User:Masel/PMech

Sword + Pistol Power Mechanist

Build Rating (Subjective)

Criterion	Rating
Burst Damage	4/5
Sustained Damage	3/5
Utility Options	3/5
Survivability	2/5
Difficulty	1/5

Power  Mechanist is a very simple-to-play elite specialization with a solid damage output and a straightforward playstyle. It's a great pick for all kinds of Group PvE and a solid pick for solo gameplay. It can provide itself with  Might,  Fury,  Quickness,  Protection, making it a great damage build for open world. It can further be adjusted to supply group  Alacrity with smaller tweaks to the build.

Link to the Build on the Editor

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Mech
Sword + Pistol
Utility

Rotation Concept & Video Showcase

First off, you can choose between  Mech Core: J-Drive and  Mech Core: Jade Dynamo:

1.  Mech Core: J-Drive allows you to freely use your   Force Signet and   Shift Signet while retaining their passives. This gives you much more flexibility on your signet skills, at the cost of ~0.5-1k damage and self- Quickness
2.  Mech Core: Jade Dynamo is slightly higher damage and provides a good coverage of self- Quickness. Self- Quickness shouldn't be required for group content, especially as you provide some with   Radiant Arc anyway.

• To improve your gameplay, give Mech Controls a read to understand how the controls of the mech (and ranger pets) work.

Careful:This build scales with the number of conditions on the enemy. For guidance on setting up the training area, see my guide for it
You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.

• The rotation simply involves using skills on cooldown with a priority list. Your auto attack chain recharges your other two sword skills on the final hit. Try to complete the chains while casting all other sword and pistol skills on cooldown:

1.   Refraction Cutter
2.   Radiant Arc (this provides some self-quickness)
3.   Blowtorch
4.   Glue Shot
5.   Overclock Signet
6. With  Mech Core: J-Drive, you can use   Shift Signet for a long-range teleport, condition cleanse and Stun break.
7. With  Mech Core: J-Drive, you can use   Force Signet for additional Defiance bar damage while keeping the passive 12% damage.

CC Skills for breakbar damage

•   Force Signet
•   Throw Mine
•   Core Reactor Shot
•   Jade Mortar or   Sky Circus, depending on whether you use  Mech Core: J-Drive or  Mech Core: Jade Dynamo

Gear

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. At least 45% Critical Chance:  Fury gives 25% ,  High Caliber adds another 15% against enemies within close range and  Hematic Focus adds another 15% against foes affected by  Bleeding.
2. Maximize Power
3. Maximize Ferocity

• Ascended gear is always ideal, but exotic gear is fine for everything aside from higher-tier fractals. On a  Power build, prioritize getting Ascended Weapons because of their impact on Weapon Strength.
• Most of the gear in this build is shared with  Power  Scrapper, allowing you to play both with one gear set.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Berserker's
Ring 1	Berserker's
Ring 2	Berserker's
Accessory 1	Berserker's
Accessory 2	Berserker's
Backpack	Berserker's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Sword (Main Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force
Pistol (Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Impact
Shortbow (Main & Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force & Superior Sigil of Celerity
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters with Zesty Sauce
Damage	Utility	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Thief
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Berserker's with rare/exotic Berserker's.
• The secondary weapon set (Shortbow) is mostly there for ranged gameplay whenever it is needed in open world; more on this down below.
• Superior Sigil of Air is cheaper than Superior Sigil of Impact and yields similar results on the golem, but it is only single-target and lower damage against bosses with frequent breakbar phases.

Traits

Explosives
Firearms
Mechanist

Open World Build

[ You can find my most recent open world build showcase here.]

LInk to the Build on the Editor

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

• A first step to increase survivability is to use Relic of Zakiros . This is a massive boost to survivability when playing alone, as you will heal for 4 % of your damage dealt. Note that this only applies to the damage YOU deal, not the damage from your mech.
• On top of that, yoiu can use of   Barrier Signet instead of   Force Signet for a 12% damage taken reduction and a bit of Barrier. This costs some damage, but is worth it for the additional safety.
• Change some of your trinkets to exotic Diviner's for easier boon coverage. You have a spare 5% critical chance anyway, so the dps loss from that isn't too large. Just make sure you still hit 45% critical chance.
•   Radiant Arc &   Elixir U provide a full  Quickness uptime on yourself with the mentioned Diviner's trinkets.
• Finally, you can use a ranged weapon:

1. Shortbow for fights where being in melee is too dangerous and additional safety. That provides self-healing, Barrier and  Protection. Note that the  Power scaling of the weapon is fairly poor, so it will reduce your damage output noticeably. Put a Superior Sigil of Celerity on it to cover  Quickness.
2. Riflefor fights where being in melee is too dangerous and you want to lower damage loss. That provides  Might, mobility and  Protection. Note that the  Power scaling of the weapon is fairly poor, so it will reduce your damage output noticeably. Put a Superior Sigil of Celerity on it to cover  Quickness.

• If you can, make use of   Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge and   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge.
• These give for 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution on entering combat every 30 seconds. The  Protection from this is another free massive gain to survivability!
• If those changes are not comfortable enough for you, you can use the survivability food and utlity item listed above for another -10% damage taken and 150 Toughness and replace any piece of Berserker's with Knight's!

Utility Skill Options (Open World)

Skill Choice	Notes
Healing Turret	Strongest self-heal you have available and further maintains  Regeneration on you and allies. Use both casts to blast the Water Field for additional healing.
Barrier Signet	Used for  Alacrity and Barrier coverage.
Elixir U	Stun break and source for  Quickness and  Stability. We're using it on cooldown for the  Quickness, but you can also save it for the Stun break if needed.
Shift Signet	Teleport, Stun break and damage boost from copying your boons to the mech.
Overclock Signet	Save this to resummon your Mech when it is defeated. In group gameplay it is 'usually fine to use for damage.