Mechanist - Power DPS

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

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on January 02, 2023 and is up to date for the February 27, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Mechanist has a simple rotation that can almost entirely be performed from range, and the mech allows you to maintain high damage even if you're forced to deal with mechanics.

In addition to reliable DPS, the build affords a good amount of CC with little damage loss, and even generates a decent amount of Might Might and Fury Fury. All these aspects make it an excellent starter class and it will continue to perform well in the more experienced players too.


Skill Bar

Rifle
Utility


Skill Variants

  • can be used to skip certain oneshot attacks
  • (instead of granade kit) can be used for boon removal and cc, but a minor dps loss


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Specializations


  • It would be a minor DPS loss to take , and you would generate a decent amount of Might Might for doing so.
  • Thanks to , you want your mech to be within 360 units of you most of the time. If the ranged attacks from make controlling the mech an issue, you may be better off with one of the melee options.


Equipment

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
Infusion
x18
  • Note that you easily reach 100% critical chance thanks to and .
  • offers similar damage to .
  • (or slaying sigils) would be better than if you are able to benefit from the active effect.
    • In this case would be stronger.


Consumables

Food

  • or ascended versions


Utility


Usage

The build is incredibly easy to play. You use all your rifle skills off-cooldown. Whenever you use , switch to and use , plus and . Shrapnel Grenade will always be ready, skip Poison and Freeze grenade if they are on cooldown.

Rotation

Opener

  1. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)


Rest of the Rotation

  1. Autoattack and use your rifle skills as they come off cooldown until Blunderbuss is available
  2. plus or (if available)
  3. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
  4. Repeat


  • If you hover your mouse over an element of the UI, your character will use in place, minimising the animation length and maintaining your position


Video example


General Tips

  • Try to let your Rifle autoattacks finish.
  • Use , and off cooldown - you can set them on autocast if you won't need to save them for CC.
    • may be delayed is a breakbar if imminent.
  • If your mech dies, use to immediately get it back.


Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 4 votes.
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5 stars
Haole gave this build 5 stars • November 2023
Rifle/Hammer Mech is the best Mid Tier spec in the game. One build can run all PVE content in the game. I run High Impact Drivers, throw mine, and the dragon trinket set up for my build. You can run thief rune for both hammer and rifle to save build tab space. For food, go cheap and get Avocado Smoothie and Tin Fruit Cake. If you can master smashing you forehead on 1-5 (save weapon 4 on hammer for blocks), throw mine off cooldown (normally), F1-F3 auto, and know where to stand; you will always be close if not top dps in all PVE content. The ease of this build can make you a better player because you can master it quickly then focus on learning mechanics. Blink (Shift Signet) will be your friend for fractal skips, greeding one shot mechanics, or resetting for a burst. Have fun kiting mechanics while all the melee spread out from aoes. As of Nov 28, 2023 Rifle 5 now has evade for 1/2 sec after activation. Now you can dodge one hit boss mechanics while doing damage. Awesome buff to Rifle. Rifle 3 also does more damage (more than double) at the cost of a 1/4 sec longer cast time which makes it the same as 2 and 4.
2 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 2 stars • July 2023
While the mech provides effectively permanent DPS uptime, and it is almost fully ranged, other classes have been buffed so much in comparison that most players will perform better on other builds.
5 stars
Kilozeta gave this build 5 stars • December 2022
Very good easybto learn build that doesnt kill your hands to play
5 stars
Stalroc gave this build 5 stars • September 2022
Very Good build for PvE. A good DPS, and the Mech is very Tanky. It's very good for people who begin HL

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