Thanks Johny. Easy to understand build as usual. Your open world builds are easy to play, understand and good sustain. You are my goto youtuber for OW builds. Thanks !
Thanks Johny! I loved your last mech build so much I pretty much made it my main for PvE stuff. Looking forward to playing around with the other options in this video!
I'm only couple weeks into gw2 or 70ish hours... I've played a lot but I found your necro reaper video and learned so,e things and its the class I'm working on now and I'm enjoying it but soon I'll ma,make, another character and engineer is what I'll go with it's just to awesome
Hey mate, can you use dual pistol on the celestial build or is only for the condi build and you HAVE to have mace for the celestial build? I was wondering if the condi version will work with the condi traits in the second half of the video but with all celestial gear?
Yes you can 👍 If you will use it in open world, it should work ok, but expect overall less sustain. And if you'll use Celestial for group content, it should also work well, but overall should be less DPS.
Loaded it up on a mech I have with mostly cele gear just to get a feel for it. Really smooth, very nice bursts. I'm going to have to seek out some harder enemies to see what happens when the fight is prolonged. lol Right now my little Gizmo is killing things pretty fast.
Hi I wonder between the sigil of torment and sigil of bursting which one deals better damage? Also will switching out signet of force for flame turret give us better damage?
hey, awesome and good video! i m newbie just try your suggestion cheap build yesterday and its awesome for me, I want to try ascended full set gear build can you suggest for me? and for second weapon can I use rifle instead of pistol
Glad you liked it! If this build worked for you and you liked it, you can go for the main build version for ascended. And I don't recommend using rifle with this build as Rifle is more for power builds, while this one is a condi build gw2skills.net/editor/?PewAkqplxycZwsWWMWqT3RVA-DSRYVBbm0xOj4UBdIBU4HAWg5TDA-e
Hi Johnny. I’m running this mace pistol build and doing 8 to 9K DPS on strikes but then I run your dual pistol condi build both are engi and I start doing 18-19K DPS is this pistol/mace build more of a hybrid of sort of doing OK damage with more survivability than going full-blown Condi DPS with your pistol pistol build?
Sorry, but I'm not sure if you're referring to an entirely different build from another guide of mine or not. But the main build in this guide is more balanced between Sustain & Damage for solo open world gameplay. For group content, you'll need to change at least few traits since you will have other players providing the support / heal. Check the build from 09:47 for the more DPS variant of this build
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny yeah that’s what I’m referring to exactly. I’m running the mace pistol build that’s on this video and the damage output is almost half of what I could do with the variant you have on this same video with pistol pistol. Does that sound just about right? I just want to make sure that sounds just about right or if I’m doing something wrong with the mace pistol variant in the beginning of this video. Thanks for the help 💪🏻
Yes that sounds about right :) You can actually do even more than 18-19K with the DPS variant if you made all recommended changes. Very often I'd be top DPS with it
What would you say is the key difference between this build and say the one from lord hizen? I see similarities, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know the differences to determine which way is best for me. I'm currently switching between mech or reaper as my main. So far reaper lets me face tank almost everything, but I like the voice acting and looks of my mech. So wondering if mech can keep up with reaper on the damage and survival aspects of things.
