Mechanist - Alacrity Support Power DPS - MetaBattle

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Expansions required: End of Dragons builds

Difficulty: Easy

This build was last updated on January 18, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A power boon support build for Mechanist. Provides permanent 敏捷 and high uptimes of 激怒 and 威能.

Power Alacrity Mechanist has a simple rotation that affords a good amount of CC with little damage loss, and the mech allows you to maintain high damage and boon uptime even if you're forced to deal with mechanics.

The mace build provides some extra support through barrier generation and offers more accessible CC, while the rifle build is higher DPS and 威能. As all its 敏捷 comes from the mech, the mechanist can be completely off-stack as required without dropping boons. Players with access to Secrets of the Obscure can use Sword or Hammer for higher damage at the cost of some utility.

Skill Bar

Rifle

Utility

Weapon Variants

Sword/Pistol is a small DPS gain for players that own Secrets of the Obscure, though as it is fully melee it may be lower damage in real encounters. You also lose ~10 stacks of 威能 generation.
- Shield is a moderate DPS loss, but offers good CC and survivability, though Hammer provides similar benefits and does more damage.
- Mace will provide significantly less DPS, though you will gain some barrier generation and easier CC.
- Players that own Janthir Wilds can push the damage even further by taking 炸弹包 and 血石古物.
Hammer offers frequent projectile reflect, an evade, and a block. The lightning field on 雷霆一击 will also result in some occasional 迅捷 for your subgroup.

Skill Variants

投掷地雷 can replace 手雷包. This is a small DPS loss, and you lose access to ranged damage, but the rotation is simpler and you gain access to more CC and boon rip.
炸弹包 should replace 手雷包 if using Sword and 血石古物.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

If running Sword/Pistol and 炸弹包, you should use 脾气爆发 as you won't have ranged attacks.
狙击能手 is slightly more long-term damage for Rifle, but is notably worse against low-armour targets or in phased fights where the target goes invulnerable.
- This trait makes 手雷包 significantly stronger than 投掷地雷.
It would be a minor DPS gain to take 机甲武器：单刃切刀, though it would only be worthwhile if you are absolutely certain that your group can maintain 25 威能 without it.
- 机甲武器：翠玉加农炮 are the highest damage, but your mech won't close to melee range, which can lead to your team ending up outside of the range of its boons so it's only recommended if you keep an eye on it.

Equipment

Head

Diviner

Shoulders

Berserker

Chest

Diviner

Hands

Berserker

Legs

Diviner

Feet

Berserker

Backpiece

Diviner

Accessory

Berserker

Accessory

Berserker

Amulet

Berserker

Ring

Diviner

Ring

Diviner

Rifle

Berserker

Empty slot

Sigil

Sword

Berserker

Pistol

Berserker

Sigil

Rune

Infusion

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Relic

Boon duration variants

血石古物 offers the highest damage potential, but you need to use Sword/Pistol and 炸弹包 which is fully melee.
The above setup provides ~520 concentration (~35% boon duration), which should be enough as long as you're able to use 危机区域 and 屏障爆发 off cooldown.
- 危机区域 is needed at the start of an encounter to provide a buffer of 敏捷, but it's useful to be able to keep it for negating certain attacks afterwards. If you want more freedom with when you use it, you could switch the Amulet to Diviner stats Diviner stats.
- Don't go below ~31% boon duration as this is the theoretical minimum amount needed to provide permanent 敏捷.
Note that all the 敏捷 comes from your mech, which inherits your concentration stat rather than your boon duration. This makes gear such as 超级专注法印 worthless.

Consumables

Food

碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤 or ascended versions

Utility

超级磨刀石

Usage

Rifle Rotation

Opener

Rest of the Rotation

Autoattack and use your rifle skills as they come off cooldown until Blunderbuss is available
霰弹射击
手雷包
破片手雷 plus 毒气手雷 and 冰冻手雷 (if available)
Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
Repeat

Use 危机区域 and 屏障爆发 off cooldown, as long as your mech is in range of your allies.
If you hover your mouse over an element of the UI, your character will use 跳跃射击 in place, minimising the animation length and maintaining your position

Sword Rotation

If using 血石古物 bring 炸弹包 instead of 手雷包, and when 粘胶射击 is on a ~3 second cooldown do the following burst to trigger the relic:

Aside from using your mech skills off cooldown, the rotation is functionally a priority list:

After using 折射切割刀, go into 手雷包 and use 破片手雷 plus either 毒气手雷 or 冰冻手雷 (if available). 毒气手雷 takes priority.
Complete your autoattack chains.
Every time you complete an auto chain, it slightly reduces the cooldown of your two sword skills.

Video example (with Elixir Gun)

Hammer Rotation

Opener

Rest of the Rotation

After the opener, your basic loop is as follows:

Autoattack and use 雷霆一击 and 火箭冲锋 on Hammer until Electro-whirl is available - make sure to finish your auto chains!
电子回旋
手雷包
破片手雷, and 冰冻手雷 OR 毒气手雷 (if available)
Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
Repeat

Hammer video example

火箭冲锋 is a small DPS increase, but locks your character into a long animation. As the skill also provides two evades, it can instead be saved for defensive use.
Only use one grenade skill alongside 破片手雷 each time you enter 手雷包.
- 毒气手雷 takes priority over 冰冻手雷.
- On a loop where you use 雷霆一击, only use 破片手雷 the next time you enter 手雷包.
See below for more General Tips.

Mace Rotation

The rotation below assumes you are using offhand Pistol.

Opener

Rest of the Rotation

After the opener, your basic loop is as follows:

Autoattack and use 蓄能猛攻 on Mace until either Blowtorch or Rocket Fist Prototype are available - make sure to finish your auto chains!
火焰喷射 or 原型火箭拳 - these should alternate between loops
手雷包
破片手雷, 冰冻手雷 and 毒气手雷 (if available)
Weapon Swap Weapon Swap (or stow kit)
Repeat

General Tips

Thanks to 机械天才, if you are over 360 units away from your mech when using F1-3 skills, their cooldown will be 50% longer. It is therefore vital to make sure you are within range before using them or you will cripple your boon uptimes.
You will need to use 危机区域 to maintain 敏捷, but it can be delayed slightly if the 圣盾 is needed.
Use 屏障爆发 off cooldown. You can delay it by a second if it will coincide with 钉锤爆砸, as the internal cooldown of 机甲结构：引流管道 would prevent the first tick from applying 敏捷 in this case.
Use your F1 ability off cooldown.
Use 超频纹章 off cooldown for damage, but hold on to it if the mech is in danger of dying, so that you can instantly revive it.
If you are using 屏障纹章, use it instead of 屏障爆发 in the opener, then use 屏障爆发 one second after the final pulse of 屏障纹章. Make sure never to have these two skills overlap - this is to avoid the internal cooldown from 机甲结构：引流管道.
Try to keep an eye on your mech, as it is a major source of 敏捷 thanks to 机甲核心：屏障引擎. If it ends up more than 600 units from the stack, don't hesitate to use 位移纹章 to force it to the correct location.