Holosmith Power

Trait Variations

• Use
  if you have 2 or more condition damage dealers in your subgroup (Druid does not count).
• Use
  while in a full power subgroup and source of Fury is bad (druid doesn’t count).
• Use
  in a full power subgroup.
• Use
  for long fight w/o phases or adds.
• Use
  if adds are available or phases.

• If your heat is 0 when you enter
  Photon Forge start with Corona Burst so you get the 10% damage boost from
  on this skill.
• Always try to use your toolbelt skills off CD (
  +
  ). Only use
  when your heat is above 51.
• After you explode it takes 1.15s for you to get the buff from
  (5 stacks) so try to use
  +
  as soon as possible so you get the modifier on the landing damage of
  and
  .
• If
  is off CD, use it after
  so you get the
  (5 stacks) on the impact of this elite skill. Optional: coz your rotation got delayed by casting this elite, feel free to prioritize
  over 5 so you get the modifiers on this burst and not the starting dmg of
  .
• Try to not delay
  Photon Forge. The more you delay entering it, the less uptime of
  you gonna have.
• If you disable
  Bomb Kit Auto Attack’s it will count as a spell. This allows you to spam
  Bomb Kit Auto Attack’s into
  and not interrupt your AA (will always finish casting).

• Never interrupt your auto-attack chain in
  Photon Forge.
• If you need to use Holographic Shockwave for CC, make sure are still able to use Corona Burst and Holographic Shockwave to overheat. This is to make sure you have stability for
  .
• If you are using Holographic Shockwave to CC only the shock wave does CC not the actual impact, so make sure to not stand in your target’s hitbox while using it.
• Before you engage a boss you can raise your heat level by entering
  Photon Forge, then deactivating it at a certain level. This will cause you to overheat sooner, which can have several benefits:
  1. You will have the
     buff sooner, so you can finish the rest of your rotation sooner. This can be beneficial for encounters with short DPS phases. This is mostly for 75 heat.
  2. You will have the Stability from
     available sooner, allowing you to use
     to CC more quickly.
• For bosses with DPS phases that last between 15 and 35 seconds you can precast your Heat level to 75.
• For bosses with phases that last 35 seconds or longer you can start with 0-40 heat
• If you do not precast, you can use Corona Burst and Photon Blitz two times. If you precast to 40 heat, use Corona Burst twice and Photon Blitz once. If you precast to 75, use Corona Burst and Photon Blitz only once.

• Feel free to precast stuff like
  and
  . You can always start with
  as your gap closer.
• You can disable your Rifle auto-attack so it doesn’t randomly shoot when you swap between kits, as this can delay other attack animations.
• Be careful with Swapping weapons, as it can interrupt your skills. Equipping a kit or switching from one kit to another doesn’t interrupt your normal skills. However, it WILL interrupt your
  Photon Forge skills.
• If your health is really low it might be better to leave
  Photon Forge instead of overheating, as this will do about 4k damage.

• You should always use
  , as it has the best healing when above 51 heat. It also gives Frost Aura, which gives you -10% Incoming Damage. If you need CC, you can use
  for the toolbelt skill. If you need Condition cleanse, you can use
  .

Engineer Condition

• Always start with burst if possible (Look above in Rotation).
• During this rotation, you are using your highest DPS skills first and on cooldown;
  ,
  and
  .
• Since the update to
  , it is now worth while to use it on cooldown together with
  . Both these skills share a similar cooldown.
• You can chain
  with
  . The same applies to
  and
  .
• should also be used on cooldown.
• Your go to filler skills should be;
  and
  .

• Feel free to start with the Loop (See above in Rotation). Your DPS will be lower than the burst rotation but it is much easier.
• You will mostly camp
  . If
  is not up when you swap, then use fillers until it is ready i.e. -
  .
• You can chain
  with
  . The same applies to
  and
  .
• should also be used on cooldown.
• is used in different parts of the looped rotation, but you can easily keep track of it because you constantly use
  on cooldown.
• Your go to filler skills should be;
  and
  .
• At one point in the loop you use
  into
  and other Pistol Skills. Before you swap to Pistol it is a good idea to swap to
  . This way you avoid cancel casting
  after you
  .

• Always remember to precast
  and double dodge to drain your endurance for the 10% modifier from
  .
• You can precast
  which is the Tool belt skill from
  . This is useful for encounters where you have to run to the boss (Vale Guardian, Gorseval, Sabetha, Matthias, Samarog).
• Every boss can be considered a Golem, so always start with your burst rotation and continue with the loop rotation afterwards. If a boss has phases, then you can always restart the burst rotation at the start of every phase.
• Stand as close as possible to the boss as Flamethrower Skill #2 -
  will trigger faster. You have to be careful when using this on big hitboxes as it takes longer for the projectile to move through the boss.
• Be careful when using
  and Flamethrower Skill #3 -
  , when your Mesmers are pulling in adds to cleave.
• If CC is needed, don’t use
  in your rotation and save it for the break bar.
• Keep in mind that
  is also a reflect, this can save your party or you can betray your party (Cairn Crystal Attack).
• Engineer’s rotation is based on the cooldown of
  . Whenever you start your rotation, you should be able to proc this trait in
  to get access to
  .

• Swap out
  for
  if you can’t melee 24/7.
• Your primary heal skill should be
  , but if your group lacks CC then take
  as the Tool belt skill is a daze -
  .
• Feel free to swap out
  for
  if you’re new the rotation and can’t control the cooldown.
• You can also swap out
  for
  if you need a stun break. This will result in a slight DPS decrease.
• If your group stuggles with Might uptime, you can swap out
  for
  .
• If lack of mobility is causing you issues, then you can swap out
  for
  .