Sorry, but I don't know Lord Hizen's build to answer that question. If you sent me the build's link ( not video link ) I can check and tell you. For me personally, I think Reaper / Scourge and Mech are the best Specs as of right now in GW2 for beginners and low intensity builds. All of them are very versatile and can offer a lot of options, even in group content. ----------- To answer your specific question in more details: - Reaper is perfect for short to mid fights. So you can clear a bunch of random mobs easily in seconds, and you can also solo most champs and even some bounties without any issues ( depending on the instabilities they have at the time ). But there will be times where you'll find yourself fighting let's say a hard bounty that is also surrounded by a bunch of hard mobs, in that case you may struggle to stay alive. But then of course, you can just switch to Blood Magic + Death Magic with all minions and you're basically unkillable. - Mechanist on the other hand can handle any fight, whether it's short / mid / long, whether it's melee or ranged. There will be very little in open world that you can't solo with a Mech, especially if we're talking about this build I just posted. Even in short fights, it won't have as much bursty quick damage as Reaper, but it will not be too far behind. Even if you struggled somehow, you can use a couple of extra celestial / trailblazer pieces with some damage reduction food, and you'll most likely be able to solo whatever you struggled with without issues. - So basically it all depends on the exact kind of fights you focus more on when you're in open world. ----------- If my answer was not clear enough, please let me know what exactly do you use the builds for most of the time, and I'll tell you which one will suit that style more
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Looks like I can't post the build link here. lord hizen uses flame thrower and healing turret instead of healing signet and super conducting. His build is in Explosives(2-1-3), Firearms(1-2-3), and Mech(2-2-1), with all celest gear using trapper runes and relic of Akeem. Weapons are running strength and frailty. His rotation seems to just go 2, 3, 4 alternating between Mace/Pistol and Flamethrower with some auto attacks thrown in from mace. In his video, he seems to suggest he wanted to get full alac and quickness uptime. Could that be the difference between his and your build? I like your build more as it seems simpler to understand, but I am curious what the differences are.
Thank YOU for the kind words! I am not sure which build are you referring to, but generally Pistol / Pistol is good for single targets, so it's perfect for Strikes and Raids for example Mace / Pistol is better at handling multiple enemies, so it's more suited for open world and most of fractals
Pistol / Pistol will do more damage overall, but again it will only work best with single targets. But in open world, you don't just fight single targets as you often fight multiple enemies. Also don't forget the value you get out of Mace #2 and #3. That's exactly why I recommend Mace / Pistol for open world, and Pistol / Pistol in Strikes and Raids since it's all about single targets, and you'll have other players to provide heals and boons
Thanks again for the video and the time you give us in making it!! I would appreciate if you make one video about the pachted Scrapper in dmg and heal!? See you on border*wave* Tink
You can't buy the Trapper runes from the TP, you can have to craft it yourself. Please check the wiki link if you're not sure how: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Trapper
Since your guide for celestial virtuoso, i follow your guides for open world and i find this type of content alot easier. My mechanist is full celestial because i boosted my engi. I wonder if celestial also works, since i don't have much gold nor the crafting for medium armor.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Oh, that's great to know. In time i will get all the best gear for this run. I have leveled a few characters to 80, and i just wanted to get a mechgineer quickly. My mesmer is full ascended bis gear, and since i selected the light gear from the astral rewards, now i need to wait to get the medium one. For trinkets, that will be a tad easier to get.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Just gave it a try last night, i've never melted enemies this fast, especially champions. Even with celestial, and thus losing a bit on the dps side, i still managed it. Hope anet won't nerf this. Thanks again for this build guide :)
thanks for the vid new the gw2, this mechinest is fun in just not surviving like i usually do in mmos. maybe bc i have only exotic rn but i have no gold 😂 idk if the level 80 zones are supposed to be hard 😂
Welcome to GW2! Exotic is completely fine and it shouldn't be the cause of any issues at all. Are you level 80 yet, and did you fully unlock Mechanist?
