
• Supply Crate - AoE stun and damage. Med Pack Drop cleanses all conditons when first used and then leaves health packs in the area.

Specializations

• Blast Shield - defense at the cost of damage
• Streamlined Kits - swiftness at the cost of damage

Alchemy

Alchemy can replace Tools for a bit more defense at the cost of damage

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats. This set uses gear similar to Build:Holosmith_-_Power_Rifle_DPS, making it a good choice for general PvE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Rifle
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Eagle - budget DPS for when solo
• Rune of Superior Rune of Strength - budget DPS
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - extra defense
• Knight - can be mixed in for extra defense

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
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

Usage

Damage

• Spam Blunderbuss, Jump Shot, and Orbital Strike.
  • When those are on cooldown, use Rifle Burst.
• If you need AoE damage, equip Bomb Kit and use Fire Bomb and Bomb. Don't get super close to your enemy or you won't proc Aim-Assisted Rocket.
• Big Ol' Bomb is worth using for damage but be aware that it launches enemies in all directions, making it more difficult for yourself and nearby players to cleave.
• Use Elixir B and Elixir U for boons whenever available. You can Toss Elixir B at your feet for more boons.
• If you need really long damage you can use Elite Mortar Kit.

Defense

• Smoke Bomb (engineer) and Flash Shell can be used to continuously blind enemies, and Glue Bomb to impede their movement.
  • You can also use 1 or more blast finishers on Smoke Bomb (engineer) for stealth to disengage.
• Jump Shot can be used to get out of trouble.
• Toss Elixir B - stability and another rng boon.
• Toss Elixir U - AoE stunbreak and superspeed.
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Sustain

• Healing Turret cleanses 2 conditions. You can pick it up for a cooldown reduction, or detonate it 1 second after deploy to blast the water field for more healing. Big Ol' Bomb is another blast finisher you can use.
  • Never leave your Healing Turret out: the healing you get from the passive regeneration is worse than if you detonate it / pick it up and put it down again.
• Regenerating Mist and Elixir Shell provide a small amount of healing and create water combo field that you can blast for extra healing.
• Flash Shell provides a light field that you can blast to cleanse conditions.

Crowd Control

• Overcharged Shot
• Big Ol' Bomb
• Glue Bomb
• Net Shot