Overview
| Template Code | [&DQMvOR0nRiqEAAAAiAAAAJUBAAALGwAACRsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=] |
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| Role |
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| Synergy | high |
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| DPS | low |
| Independence | low |
| Acquiring basics | very easy |
| Achieving mastery | easy |
This build is very common in PuGs. It is currently the best heal build to use in PuGs. More info about this can be found here. This build provides a high amount of boons and a lot of safety to the group via its healing. It, therefore, shines most in less experienced groups as well as when you have bad instabilities.
The Heal Alacrity Mechanist provides permanent Might, Alacrity, Fury, Regeneration and Vigor, as well as some Protection. It also has access to a small amount of Aegis, Stability through .
It offers a large of healing thanks to , , permanent Regeneration and Vigor that you get from . Whenever you use a Jade Golem skill it pumps out more healing when traited with . You can also provide a huge amount of Barrier with , and maintaing a near permanant uptime on your party.
Equipment
Note that this build variant is optimized for 150 agony resistance. If you have more Agony Resistance, feel free to swap out more Harrier pieces but make sure you are maintaining as close to 100% Boon Duration as possible. Check the gear optimizer for more gear variants!
Default Build
Traits
Inventions
Alchemy
Mechanist
Situational Traits and Skills
Common Utility Skills
| Used to provide CC if no other utility is needed | |
| Can be used as a stunbreak and also allows greater control of your mech porting it and yourself to your target. Additionally can be used as a dps increase, | |
| Deals a large amount of CC. If using will also share Protection | |
| If using can be placed to share Might | |
| If using can be placed to share Fury | |
| If using can be placed to share Swiftness | |
| If using can be placed to share Resolution | |
| Has access to a block with and a pull with | |
| Can be used for some emergency boonstrip | |
| Can be used to resummon your mech if is on cooldown | |
| A Scrapper skill, used for group Stealth in T4 fractals. |
Situational Traits
| Taken if you are running turret skills. Grant boons depending on the deployed skills. | |
| Useful on condi heavy and boonstrip heavy encounters to mass condi cleans and generate boons. | |
| In the Scrapper traitline. Useful to share Superspeed for movement and skips. |
Skill Explanations
Mace
- grants Regeneration and Vigor to allies, while applying some Vulnerability to enemies.
- can be used for CC.
Shield
- offers projectile reflection and some CC when released though .
- can be used as a long block that CCs any enemies attacking you. After the block is over it will cc with .
Kits
A large part of the support is generated through the use of your Jade Mech and Kits.
Engineering kits can be opened instantly to give access to 5 new skills, which when closed again return you to your weapon set. Each kit skill will have its separate cooldown, although as you play the class you come to get a feel for when each skill will be available.
:Your jade mech is your main source of Alacrity generation, while also providing a significant portion of your other boons. It inherits your concentration and healing power thanks to .
- and your Mechs auto attacks will slowly generate a small amount of might thanks to .
- grants Alacrity, Protection, Stability and Aegis to 5 targets. It also is a condition cleanse and a stun break.
- You can summon your Mech using and recall it with
- Sometimes your Mech can get stuck, you can try to use Return to Me to get it to come to you, if this doesn't work you may have to recall it instead. Alternatively if is availible, this can be used to port your Mech to your target.
- Remember your Mech commands will generate boons in a radius around your Mech. Make sure it is in range of you and your party before using them!
Your Med Kit is your main source of healing. It has a mixture of condi cleanse, supportive boon generation, and burst healing thanks to
- and provide a large amount of constant healing to your party.
- will cleanse up to 4 conditions over 3 seconds, while also providing a water field that can be used for blast heals.
- is a large group heal that should be used to recover from high incoming damage.
- is a blast finisher that can be used to blast your water field from for burst healing. It also provides some Regeneration, Vigor and Swiftness.
- Remember that many skills in heal in a small radius so make sure you are close to your party.
Provides some additional support through condi cleanse, some burst healing, and slow CC.
- applies Weakness for some slow CC.
- is a mass condi cleanse, cleansing up to 5 conditions from allies. It also applies a small amount of Vulnerability.
- is a blast finisher. Also since it is an Elixir it grants Might through
- is a burst heal, Once hit it also creates an area of continual healing for 10 seconds, making this one of your best healing abilities. It also condi-cleanses and grants Might through
- While not every skill in this kit is commonly used, in particular, the condi cleanse and burst heal are very useful in high-pressure situations.
While not every skill is commonly used, it still provides some slow CC and has access to a strong AoE pulsing heal.
Providing Boons
Standard Boons
- Alacrity is applied by two methods. The first is , which should be pressed off cooldown. In addition to this through the trait , when you apply Barrier you will also share Alacrity. With high Boon Duration it is very easy to upkeep 100% duration.
- Fury will be provided through pressing off cooldown. As long as you have at least 62.5% Boon Duration you will be able to maintain 100% uptime.
- Swiftness is provided mainly through and .
- Regeneration can be maintained permanantly by using off cooldown. When using , you also share it when using and .
- Protection can be maintained permanantly by using off cooldown. Additionally using you Shield skills will also share some through .
- Stability is lacking on Heal Mechanist, with providing 1 stack on a 24 second cooldown (with Alacrity).
- Aegis is lacking on Heal Mechanist, with providing 1 stack on a 24 second cooldown (with Alacrity).
- Vigor can be maintained permanantly by using off cooldown. When using , you also share it when using .
Pre-Stacking Boons
- To provide most of your boons, you can simiply cast , and .
- If there is no fire field you can provide one with (Skill 4) in .
- To blast your firefield to share Might, Engineer has blast finishers on many of its skills. Your most acessible blasts on Heal Mechanist are:
- in
- in
- if you used to provide a firefield,
- , the second activation of Shield 4.
Healing
Sustained Healing
- A large amount of your sustsined healing comes from traits. , and generate a lot of passive healing to yourself, which is then shared with and amplified with .
- When under constant pressure and can be used. It is reccomended to use first due to its shorter cooldwon.
- If your parties hp is not full you can use in which is very strong. However, you should first consider other abilities to heal your party quicker since you want to maximize your time on mace to generate Barrier.
- Your best form of sustained healing is to keep your Barrier uptime high. By using , and if needed , your party will not lose much health due to tanking damage.
Burst Healing
- and can be used for some burst healing.
- Aditionally you have 2 water fields with and which can then be blasted with , and for massive healing.
- If you don't have any burst healing abilities up, you can use for a large amount of Barrier to help sustain your party while you heal them back up.
- If you are anticipating a large amount of incoming damage using or before for strong healing over time can be useful.
Condition Cleanse
- Your strongest condition cleanse is in , removing up to 5 conditions on 5 targets.
- Blasting Light Fields also causes area condition cleanse. You can place light fields with or and then blast with , or .
- If you have a high amount of condition pressure you can use or for a longer-lasting condition cleanse over time.