Mechanist - Celestial Mecha Roamer

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

Focused on: Hybrid damage and Sustain

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on October 27, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A tanky, easy to play hybrid Mechanist build for WvW Roaming.

Skill Bar

Mace/Shield

Utility

Elixir Gun

Elite Mortar Kit

Template Code

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Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Mace
Celestial

Shield
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Usage

General

• One of the best things about this build is the permanent Alacrity uptime.

• Rune of Superior Rune of Sanctuary gives you barrier equal to 10% of the healing you receive, which means the passive of Rectifier Signet is enough to proc Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits every second for permanent Alacrity uptime.

• Condition cleansing is on the lower end, you'll have to get by with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Cleansing and Super Elixir for the most part. Use Acid Bomb inside Super Elixir to combo some extra condition cleansing.
  • Shift Signet also removes conditions but this should be more of a last resort option, as this is also your only real escape/chase tool.

• Signets maintain their passives even when they are on CD, so don't hesitate to use Rectifier Signet whenever you're missing a larger chunk of HP.

• Use Energizing Slam on CD.

• Rocket Fist Prototype also fires the same projectile from your Mech! This is important because it takes priority over their F1-3 skills, so if your Mech was using any of them while you press this skill, your Mech's attack will be interrupted as this one takes priority.

• If you're completely out of CDs and under pressure, try spamming Elixir Gun's Tranquilizer Dart for a bit. The damage mitigation from Weakness could save your life.

Mech

• Crisis Zone is not only an excellent source of boons but also a stun break. It's one of the best defensive skills in the build.

• Use Explosive Knuckle on CD. This one maintains a good amount of Weakness on your opponent, and it's a 600 range gapcloser in case they are kiting your Mech.

• Try to keep your Mech alive by sharing skills like Super Elixir or Elixir Shell with them. Fumigate is also great - while this doesn't cleanse conditions from you, it does from your mech.

• Sky Circus can pin enemies into your AoE skills such as Acid Bomb or Poison Gas Shell.

• Some enemies might try killing your Mech to render you less effective. Try to keep an eye on your Mech's HP and conditions, cleanse them with Elixir Gun's Fumigate if needed. You could even consider using the active of Rectifier Signet (amongst other things) to keep the Mech going even if your HP is fine.