Boon Heal Mechanist

This build has good healing, very strong CC, and access to a very wide range of offensive and defensive boons for your allies. Make sure to read the remarks for alternatives for runes and utility skills.

Build fundamentals

Playing Support Mechanist is relatively easy to pick up, you will want to use most of your skills off-cooldown for maximum boon uptime, and keep healing with Med Kit.

During fights, try to always finish Mace auto-attack chain for barrier and Alacrity application and keep generating your boons.

Keep in mind your Mech skills can be interrupted by querying different skills. For example, it’s very easy to interrupt a long, channeled cast of Barrier Burst with any of the other Mech skills or Rocket Fist Prototype if you are not aware it will trigger Rocket Punch due to Mech Fighter interaction.

Mech:

• Barrier Burst off cd for some Might, Fury, even more Vigor, barrier and Alacrity
• Crisis Zone for Aegis, Stability, Protection, Alacrity
  Important: Crisis Zone is not required for permanent Alacrity uptime!
  You can keep this CD free for certain situations in boss encounters when u need AoE Stability or Aegis access.
• Additionally, your Mech will generate 25 Might with his Auto Attacks

Utilities and mace:

• Energizing Slam off cd for permanent Vigor and Regeneration
• Barrier Signet for more barrier and Alacrity
• Infusion Bomb in your Med Kit for Swiftness, Vigor and Regeneration

Remember it is not just you giving Boons! It’s also the Mech! Make use of Shift Signet to reposition your Mech if necessary for optimal boon application. Use it before queuing Barrier Burst, otherwise, it will interrupt the cast.

You only need to use Med Kit abilities when your group needs healing.
A big weakness here is the very limited range for your heals. Make sure you stay close to the group when in Med Kit.

Self-sustain:

You have compared to Healscrapper significantly less self-sustain, but that doesn’t mean there is none.

• Soothing Detonation will trigger a small heal whenever you use any of the Mech abilities
• Health Insurance will give you +20% on the Med Kit and you will get 10% more heal
• Every bit of barrier generated will benefit your chance of surviving difficult situations
• Use Magnetic Shield to mitigate incoming damage
• Use your mobility to get out of danger! Energizing Slam and Shift Signet are very good for that.

Note: Shift Signet is not just a mobility skill, but also a stun break and condition cleanse on you and your Mech!

CC (Crowd Control)

• Rocket Fist Prototype
• Magnetic Inversion
• Static ShieldThrow Shield

Alternatives

Utility Skills

• Elixir Gun or Barrier Signet for Personal Battering Ram when more Breakbar Damage is required
• Elite Mortar Kit for Overclock Signet to increase your flexibility for Barrier Support, Alacrity, Aegis, Stability Application due to shorter Cooldowns

Gear Stats

On every encounter without a toughness tank you can run Minstrel to increase your survivability, should you struggle with that.