GW2. WvW Build. Power Rifle Mechanist WvW Roaming Build. Engineer WvW. Small Scale WvW Build.
Role: Assassin 
The Power Rifle Mechanist is a WvW roaming build that relies on ranged damage to poke targets out of their cooldowns and then finish them off with big burst combos. The synergy of the explosives trait line with the Jade Mortar trait allows the mech to deal much more damage, meaning you can kite while controlling it to deal great damage. While this build is very low on sustain and does not have many ways to preserve the mech, it has top-tier mobility to disengage while the mech is dead or while you are out of cooldowns.
Skill Combos:
Jade Mortar Burst: Rifle 2 > Tool Kit 5 > Tool Kit 3 + F3, avoid using F3 while the target is moving or far-ranged, its pathing is slow and hard to land, use it after you pull them to you.
Rifle Burst: F2 > Rifle 4 + F1 > Rifle 5 > Rifle 3
Use the Mortar Kit to pressure enemies while you are kiting, and use the Rifle to pressure enemies while you are being aggressive on them. Use Rifle 2 to keep enemies from getting out of range of your mech, but remain at least 450 distance to be able to trigger the explosives missile passive.
| Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
|---|---|---|
| Helm Marauder | ||
| Shoulders Marauder | ||
| Coat Marauder | ||
| Gloves Marauder | ||
| Leggings Marauder | ||
| Boots Marauder |
| Rifle Berserker |
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Alternatives
- Rune: for reliable movement speed
| Rifle | Heal / Utility / Elite |
| Mortar Kit | Tool Kit |
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
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4 Comments
no reply means, no Love for Mechanist T_T
I really wanna know if someone playing this build these days haha
For solo roaming not really, but it works if you can hide behind a group and freecast.
It’s certainly dropped off. Considering how squishy it is, to compete with high pressure, mobile, high defense builds like willbender, it would at least need some help with survival and some of the nerfs to rifle/mech undone.