Mechanist - Alacrity Support Healer

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: Healing and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on October 12, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Mechanist is a versatile and potent healer, capable of providing permanent Alacrity, Fury and 25 Might in addition to a variety of defensive boons and barrier.

The mech itself provides the majority of offensive boons, which leaves the mechanist able to handle ranged mechanics and makes it very reliable provided the mech's position is controlled. Unlike the DPS alacrity builds, it also does not require Crisis Zone to maintain Alacrity, leaving it free to be used to counter mechanics with Aegis and/or Stability.

The greatest weakness of heal mechanist is that its self-healing is even lower than usual for a heal build, which means that it is more difficult than the common alternatives if used as a tank.

Skill Bar

Mace/Shield

Utility

Skill Variants

Maintaining Might should be possible without Flame Turret, so it can be swapped out in order to provide the boon from another turret, or any other utility skill.

• Shift Signet in particular is useful both for buffing your mech and giving yourself a way to force the mech to a specific location.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• If you aren't using any turrets, use Soothing Detonation.

Equipment

Head
Harrier

Shoulders
Harrier

Chest
Harrier

Hands
Harrier

Legs
Harrier

Feet
Harrier

Backpiece
Harrier

Accessory
Magi

Accessory
Magi

Amulet
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Mace
Harrier

Shield
Harrier

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food

• or alternatives

Utility

Usage

Key Skills

The majority of your healing over time comes from the following skills:

• Infusion Bomb - Provides a large amount of Regeneration as well as some other useful boons.
• Super Elixir - Pulses rapid healing over six seconds on a relatively short cooldown.
• Elixir Shell - A water field and more healing over time.