Scrapper - Explosive Hammer Roamer

Skill Variants

Elite

• 潜行机械 - while the 潜行 duration on this is extremely low, currently we recommend it because it's still a valuable escape tool. Without stealth you'll have a much harder time surviving outnumbered situations.

• X型试剂 - bit of a gamble as you have no control over which form you'll get, but both of them offer great mobility and CC at the very least. 怒神附体 could also act as a finisher, allowing you to CC-chain low HP enemies to death.

• 空投补给 - ranged CC, combo field for stealth, bit of extra damage.

• 精英炮座 - does great damage when spamming skills on it with 急速 but it's primarily a defensive pick because of the 目盲 and the extra healing, plus it has some useful combo fields for aura combos and even more healing with 火箭冲锋.

Anti-condition variant

If you're struggling against conditions a lot then you might want to try a combination of the following:

• B型试剂 for the 决心 uptime.

• 超级抗性符文 for reduced incoming condition duration.

• Consumables that reduce incoming condition duration such as 丁香调味牡蛎汤球 or 碗装柠檬草鸟肉汤.

Variants

• 万物运动 - trades sustain for better burst.

Food

• - passive strike damage mitigation and Celestial-like stats. The stats from this and the Diviner backpack bump you up to ~25% boon duration. If you're using a different food, replace the backpack with Berserker and a ring with Diviner.

• - same stats as the Peppercorn version but this one reduces incoming condition duration. The build doesn't have great cleansing so this could make all the difference against certain specs.

• - cheap anti-condition food if you can't afford an ascended feast.

• - defensive option with synergy due to more frequent dodging.

  • - budget version.

Utility

• or , whichever is cheaper (note that the sharpening stone lasts twice as long).

Equipment Variants

Sigils

Energy/Cleansing will give you a lot of extra survivability, but if you feel like you don't need them then other viable options include:

• 超级迅敏法印 - improves 急速 uptime considerably and the ICD lines up perfectly with 雷霆一击.

• 超级力量法印 or 超级战斗法印 - more damage and synergy with a bunch of traits including 施加斥力.

• 超级远见法印 - could make your entire burst combo more deadly.

• 超级慷慨法印 - more condition removal.

Infusions

• A full set of Mighty WvW Infusions would also do just fine if you already have those and don't want to get a set of Precise ones.

General

• 威能 stacking is one of the most important aspects of the build. Most of it happens passively whenever you use an elixir or have 稳固 thanks to 生长激素 and 施加斥力.

• Try not to overlap your Stability sources as the boon stacks in intensity, NOT duration! Maximizing Stability uptime is the goal.

• Stability sources in the build:

  • U型试剂 which is also your only stun break so be a bit careful.
  • 施加斥力 procs.
  • 投掷B型试剂
  • 功能机型, feel free to use it to bridge gaps in Stability uptime if you're not roaming in a group and don't have to rez others with it.

• Other important things to maintain are 迅捷 and 奔驰疾速 as these heal you for a considerable amount through 疾速再生 (or increase your damage via 万物运动 if you went for that trait).

  • Swiftness procs from the 隐藏药瓶 trait, H型试剂, and B型试剂 (if taken).
  • Superspeed comes from 投掷U型试剂, 投掷H型试剂, and H型试剂.

• Hammer skills 2-5 are both defensive and offensive in nature. 电子回旋 does great damage in melee while reflecting projectiles, 火箭冲锋 has a lengthy evade frame on top of being a double combo finisher and having high damage, 雷霆一击 stuns enemies while leaving behind a pulsing damage field.

• 电击护盾 is the most defensive skill on Hammer. While the damage is mediocre it's still worth using it in melee as you gain barrier whenever the skill strikes an enemy, but even if you don't do that the block is still very useful.

• Most of the burst damage comes from 手雷弹幕 and 破片手雷. Try to CC enemies with Thunderclap or use 潜行 from 潜行机械 to make these two skills easier to land, as it's easy to lose out on damage against moving targets.

• Condition cleansing is the build's real weakness, limited only to the passive trait 逆向转化 and 超级洁净法印 which you can proc by entering or leaving 手雷包 once every 9 seconds. Winning against condition builds is by no means impossible, but requires proper CD management especially chaining blocks, CC and evasion while keeping the pressure up and kiting a lot.

• The damage of is often underrated. With high and stacks this becomes a 1/4 sec cast ranged AoE burst CD.