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny HoT seems really difficult to solo around the areas. i’m missing one more upgrade on it. i went to PoF to see if it’s going to be easier. my HP is like 16k
If you have 16K HP then you probably have the wrong gear. Are you sure you used the same gear setup I suggested in the video? If not then may I know what gear are you using? If you don't know then tell me how much "Armor" do you have. That'll be the in the second row, and right column
Makes more sense now why you're struggling with sustain 😄 Also, the build is more condi oriented, so you're not even going to do much damage. So you had low sustain and low damage, which is why you were having a hard time with it. Do you have the new expansion "Secrets of the Obscure" ? If so, I recommend my power variant of the build instead : th-cam.com/video/RAT4iwLVMVo/w-d-xo.html If you'll use full Berserker, your sustain will still be relatively low, but overall this build I linked now should work better with you based on the gear you have
I have some builds that are made specifically for group content like Strike & Raids. For those builds I'll put the numbers in the title and show you in the video. An example is this one : th-cam.com/video/YvKYljxcJRE/w-d-xo.html But for any build that is made only for Open World, or if it's one of the areas it will cover, I don't post numbers since there are more important factors
Thanks Johny. Easy to understand build as usual. Your open world builds are easy to play, understand and good sustain. You are my goto youtuber for OW builds. Thanks !
Thank you so much for the kind words and trust! I really appreciate it 🤗
So true!
Thanks Johny! I loved your last mech build so much I pretty much made it my main for PvE stuff. Looking forward to playing around with the other options in this video!
I am very glad you enjoyed the previous one, and I hope you enjoy this one too! They're both viable and offer different styles 👍
I like that it's so simple and relaxed to play. Thanks for the build.
It is indeed very low intensity! Glad you liked it 👍
I'm only couple weeks into gw2 or 70ish hours... I've played a lot but I found your necro reaper video and learned so,e things and its the class I'm working on now and I'm enjoying it but soon I'll ma,make, another character and engineer is what I'll go with it's just to awesome
That is awesome! Welcome to GW2 🙂 I'm very glad you liked the Reaper build, and I hope you also like the Mech build when you try it
Thanks, for all your gw2 content very helpful, understandable and fun to play. How much dps does it do on the golum?
I'm afraid I can't remember the numbers for this build. Sorry.
But I started adding the DPS numbers in my pinned comments in my latest videos.
This helped me. I appreciate your efforts
I'm really glad to hear that!
Thanks I'm new and love playing Mech , this help me a lot
Welcome to GW2 and I'm Glad to help!
Hey mate, can you use dual pistol on the celestial build or is only for the condi build and you HAVE to have mace for the celestial build? I was wondering if the condi version will work with the condi traits in the second half of the video but with all celestial gear?
Yes you can 👍
If you will use it in open world, it should work ok, but expect overall less sustain.
And if you'll use Celestial for group content, it should also work well, but overall should be less DPS.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny ❤️
Loaded it up on a mech I have with mostly cele gear just to get a feel for it. Really smooth, very nice bursts. I'm going to have to seek out some harder enemies to see what happens when the fight is prolonged. lol Right now my little Gizmo is killing things pretty fast.
That's very nice to hear! I think with full Cele, your sustain will be even higher than I showed here, and you will not have issues with any fights
Can I use this same build with a scrapper and for roaming? @@GamingTutorialswithJohny
I'm afraid not. This exact setup will not work very well for Scrapper. I'll most likely make another builds specifically for Scrapper as we go
Ah I see well that'd be awesome! I'll be waiting aha I wanna pick up scrapper again.@@GamingTutorialswithJohny
Hi I wonder between the sigil of torment and sigil of bursting which one deals better damage? Also will switching out signet of force for flame turret give us better damage?
hey, awesome and good video! i m newbie just try your suggestion cheap build yesterday and its awesome for me, I want to try ascended full set gear build can you suggest for me? and for second weapon can I use rifle instead of pistol
Glad you liked it! If this build worked for you and you liked it, you can go for the main build version for ascended. And I don't recommend using rifle with this build as Rifle is more for power builds, while this one is a condi build
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Thank you very much :)
Hi Johnny. I’m running this mace pistol build and doing 8 to 9K DPS on strikes but then I run your dual pistol condi build both are engi and I start doing 18-19K DPS is this pistol/mace build more of a hybrid of sort of doing OK damage with more survivability than going full-blown Condi DPS with your pistol pistol build?
Sorry, but I'm not sure if you're referring to an entirely different build from another guide of mine or not.
