I've been playing Mechanist as my new main for some months now, and i learned some stuff from this video, even changed my build, so thanks, intressting and well made video, keep it up subed
I'm so glad mate! Tbh when I started trying to raid and do fractals I could never find guides explaining why and how to build for different fights. I'm hoping I can make some decent content breaking down some complex builds!
I just put a dam build together, cost me about 80ish gold... Now I see this amazing build and know it's gonna cost me more! Uuurgh. Really excited to try this dude. Thanks for the share.. Just wish I saw this video first hehe
Thanks for the guide! I just wanted to ask, do you think condi alac mech or power alac mech is better currently? I’m a new player and I’m torn between which one to choose for gearing
The condi alac mech is better for overall dps and great fun to play. But then you can't do certain raid bosses and fractals efficiently e.g. Conjured Almagamate, Keep Construct, Adina etc in raids and CM 99 and 98 on fractals. So If I picked 1 to gear between the 2 I'd choose power first, then make condi
Hello thank you for the build! I just fully unlocked my mechanist and I was wondering if its possible to go Mace+Shield for the primary and having the rifle for secondary, I like the melee playstyle :'). Also, with the new patch is there anything different from this build? Again, thank you for the guide :)
Mace shield is usually more of a heal alac mech build. In terms of the changes I've seen, if anything it'll make the build better as the mech pulsing barrier and alac uptime will be better
I think Condi Alac build is a lot more involved and fun. Definitely more dps but a little drop in CC. If I mained Mechanist I would play both builds, but if I only picked 1 I would pick PAM because it can do every raid and fractal (except Soulless Horror)
Im confused where to boon duration is coming from. Is it just food? Also, is there a build that i dont have to spend money on expensive food and can have 100% boon uptime and still mostly be besrzerker
That's pretty much this build. Soul pastries are like 55copper on NA server. The boon duration is coming from the dividers gear and you can use soul pastries if you want more
@johnrobb5975 oh ok thanks for the food advice. Ya I watched it back and I couldn't see the gear stats cause you don't mention getting Diviners during the gear talk, or show the accessories. I got diviners stats figured out and my boon duration is correct now. Thanks.
So with a impact sigil you get a permanent 3% dmg boost and 7% when stunned or knocked down. In fractals there are more CC defiance bars in general especially in CM fractals with the result of the defiance bar being stunned, whereas in raiding there far fewer defiance bars. And most NB the defiance bar result must be a stunned effect. If you are unsure , mouse over the defiance bar icon to see the result when the bar is broken.... sorry for the long reply 😅
@@MoGaiinz so sigil of air has 3 seconds cooldown. In raiding the only really stun effect is keep construct, so the constant dps from sigil of air equates to more dps. But in Fractals, especially in good groups you phase must fights in 1 CC break bar, the extra dps from sigil of impact equates to more... but like I said in the video, I just have 1 rifle with sigil of air and I use it for raiding and fractals... but if you get into some of the high end groups with properly big dps, sigil of impact will scale better, but if you're in pug/not great groups you won't really notice the dps increase as much
Hi i , just a few questions you put 5star for fractals but its not gonna a problem when you cant overload alac ? like when you gon on split you kinda bad for that no ? :/ and this is me or the mecha is not taking our concentration for boons duration ? :)
Hey mate, you can definitely ramp up alacrity super easily and this will help for split phases. The mech is taking concentration from us and this is helping with the F skills cooldowns. Even if there is boon overload, I'd still just pump out alacrity. This is such a good fractal class to play
So far the change is on cooldown on mech skills, so at this point it's actually mostly just going to effect cooldowns. It's actually kind of better for me he with high boon duration.
Is there a way to take this build and modify it slightly for pure solo play to have both alac and quickness permanently? I take you need to take the quickness in mech grandmaster trait but then you lose a bit of alac generation I presume? Can you compensate this with additional BD?
