Need advice on good wvw roaming engineer builds

[Gatsby.7420]

Hi! I'm a returning player that left the game 8 years ago.

I used to enjoy wvw solo roaming on my engineer alot and I would appreciate some input about what specs and builds are the best for it these days.

 

[Noc Rubu.5804]

I love killing roamers who like to 4 v 1 a person to death. GG

[ZeroSkitzo.5403]

Check GuildJen’s roaming build section. She has a few different builds listed. 
As far as strongest, I’d say nade holo is prob at the top. 

[Noah Salazar.5430]

hard to tell, as evryone have own style of playing it

[Kuma.1503]

I don't play nearly as often as I used to, but when I do, Tool's Holo is a good time. Amazing burst, on demand blocks, good mobility, good cleanse. Just struggles with CC if you're not careful. 

[Silinsar.6298]

Starting out, Scrapper is the most "core-like" elite spec, you only have to learn a few new abilities. The trait line itself provides good mobility (super speed) and utility (stomp / res gyro), from defense (stab, barrier) to offense (fury, might). Hammer is a great weapon.

 

Holosmith's biggest advantages are the mobility, condi clear and bursts from forge. Using photon forge well is your bread and butter. I am personally not fond of sword since what it offers mostly overlaps with  forge (melee attacks, leap, mid range projectiles).

 

Don't play Mechanist, it's been nerfed multiple times now and has a stupid AI to deal with. Rangers are in a better state when you want a pet class. Right now they either lack damage or defense.

 

You can make still make core work somewhat, but I wouldn't recommend that one either. If you insist on it, I'd suggest Explosives, Alchemy and Tools, those are the best core lines right now imo. Rifle's been in a bad state for a while now though so you likely need grenades for damage.

 

1 hour ago, ZeroSkitzo.5403 said:

Check GuildJen’s roaming build section. She has a few different builds listed. 
As far as strongest, I’d say nade holo is prob at the top. 

GuildJen's builds are a starting point, but you certainly want to tweak them. My impression is that most of the good trait / weapon / utility picks are there but distributed over the top 3 builds and every single one by itself includes some questionable choices.

Edited December 16, 2022 by Silinsar.6298

[Dawdler.8521]

Engineer basicly have a single kit that decides the overall build - nade kit. If you're good with it and can do 180 degree tosses comfortable, you go power scrapper (maybe holo). If you're bad at it, you go more bunker core, scrapper or mechanist.

[SleepyBat.9034]

This is what I run currently.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PegAw6lVw8YYMLWKO8TXPXA-zVRYVBLGNtzIQFQvSAFfACYz8Wo/1CA-w

Pros: Great sustain, cleanse, and damage.

Cons: Medium mobility, requires skill.