But the main build in this guide is more balanced between Sustain & Damage for solo open world gameplay. For group content, you'll need to change at least few traits since you will have other players providing the support / heal.
Check the build from 09:47 for the more DPS variant of this build
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny yeah that’s what I’m referring to exactly. I’m running the mace pistol build that’s on this video and the damage output is almost half of what I could do with the variant you have on this same video with pistol pistol. Does that sound just about right? I just want to make sure that sounds just about right or if I’m doing something wrong with the mace pistol variant in the beginning of this video. Thanks for the help 💪🏻
Yes that sounds about right :) You can actually do even more than 18-19K with the DPS variant if you made all recommended changes. Very often I'd be top DPS with it
Do you think condi mech or power scrapper is more thought after in fractals right now?
I don't think they will be looking for specific DPS classes. So just whatever you're more comfortable with and the one you can do higher damage with
What would you say is the key difference between this build and say the one from lord hizen? I see similarities, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know the differences to determine which way is best for me.
I'm currently switching between mech or reaper as my main. So far reaper lets me face tank almost everything, but I like the voice acting and looks of my mech. So wondering if mech can keep up with reaper on the damage and survival aspects of things.
Sorry, but I don't know Lord Hizen's build to answer that question. If you sent me the build's link ( not video link ) I can check and tell you.
For me personally, I think Reaper / Scourge and Mech are the best Specs as of right now in GW2 for beginners and low intensity builds. All of them are very versatile and can offer a lot of options, even in group content.
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To answer your specific question in more details:
- Reaper is perfect for short to mid fights. So you can clear a bunch of random mobs easily in seconds, and you can also solo most champs and even some bounties without any issues ( depending on the instabilities they have at the time ). But there will be times where you'll find yourself fighting let's say a hard bounty that is also surrounded by a bunch of hard mobs, in that case you may struggle to stay alive. But then of course, you can just switch to Blood Magic + Death Magic with all minions and you're basically unkillable.
- Mechanist on the other hand can handle any fight, whether it's short / mid / long, whether it's melee or ranged. There will be very little in open world that you can't solo with a Mech, especially if we're talking about this build I just posted. Even in short fights, it won't have as much bursty quick damage as Reaper, but it will not be too far behind. Even if you struggled somehow, you can use a couple of extra celestial / trailblazer pieces with some damage reduction food, and you'll most likely be able to solo whatever you struggled with without issues.
- So basically it all depends on the exact kind of fights you focus more on when you're in open world.
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If my answer was not clear enough, please let me know what exactly do you use the builds for most of the time, and I'll tell you which one will suit that style more
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Looks like I can't post the build link here. lord hizen uses flame thrower and healing turret instead of healing signet and super conducting.
His build is in Explosives(2-1-3), Firearms(1-2-3), and Mech(2-2-1), with all celest gear using trapper runes and relic of Akeem. Weapons are running strength and frailty.
His rotation seems to just go 2, 3, 4 alternating between Mace/Pistol and Flamethrower with some auto attacks thrown in from mace. In his video, he seems to suggest he wanted to get full alac and quickness uptime. Could that be the difference between his and your build?
I like your build more as it seems simpler to understand, but I am curious what the differences are.
Hi Johnny. Once again thank you for all the hard work. How is this build compared to the condi mech dou pistol build?
Thank YOU for the kind words! I am not sure which build are you referring to, but generally Pistol / Pistol is good for single targets, so it's perfect for Strikes and Raids for example
Mace / Pistol is better at handling multiple enemies, so it's more suited for open world and most of fractals
Perfect break down thats what i needed to know. Is the dps the same or p/p is higher than the open world m/p?@@GamingTutorialswithJohny
Pistol / Pistol will do more damage overall, but again it will only work best with single targets. But in open world, you don't just fight single targets as you often fight multiple enemies. Also don't forget the value you get out of Mace #2 and #3.
