Engineer

Engineer
Role:	Ranged DPS, Tank
Equipment:	Launcher, Bots, Exosuit
Armor:	Heavy Armor
Primary Attributes:	Finesse (DPS) Technology (Tank)
Secondary Attributes	Moxie, Brutality (DPS) Insight, Grit (Tank)
Dominion Races:	Cassian, Mechari, Chua
Exiles Races:	Human, Granok, Mordesh

The Engineer class uses heavy armor, a big gun, and a small army of friendly automatons to wreak havoc on the battlefield in either the DPS or Tank role.

Ability Resource

Volatility is the only ability resource used by the Engineer class.

Many Engineer abilities build Volatility, while a smaller group of more powerful abilities like Electrocute consume Volatility when used. 

The Engineers Volatility bar has a maximum capacity of one hundred, and a resting state of zero. When out of combat, Volatility gradually declines to zero.

Effectively managing Volatility, generally to keep it between values of 30 and 70 as this range triggers many AMPs and tier upgrades, is the key to sustained combat as an Engineer.

Innate Abilities: ExoSuit Modes

The Engineer class has two Innate abilities available to it. When either Innate is activated, the appearance of the character changes to include a powered exoskeleton on top of their usual armor. Both innates work passively and place a buff on the character, and can be activated to temporarily provide a more powerful buff.

• ExoSuit Mode: Eradicate passively buffs the Engineer's DPS capabilities, and boosts Assault Power and Volatility regeneration when activated
• ExoSuit Mode: Provoke makes the Engineer a temporarily more powerful Tank, and adds massive damage reduction and Volatility regeneration when activated.

Both Innate Abilities can be activated whilst casting, share a 60s cooldown, and last for 10s when activated.

Abilities

Assault

Icon	Name	Level
	Pulse Blast	1
	Electrocute	2
	Quick Burst	6
	Artillery Bot	6
	Energy Auger	11
	Bio Shell	13
	Mortar Strike	13
	Unstable Anomaly	15
	Target Acquisition*	20
	Bolt Caster	24

Support

Icon	Name	Level
	Bruiser Bot	4
	Hyper Wave	9
	Flak Cannon	9
	Unsteady Miasma	11
	Feedback	15
	Ricochet	18
	Disruptive Module*	18
	Shock Pulse	21
	Particle Ejector	24
	Thresher	31

Utility

Icon	Name	Level
	Zap	3
	Urgent Withdrawal	6
	Recursive Matrix	9
	Diminisher Bot	15
	Shatter Impairment	18
	Repair Bot*	20
	Volatile Injection	21
	Code Red	27
	Personal Defense Unit	27
	Obstruct Vision	31

Items marked with * are unlocked through AMPs.

AMPs

	Assault	Hybrid A/S	Support	Hybrid S/U	Utility	Hybrid A/U
Tier 1	[Critical Hit Severity] [Assault Power] [Critical Hit]	[Lifesteal] [Strikethrough]	[Deflect] [Support Power] [Deflect Critical Hit]	[PvP Defense] [Maximum Shield Capacity]	[Dash Regen] [Cooldowns] [CC Resilience]	[Armor Pierce] [PvP Offense]
Tier 2	[Explosive Ammo] [Harmful Hits] [Shrapnel Rounds] [Volatility Rising] [Extra Hurtin']	[The Zone] [Keep on Truckin'] [Hamstring Tear] [Forceful Impact]	[Rejuvenating Rain] [Repeat Business] [Enmity] [Reroute Power] [Quick Restart]	[Dirty Tricks] [Helpin' Hand] [Defense Protocol] [Turn the Tables]	[Keep it Moving] [Deft Restoration] [Bust and Move] [Reckless Dash] [Reflexive Actions]	[Blast Back] [Volatile Armor] [No Pain, No Pain] [Self-Destruct]
Tier 3	[Unstable Volatility] [Target Acquisition] [Cruisin for a Bruisin]	[Exploit Weakness] [Razor's Edge]	[Boosted Armor] [Disruptive Module] [Try and Hurt Me!]	[Survival Instincts] [Protection by Deflection]	[Hardened Resolve] [Repair Bot] [Can't Touch This]	[Disciplined Soldier] [Keep up the Pace]

Media

Images

Mechari Engineer / Scientist (beta watermark)

Videos

WildStar Livestream - Engineer

Livestream

WildStar DevSpeak Engineer

DevSpeak

References

• zam.com