User:Masel/PMech

Rifle Power Mechanist

Rifle Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~38,7k
Sustained Damage	~36,1k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	978
Actions Per Minute (APM)	27
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	0%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	5
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Sword + Pistol / Bloodstone Relic Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~41,3k
Sustained Damage	~42k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	308
Actions Per Minute (APM)	50
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	13%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	7
# of Skills Used	10
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Power  Mechanist is a very simple-to-play elite specialization with a solid damage output. It's a great beginner pick for all kinds of Group PvE and solo gameplay. With a few larger gear change, it can provide itself with full uptimes on  Might,  Fury,  Quickness,  Alacrity and  Protection, making it a great damage and  Alacrity support build for open world! But don't underestimate its capabilities to solo difficult content, because it is excellent at that too!

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Mech
Rifle
Sword + Pistol
Utility

• The concept of Mechanist is probably clear to most of you, but in brief: you have this green robot thing fighting with you, and depending on the trait choices you make in Mechanist, it will have different skills and inherit different attributes from you. Since this is an power build, we'll go for the highest  Power damage traits, but in open world, we will change a few of them.

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.
• Sword & Pistol are a higher damage option, while rifle gives you very high range. You will still want to stay close to your mech, since your mech skills take longer to recharge when you are far away from it, and many boons and signet effects occur around the mech. Rifle is the easier and more forgiving option, but neither of them is actually difficult to play.

Careful: All variants scale with the number of conditions on the enemy. For guidance on setting up the training area, see my guide for it

Rifle Rotation Concept & Video Showcase

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.

Section	Notes
Opener	Open with the following skills:   Overclock Signet during the cast of   Throw Mine to start the fight with Relic of the Claw   Jump Shot
General Rotation	The rotation simply involves using skills on cooldown with a priority list and use auto attacks in between:   Blunderbuss Alternate between   Throw Mine and   Overcharged Shot to maintain Relic of the Claw. If you don't wanna do this, Relic of the Thief or Relic of the Eagle work well too!   Jump Shot   Net Shot   Overclock Signet With  Mech Core: J-Drive, you can use   Shift Signet for a long-range teleport, condition cleanse and Stun break. 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   Overcharged Shot

DPS - Power Rifle Mechanist (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
General Rotation

DPS - Power Mechanist (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
Opener
Weapon swap
Bomb Kit
Weapon swap
Bomb Kit
Weapon swap
Bomb Kit
Weapon swap
Bomb Kit
Weapon swap
Bomb Kit
Weapon swap

Sword & Pistol Rotation Concept & Video Showcase

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.
Link to Damage Log

Section	Notes
General Rotation	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:   Refraction Cutter   Radiant Arc (this provides some self-quickness)   Blowtorch   Glue Shot   Overclock Signet With  Mech Core: J-Drive, you can use   Shift Signet for a long-range teleport, condition cleanse and Stun break. 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 Air
Rifle (Main & Off Hand)	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force & Superior Sigil of Air
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	(Rifle) Relic of the Claw (Sword + Pistol) Relic of Bloodstone
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros

Traits

Explosives
Firearms
Mechanist

• 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.

Open World Build

Increasing General Surivability

Open World Build Summary

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~13,6k
Sustained Damage	~15,1k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	1068
Actions Per Minute (APM)	43
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	27%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	7
Open World Log Link	Link
Open World Build Link	Link

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.
•   Barrier Signet applies smaller amounts of Barrier.
•   Utility Goggles paired with   Crisis Zone will cover  Protection with enough boon duration, giving you a whopping 33% less strike damage taken.
• Your strongest healing source is   Healing Turret. Using both casts does an absurd amount of healing, both directly and by blasting the water field from it. It also applies  Regeneration to you, which is boosted further by   Exigency Protocols.
• Rifle provides very high range, making it an excellent roaming weapon for open world. It is also great for tagging in event chains and kiting dangerous enemies if needed.
• Your mech is an idiot who stands in bad stuff, because Jade Tech is not as great as the people form Cantha want to make you believe. Use   Shift Signet to get it out of damaging fields. When it dies (which is unavoidable sometimes), wait a few seconds and then re-summon it with   Overclock Signet.
• Generally, beware of projectile reflecting enemies, these can kill you very quickly if you're not careful!
• Since you don't make much use of  Modified Ammunition when you're alone, the damage of this build gets lifted up noticeably when other people apply additional conditions!

Utility Skill Options (Open World) style="max-width:500px;"

Skill Choice	Notes
Healing Turret	Strongest self-heal you have available and further maintains  Regeneration on you and allies as well as cleansing conditions. Use both casts to blast the Water Field for additional healing.
Barrier Signet	Used for  Alacrity and Barrier coverage. Since you use it on cooldown, you don't really benefit from the passive mitigation.
Utility Goggles	Stun break and source for  Protection and  Resistance. We're using it on cooldown for the  Protection, but you can also save it for the Stun break or condition cleanse if needed.
Shift Signet	Teleport, Stun break, condition cleanse and damage boost from copying your boons to the mech. I recommend saving this for emergencies.
Overclock Signet	Save this to resummon your Mech when it is defeated. In group gameplay it is 'usually fine to use for damage.

• For much better boon coverage on yourself, you can change your gear loadout to the following (as much as you can or want to afford):

Open World Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Shoulders	Berserker's / Diviner's	Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter
Chest	Berserker's / Diviner'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	Diviner's
Ring 1	Diviner's
Ring 2	Diviner's
Accessory 1	Diviner's
Accessory 2	Diviner's
Backpack	Berserker's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Rifle (Main & Off Hand)	Berserker's / Diviner's	Superior Sigil of Force & Superior Sigil of Impact
Purpose	Item Type	Source
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 (optional)
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros

Open World Traits style="max-width:500px;"

Explosives
Firearms
Mechanist

• Note that Superior Rune of Fireworks is usually a great option for  Power builds to obtain boon duration, but boon duration is not inherited by your mech, only your  Concentration is. That's why I recommend going for Diviner's gear instead.
• 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.
• If those changes are not comfortable enough for you, Short bow makes for a lower damage, but insanely tanky weapon with additional healing, Barrier, condition cleanses and  Protection on it. You can still do a solid ~14k DPS on your own with it!

Boon Coverage

Boon Coverage

Criterion	Value	Notes
Might	21 Stacks	Covered by   Blunderbuss and all mech skills via  Mech Arms: High-Impact Drivers
Fury	100%	Covered by  Short Fuse and  No Scope
Quickness	96%	Covered by  Mech Core: Jade Dynamo
Alacrity	99%	Covered by  Mech Frame: Channeling Conduits,   Crisis Zone and   Barrier Signet.  Mech Core: Jade Dynamo reduces the recharge of Mech skills, making  Alacrity coverage easier.
Protection	99%	Covered by   Crisis Zone and   Utility Goggles
Regeneration	99%	Covered by   Healing Turret
Vigor	0%
Aegis	36%	Once from   Crisis Zone
Stability	1 Stacks	Once from   Crisis Zone
Swiftness	0%
Resistance	51%	Partial uptime from   Utility Goggles
Resolution	0%
Vulnerability	15 Stacks	Steel-Packed Powder paired with the   Rifle Burst Grenade from your auto attacks applies  Vulnerability.

Dealing with Incoming Conditions and Control Effects

•   Crisis Zone applies a long-lasting stack of  Stability and is a stun break.
• The other two stun breaks you have are   Utility Goggles and   Shift Signet.
• You have a total of 4 skills that cleanse conditions:   Utility Goggles,  Crisis Zone,   Shift Signet and   Healing Turret.
• Use all but   Shift Signet on cooldown and save that for emergencies, because it does everything at once: it is a stun break, cleanses conditions and teleports you and your mech out of bad stuff.