That's exactly why I recommend Mace / Pistol for open world, and Pistol / Pistol in Strikes and Raids since it's all about single targets, and you'll have other players to provide heals and boons
Thanks again for the video and the time you give us in making it!! I would appreciate if you make one video about the pachted Scrapper in dmg and heal!? See you on border*wave* Tink
I will do that for sure 👍
Don't know why Trading Company is not showing Armor runes " Superior Rune of the Trapper" closest thing is "trooper" but the stats are all wrong!
You can't buy the Trapper runes from the TP, you can have to craft it yourself. Please check the wiki link if you're not sure how: wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Trapper
Since your guide for celestial virtuoso, i follow your guides for open world and i find this type of content alot easier. My mechanist is full celestial because i boosted my engi. I wonder if celestial also works, since i don't have much gold nor the crafting for medium armor.
Thank you so much! Full Celestial can work with this build yes, it will just do a little less damage
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Oh, that's great to know. In time i will get all the best gear for this run. I have leveled a few characters to 80, and i just wanted to get a mechgineer quickly. My mesmer is full ascended bis gear, and since i selected the light gear from the astral rewards, now i need to wait to get the medium one. For trinkets, that will be a tad easier to get.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Just gave it a try last night, i've never melted enemies this fast, especially champions. Even with celestial, and thus losing a bit on the dps side, i still managed it. Hope anet won't nerf this. Thanks again for this build guide :)
That's great to hear! Glad you liked the build 🙂
thanks for the vid new the gw2, this mechinest is fun in just not surviving like i usually do in mmos. maybe bc i have only exotic rn but i have no gold 😂 idk if the level 80 zones are supposed to be hard 😂
Welcome to GW2!
Exotic is completely fine and it shouldn't be the cause of any issues at all. Are you level 80 yet, and did you fully unlock Mechanist?
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny HoT seems really difficult to solo around the areas. i’m missing one more upgrade on it. i went to PoF to see if it’s going to be easier. my HP is like 16k
If you have 16K HP then you probably have the wrong gear. Are you sure you used the same gear setup I suggested in the video? If not then may I know what gear are you using?
If you don't know then tell me how much "Armor" do you have. That'll be the in the second row, and right column
@@GamingTutorialswithJohnysee the problem is i found your video too late and bought berserker gear 😂
Makes more sense now why you're struggling with sustain 😄
Also, the build is more condi oriented, so you're not even going to do much damage. So you had low sustain and low damage, which is why you were having a hard time with it.
Do you have the new expansion "Secrets of the Obscure" ? If so, I recommend my power variant of the build instead : th-cam.com/video/RAT4iwLVMVo/w-d-xo.html
If you'll use full Berserker, your sustain will still be relatively low, but overall this build I linked now should work better with you based on the gear you have
I would say relic of the fractual would be a better dps choice
I agree with you 👍 That is also why I say exactly what you just said in the video 😉
Johny is this build still valid?
Absolutely. I also have another more DPS variant build coming up very soon
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny That's good bro but I'm more interested in open world stuff lol
What are DPS?
The amount of damage you can do per second
No i ment what would be DPS on each of the builds, not just saying high DPS. Some exact numbers would be nice, shown on test golem.
I have some builds that are made specifically for group content like Strike & Raids. For those builds I'll put the numbers in the title and show you in the video. An example is this one : th-cam.com/video/YvKYljxcJRE/w-d-xo.html
But for any build that is made only for Open World, or if it's one of the areas it will cover, I don't post numbers since there are more important factors
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Build looks fun !
But i only own celestial stuff
Glad you liked it! And it will work just fine with full Celestial too, just expect a little less damage
@@GamingTutorialswithJohnyI would love to see an elementalist with the EOD elite spec !
I don't have a recent Catalyst build just yet, but I do have a Tempest with Hammer: th-cam.com/video/yA8OQEFtK-M/w-d-xo.html