Perhaps with rune of the firebrand and a mace for your mainhand and barrier utikity you could get to a decent uptime of alacrity, quickness and might combination but I haven't done the math on this
Yes, this is still super good. The only difference is mech genius now gives longer cd on skills if you cast them outside of the range, so it effectively makes it so much easier to keep up boons, as the mech keeps its inherited stats
I have absolutely nothing at all to do with this game. Just dropping in to say this showed up in my feed randomly and I actually stopped because I could not for the life of me figure out what the fuck this video is even about from both the incredibly long title and the very detailed thumbnail... you stuffed a novels worth of information into the first thing people see when they see this video... and yet you fail to include the most basic information of "Hey this is a build guide for guild wars 2!" Apart from an abbreviation at the end of the title... which, hey, your choice, but that's why it showed up completely randomly on my feed, the algorithm doesn't have a clue what to do with a title like that mate.
Hey mate, sorry about it. I've only used guild wars 2 tags and even chosen it as the specific game in the details. Not sure why it was recommended and I hope it doesn't put you off gw2 in the future
@@alcapitian nah man, it looks like a video you put tons of effort in, good for you. Just saying you wanna put the full name in the title so the algorithm sends it to the people who will actually give you the views/subs and such that you want, you're confusing the algorithm lmao.
For SotO: Scholar Runes and Relic either Thief or Fireworks
Hammer instead of Rifle? 🤔
I’ve been telling people PAM is goated. Most underrated build in GW2 imo. No one gives it it’s proper respect. Nice to see it getting some respect.
If anything I think the patch is going to make the boon uptime even better!
it does crap dps with rifle
I've been playing Mechanist as my new main for some months now, and i learned some stuff from this video, even changed my build, so thanks, intressting and well made video, keep it up
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That's awesome mate! Thanks so much
These guides are amazing, perfect for new players like myself.
I'm so glad mate! Tbh when I started trying to raid and do fractals I could never find guides explaining why and how to build for different fights. I'm hoping I can make some decent content breaking down some complex builds!
I just put a dam build together, cost me about 80ish gold... Now I see this amazing build and know it's gonna cost me more! Uuurgh. Really excited to try this dude. Thanks for the share.. Just wish I saw this video first hehe
Loving this build!
Thanks for the guide! I just wanted to ask, do you think condi alac mech or power alac mech is better currently? I’m a new player and I’m torn between which one to choose for gearing
The condi alac mech is better for overall dps and great fun to play. But then you can't do certain raid bosses and fractals efficiently e.g. Conjured Almagamate, Keep Construct, Adina etc in raids and CM 99 and 98 on fractals. So If I picked 1 to gear between the 2 I'd choose power first, then make condi
Thanks!
Thanks so much mate! Really means so much
Hello thank you for the build! I just fully unlocked my mechanist and I was wondering if its possible to go Mace+Shield for the primary and having the rifle for secondary, I like the melee playstyle :'). Also, with the new patch is there anything different from this build? Again, thank you for the guide :)
Mace shield is usually more of a heal alac mech build. In terms of the changes I've seen, if anything it'll make the build better as the mech pulsing barrier and alac uptime will be better
ty for this vid, i have seen this build on snowcrows but the vid they have is not that great yours was very helpfull. subscribed and liked.
Awesome! Yes snowcrows and discretize are aimed at elite/speed running raiding and fractals. I'm trying to explain why they build the way they do
Thank you. Very good and simple guide. Whats your opinion on condi alac build? Is it possible and can you make guide for it?
I think Condi Alac build is a lot more involved and fun. Definitely more dps but a little drop in CC. If I mained Mechanist I would play both builds, but if I only picked 1 I would pick PAM because it can do every raid and fractal (except Soulless Horror)
If you want to take this build for open world farming would you recommend swapping mines for flamethrower kit?
Yeah that could work well. For open world I usually take more utility things as well
Im confused where to boon duration is coming from. Is it just food? Also, is there a build that i dont have to spend money on expensive food and can have 100% boon uptime and still mostly be besrzerker
That's pretty much this build. Soul pastries are like 55copper on NA server.
The boon duration is coming from the dividers gear and you can use soul pastries if you want more
@johnrobb5975 oh ok thanks for the food advice. Ya I watched it back and I couldn't see the gear stats cause you don't mention getting Diviners during the gear talk, or show the accessories. I got diviners stats figured out and my boon duration is correct now. Thanks.
