Mechanist - Rifle Mecha Roamer

An easy-to-play Power Mechanist WvW roaming build that's built around spamming 步枪爆裂 with 急速 for constant pressure. Survivability is rather low - in this case the best defense is a good offense. If that doesn't work out, there are several mobility skills that help with outranging enemies or simply running away.

Skill Variants

Utility

For the optional slot:

• 火箭飞靴 - escape/mobility tool and a source of condi cleansing. Strong defensive option if you're having trouble surviving.

• 工具包 - a versatile kit with unblockable ranged CC, a block, snare, and even some melee burst damage. Adding a kit to the build also lets you pick some great on-swap sigils like 超级洁净法印 or 超级能量法印 for better survivability.

• 斥力纹章 - passive damage and a CC, bit of a greedy option.

Variants

• 机甲武器：高冲驱动器 is an equally viable choice. This turns the mech into a melee pet which makes the build harder to shut down by anti-projectile skills while the new F1 is going to apply 虚弱 which increases your sustain a bit. It does become harder for your Mech to deliver damage though, as ranged attacks are more convenient for the AI.

Food

• 黑胡椒粉真空烹调肉排 - passive damage mitigation and great offensive stats.

• 碗装欧尔松露鲜肉煲 - defensive option with 爆破进击 synergy due to more frequent dodging.

Utility

• 强效超级磨刀石 or 罐装水果蛋糕, whichever is cheaper (note that the sharpening stone lasts twice as long).

Equipment Variants

Stats

• If you're okay with being less tanky in favor of having slightly better damage, consider replacing Knight pieces with Marauder ones.

Relics

• 萨奇洛斯古物 - passive healing.

• 河流古物 - helps with CD recovery. Endurance regen food is highly recommended with this.

• 闪避古物 - mainly a defensive pick, but also has 爆破进击 synergy.

• 魔像师古物 - there's no perfect relic for this build, might as well add a Golem to go with your Mech if you feel like it. Not the most competitive option, but neither is this a tryhard build.

Runes

• 超级烟花符文 - bit lower burst damage but better 急速 uptime.

Sigils

Sigil of Strength is crucial for 沸点 synergy and 激怒 uptime. Air on the other hand can be replaced by other sigils, if you don't mind losing a strong and consistent damage proc:

• 超级洁净法印 - adds much needed condition cleansing but only when running 工具包 otherwise you won't be able to proc it.

• 超级慷慨法印 - passive condition cleansing.

• 超级狂怒法印 - better 急速 uptime but lower peak burst potential.

General

• Condition cleansing is on the lower end, limited only to your 位移纹章, the 逆向转化 proc on healing skill use, U型试剂 cleansing 1, and the Mech's 危机区域.

  • When playing with 火箭飞靴 you could use it before your other cleanses to get rid of a few non-damaging conditions, increasing the chance of removing damaging ones with your other skills.

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

• You passively build 威能 stacks with 超级力量法印, which in turn supplies you with permanent 激怒 uptime via 沸点.

• Use 霰弹射击 on CD, no reason not to. This should be one of the first skills you use when entering combat because it applies 威能, and you should aim to get to 5 stacks for Boiling Point synergy as soon as possible.

• Most of the damage comes from spamming your autoattack 步枪爆裂.

• 过载射击 creates a window where you can freely pressure targets, not to mention it can proc 急速 from 超级迅敏法印 (if taken) for even more auto spam.

• Use 捕网射击 pretty much on CD to stop enemies from reaching you or running away. The Immob is also a good setup for stonger CC skills as it prevents enemies from dodging them.

• 跳跃射击 is as much of a burst skills as it so a mobility one. Sometimes you might want to hold on to this in case you'll have to chase or disengage.

• U型试剂 is mostly there for the on-demand 急速 and 稳固, but it's also a stunbreak and great against CC in general. Depending on the matchup you should consider whether you're going to use this defensively or offensively.

Mech

• 火花旋轮 is best used when your Mech has . The Mech gains the same boons you do, so feel free to use this skill whenever you have Quickness.

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

  • This only takes effect around the mech, so either stay close to your Mech or recall it if it's too far. could instantly port the Mech to you, but using both of these skills at the same time will leave you without a stunbreak. Great combo for emergency mass cleansing though.

• can pin enemies into your auto spam, but it's a very telegraphed skill so consider using it on targets already CC'd by your rifle skills.