Leveling Rotations and Tips for Machinist — Dawntrail 7.1

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When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of gear with the highest item level. You can exchange Allagan Tomestone of Poetics for gear in Mor Dhona at level 50, in Idyllshire at level 60, in Rhalgr's Reach at level 70, and in Eulmore at level 80.

Machinist starts out at level 30, but since the lowest level duty you can queue into is level 15, that is where we will start this page at.

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Machinist unlocks two job gauges and three different abilities with charges during the course of leveling. These can be thought of as resources you can pool and spend flexibly. Always try to spend your resources before they overflow past the maximum gauge or charges!

• Two charges of Gauss Round
• Three charges of Gauss Round
• Three charges of Checkmate
• Two charges of Ricochet
• Three charges of Ricochet
• Three charges of Double Check
• Two charges of Reassemble
• Two charges of Drill or Bioblaster
• Heat Gauge: Use Hypercharge to spend heat before gauge reaches 100.
• Battery Gauge: Summon Rook Autoturret before gauge reaches 100.
• Battery Gauge: Summon Automaton Queen before gauge reaches 100.
• Barrel Stabilizer: Use every 120s when you're free to use Hypercharge.

The easiest way to think about Machinist rotation while leveling is to put the abilities in priority order. The leveling content is generally focused around four-member parties and a mix of single-target and multi-target situations. Any rigid rotation falls apart easily as the situation changes, but a priority system allows you to adjust to anything at hand.

• Use Drill every 20 seconds.
• Use Hot Shot every 40 seconds.
• Use Air Anchor every 40 seconds.
• Use Chain Saw every 60 seconds.
• Use Excavator every 60 seconds after using Chain Saw.
• Hypercharge: Heat Blast x5 whenever above 50 heat or if you have the free usage buff from Barrel Stabilizer and the above Multi-Tool cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left. Pair with Wildfire every 120 seconds.
• Hypercharge: Blazing Shot x5 whenever above 50 heat or if you have the free usage buff from Barrel Stabilizer and the above Multi-Tool cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left. Pair with Wildfire every 120 seconds.
• Hypercharge: Heat Blast x5 whenever above 50 heat and all above cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left on their timer.
• Split Shot → Slug Shot: Filler combo while waiting for cooldowns and resources.
• Split Shot → Slug Shot → Clean Shot: Filler combo while waiting for cooldowns and resources.
• Heated Split Shot → Slug Shot → Clean Shot: Filler combo while waiting for cooldowns and resources.
• Heated Split Shot → Heated Slug Shot → Clean Shot: Filler combo while waiting for cooldowns and resources.
• Heated Split Shot → Heated Slug Shot → Clean Shot: Filler combo while waiting for cooldowns and resources.

Pair Reassemble with your strongest weaponskill available.

• Drill, Chain Saw, Excavator or Air Anchor
• Drill, Chain Saw, or Air Anchor
• Drill or Air Anchor
• Drill
• Clean Shot
• Hot Shot or Slug Shot depending on which is available.

• Tactician is one of the most effective mitigation tools in the game. Use this on raid-wide damage or to assist a tank on bigger mob pack pulls.
• Dismantle can be applied to a single enemy, resulting in a 10% damage reduction. Best used on single-target boss fights, and can be applied to either raid-wide damage instances or tankbusters.

Switch to multi-target priority whenever you can hit two targets or more.

Switch to multi-target priority whenever you can hit two targets or more. Auto Crossbow should only be used at three or more targets.

Switch to multi-target priority whenever you can hit three targets or more. Bioblaster should still be used at two targets.

1. Bioblaster
2. Flamethrower whenever above cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left and there are 3 or more targets.
3. Hypercharge: Auto Crossbow x5 whenever above 50 heat and above cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left.
4. If 3 or 4 enemies then: Hypercharge: Blazing Shot x5 whenever above 50 heat and above cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left. If 4 or more enemies then: Hypercharge: Auto Crossbow x5 whenever above 50 heat and above cooldowns have 10 seconds or more left. Blazing Shot and Auto Crossbow are equal potency on four targets. Use whichever suits the current situation better.
5. Scattergun
6. Spread Shot
7. Same as single target.

Multi-target Reassemble can be used at two or more targets.

Multi-target Reassemble can be used at four or more targets.

Multi-target Reassemble can be used at two or more targets if using it on Chain Saw, else on four or more targets.

Multi-target Reassemble can be used at two or more targets.

1. Chain Saw or Excavator
2. Chain Saw
3. Scattergun
4. Auto Crossbow
5. Spread Shot
6. Same as single target.

Some job quests unlock import abilities and traits so they should be completed as soon as your level is high enough to unlock them.

• Level 30: Master of Marksmanship
• Level 35: Always the Last Place You Look
• Level 40: Rook Before You Reap
• Level 50: The Power of a Tourney
• Level 52: Pushing the Brume
• Level 54: A Joye-ful Reunion
• Level 56: Wheels of Justice
• Level 58: Taking the Fall
• Level 60: Rise of the Machinists
• Level 70: The Mongrel and the Knight