@@Montevail666 have a look in the video description, i put 3 different builds there
hey, why would the rifle sigil impact be better for fractals vs raids?
So with a impact sigil you get a permanent 3% dmg boost and 7% when stunned or knocked down. In fractals there are more CC defiance bars in general especially in CM fractals with the result of the defiance bar being stunned, whereas in raiding there far fewer defiance bars. And most NB the defiance bar result must be a stunned effect. If you are unsure , mouse over the defiance bar icon to see the result when the bar is broken.... sorry for the long reply 😅
@@alcapitian but how do you the air sigil with the crit damage wouldn’t go more?
@@MoGaiinz so sigil of air has 3 seconds cooldown. In raiding the only really stun effect is keep construct, so the constant dps from sigil of air equates to more dps.
But in Fractals, especially in good groups you phase must fights in 1 CC break bar, the extra dps from sigil of impact equates to more... but like I said in the video, I just have 1 rifle with sigil of air and I use it for raiding and fractals... but if you get into some of the high end groups with properly big dps, sigil of impact will scale better, but if you're in pug/not great groups you won't really notice the dps increase as much
@@alcapitian oh ty for the info, so what would u say the dps increase potential is if u have a good group?
Hi i , just a few questions you put 5star for fractals but its not gonna a problem when you cant overload alac ? like when you gon on split you kinda bad for that no ? :/ and this is me or the mecha is not taking our concentration for boons duration ? :)
Hey mate, you can definitely ramp up alacrity super easily and this will help for split phases. The mech is taking concentration from us and this is helping with the F skills cooldowns. Even if there is boon overload, I'd still just pump out alacrity. This is such a good fractal class to play
They're changing mechanical genius. It's probably going to hurt.
So far the change is on cooldown on mech skills, so at this point it's actually mostly just going to effect cooldowns. It's actually kind of better for me he with high boon duration.
Is there a way to take this build and modify it slightly for pure solo play to have both alac and quickness permanently? I take you need to take the quickness in mech grandmaster trait but then you lose a bit of alac generation I presume? Can you compensate this with additional BD?
Perhaps with rune of the firebrand and a mace for your mainhand and barrier utikity you could get to a decent uptime of alacrity, quickness and might combination but I haven't done the math on this
Can you make a video of Vindicators?
I'll put it on the list I promise, I might wait for the 27 June patch as it looks like it's going to change a few classes
Hello guys i am new in game and i decide to jump into mechanist. Is this build good without using any kits ? ( like granate kit and others )
Yes it is, you will do a bit more dps with grenade kit but usually another utility might be needed
@@alcapitian ok thanks!
Hammer good option?
after the update july 18 2023 is this still ok?
Yes, this is still super good. The only difference is mech genius now gives longer cd on skills if you cast them outside of the range, so it effectively makes it so much easier to keep up boons, as the mech keeps its inherited stats
Is this build still viable? Looks great tho :)!
It has been hit by several nerfs, so the dmg is a lot lower atm, it will do well in some content but us considered to low dmg for fractal CMs atm
I have absolutely nothing at all to do with this game. Just dropping in to say this showed up in my feed randomly and I actually stopped because I could not for the life of me figure out what the fuck this video is even about from both the incredibly long title and the very detailed thumbnail... you stuffed a novels worth of information into the first thing people see when they see this video... and yet you fail to include the most basic information of "Hey this is a build guide for guild wars 2!" Apart from an abbreviation at the end of the title... which, hey, your choice, but that's why it showed up completely randomly on my feed, the algorithm doesn't have a clue what to do with a title like that mate.
Hey mate, sorry about it. I've only used guild wars 2 tags and even chosen it as the specific game in the details. Not sure why it was recommended and I hope it doesn't put you off gw2 in the future
@@alcapitian nah man, it looks like a video you put tons of effort in, good for you. Just saying you wanna put the full name in the title so the algorithm sends it to the people who will actually give you the views/subs and such that you want, you're confusing the algorithm lmao.