Handkite Mechanist

February 2025

Introduction

Mechanist Handkite is a specialized build made to used during the last boss of Wing 4, Deimos. It has enough skills to stay alive while kiting and blocking the hands, survive and self heal when it’s needed. The gear stats used are the same as Heal Alacrity Mechanist, but in this variant you can change some pieces into Magi’s or Minstrel’s for better survivability. Communicate your toughness with your tank if you add some!

Build Fundamentals

The build is pretty similar to Heal Alacrity Mechanist, with the difference being that you always keep your Mech close to your character (avoid combat) while using and to get , , and Barrier. In this build Alacrity plays a crucial point, since you want to block the hands and use elixir S to prevent you from getting damage and stacking them correctly.

You have two Block Skills and one Elixir to prevent the damage from the hands:

• , a skill that you obtain from

Avoid using when Deimos is about to cast , otherwise you will have no way to block it and you’ll get . Ideally, use this skill just after Deimos has cast and then stack 5 hands before moving out. You won’t take damage from Weak Minded (7% max health damage per pulse) during the effects of .

Keep one of the two Shield skills available for . In the meantime, you should use , and to help you while tanking hands.

can be used either to yourself or your team to provide . Hands strip , so be careful if you want to use this skill to block .

Use at your own discretion, both for helping while tanking the hands or if you want to recover life after each . This is your strongest Healing Skill, and it also provides .

Important notes

• Never Dodge while you’re about to block using or . Try to time it well whilst also blocking hands.
• Use on top of your character to get some extra healing. Additionally, if you use , you trigger a Combo Water Field + Blast Finisher that heals around you. Remember to not use before and inside , otherwise you will cause Area Cleanse instead of Area Healing when you use a Blast Finisher.
• While you equip an Engineering Kit you regenerate health over time thanks to .
• provides and at the end of the leap. Use this skill when you need to move to another position.
• For Challenge Mode (CM), it’s safer to have more Maximum Health and Toughness (at least 1600-1700). Check with your current Tank how much you can increase it, and use more often during the fight.

Alternatives

Gear

As mentioned in Introduction, you can change some gear pieces into Magi’s and/or Minstrel’s. Consider to keep a high Boon Duration whilst getting more Health and Toughness.

is still a good option if you don’t have access to .

is still a good option if you don’t have access to .

Food

• – for more stats and damage reduction.
• – for more healing.
• – if Ascended Food is not available.