As far as everyone knows, Gear Masters now turned to DPS beasts, The main changes revolve around the Mechanic Mode.
Mechanic mode (MM)
Aura-like skill (permanent). Under MM, all tower skills become MM Tower, whereby the tower will not be summon, but is cast directly as a skill.
Lv10 MM - increase own physical attack by 24%, damage received is reduced by 19%.
Skills damage BEFORE & AFTER
Ping Pong Bomb Lv16 532%+8831 > 976%+11775
Mecha Bomber Lv10 618%+13636 > 1287%+25826
Big Mecha Bomber Lv4 747%+14244 > 2178%35611
Cannon Tower Lv12 409%+11388 Duration 12seconds > 865%+19360 Duration 15seconds
(Under MM CD is 0sec which means you can spam all day long)
Frosty Tower Lv7 310%+5148 Duration 20seconds > 568%+5148 Duration 15seconds
(Under MM CD is 9sec)
Chainsaw Tower Lv6 382%+11131 Duration 20seconds > 2123%+23853 Duration 15seconds
(Under MM CD is 6sec)
•Now the skill build•
Main concern is to remove skills that can't deal more damage than MM cannon.
Academic
Removed Stun Grenade & got Trouble Bubble for utility (3.5seconds disable)
Engineer
Maxed main dps skills, Maxed Chemical Grenade for max Debuff duration (16sec), Maxed Transitional Damage for max Damage reduction buff/duration, And spare points on ping pong bomb.
Gear Master
•Heraldries•
Enhancement
Destruction / Wind / Life / Health / Mana Or Energy / Ultimate / Tent / Shining
Skill Plates
Chainsaw tower CD / Big Mecha Bomber DMG / Frosty Tower CD / Damage Transitional / Can use Mecha Bomber CD.
•Stuff You should know•
Best way to use MM cannon is to break the animation
with spam left click + MM cannon.
Frosty (Ice) tower MM frosty & chemical grenade help Ice stacks last longer for 7sec.
(1sec per -10% ice resist)(Note that Ele's ice skills overwrite it to 50% instead of 70%)
This Build's Sample Gameplay Video: