Powertech Pyrotech Basics Guide

Regenerates health and vents heat while channeling. Not usable in combat.

Regain health out of battle.

Your next ability generates no heat, and you vent 50 heat over 3 seconds after using it.

Your next ability generates no heat, and you vent 50 heat over 3 seconds after using it.

Fires a quick stream of bolts, causing weapon damage.

Fires a quick stream of bolts, causing weapon damage.

Engages the jetpack, allowing you to strike the target with a heavy punch that deals kinetic damage.

Engages the jetpack, allowing you to strike the target with a heavy punch that deals kinetic damage.

Increases Endurance by 5%.

Increases Endurance by 5%.

Ranged weapon attacks have a 30% chance to deal additional elemental damage over 6 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once per second.

Ranged weapon attacks have a 30% chance to deal additional elemental damage over 6 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once per second.

Increases the damage of Scorch by 20%.

Increases the damage of Scorch by 20%.

Fires a burst of flame at the target that deals elemental damage.

Fires a burst of flame at the target that deals elemental damage.

Fires a very powerful shot at the target that deals weapon damage. Only usable against incapacitated targets or targets suffering from periodic damage. Deals additional damage if dual wielding.

Fires a very powerful shot at the target that deals weapon damage. Only usable against incapacitated targets or targets suffering from periodic damage. Deals additional damage if dual wielding.

Torches everything in a 10-meter cone with a flamethrower, dealing elemental damage to up to 8 targets.

Torches everything in a 10-meter cone with a flamethrower, dealing elemental damage to up to 8 targets.

Torches up to 8 targets within 5 meters for elemental damage.

Torches up to 8 targets within 5 meters for elemental damage.

Purges all incapacitating and movement-impairing effects.

If you are stunned and can’t move, you can use this ability to unstun yourself.

Interrupts the target's current action and prevents that ability from being used for the next 4 seconds.

Every class has an interrupt ability that allows them to interrupt an enemy while they are casting. Enemy castbars that fill up from left to right are called casts and can be interrupted and the ability will be stopped, but castbars that go from right to left deal damage the entire time they are channeling. Using your interrupt in combat is very useful as it can prevent the enemy from damaging you, or sometimes even prevent them from stunning you or knocking you back!

Engages the jetpack and ignites your gauntlet, allowing you to strike the target with a flaming fist that deals kinetic damage and elemental damage.

Engages the jetpack and ignites your gauntlet, allowing you to strike the target with a flaming fist that deals kinetic damage and elemental damage.

Applies a stack of Power Yield to you, increasing your armor by 40% and your damage done by 2% for 10 seconds. Whenever you take damage, an additional stack of Power Yield is applied, up to 5 times. This lasts up to 30 seconds.

Applies a stack of Power Yield to you, increasing your armor by 40% and your damage done by 2% for 10 seconds. Whenever you take damage, an additional stack of Power Yield is applied, up to 5 times. This lasts up to 30 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Searing Wave by 3 seconds and causes Flaming Fist to root its target for 2 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Searing Wave by 3 seconds and causes Flaming Fist to root its target for 2 seconds.

Flaming Fist, Flame Burst, and Flame Sweep trigger Combustible Gas Cylinder on all affected targets. Reduces the cooldown of Searing Wave by 3 seconds and causes Flaming Fist to root its target for 2 seconds.

Flaming Fist, Flame Burst, and Flame Sweep trigger Combustible Gas Cylinder on all affected targets. Reduces the cooldown of Searing Wave by 3 seconds and causes Flaming Fist to root its target for 2 seconds.

Increases damage reduction by 25% for 15 seconds.

Increases damage reduction by 25% for 15 seconds.

Unleashes a rapid onslaught of ordnance dealing kinetic damage and elemental damage to up to 8 enemies in the targeted area while generating 30 heat over the duration of the channel. Standard and weak targets are knocked down by the blasts. Can be used while moving.

Unleashes a rapid onslaught of ordnance dealing kinetic damage and elemental damage to up to 8 enemies in the targeted area while generating 30 heat over the duration of the channel. Standard and weak targets are knocked down by the blasts. Can be used while moving.

Fires a neural dart that taunts the target, forcing it to attack you. Player targets deal 30% less damage when attacking anyone other than you. Effect lasts 6 seconds.

Fires a neural dart that taunts the target, forcing it to attack you. Player targets deal 30% less damage when attacking anyone other than you. Effect lasts 6 seconds.

Flaming Fist leaves traces of Ignition Fuel on the target causing your next Immolate or Flame Burst to deal 30% more damage. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds.

Flaming Fist leaves traces of Ignition Fuel on the target causing your next Immolate or Flame Burst to deal 30% more damage. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds.

Flaming Fist deals damage up to 4 enemies within 5 meters of the primary target.

Flaming Fist deals damage up to 4 enemies within 5 meters of the primary target.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: This is a pretty good amount of cleave damage to a large group of trash enemies.

Flaming Fist builds a stack of Heatstroke increasing the damage of your Combustible Gas Cylinder by 25% per stack. Lasts for 20 seconds. This effect can stack up to 4 times.

Flaming Fist builds a stack of Heatstroke increasing the damage of your Combustible Gas Cylinder by 25% per stack. Lasts for 20 seconds. This effect can stack up to 4 times.

General Suggestion: Flaming Fist is your big melee hit ability, and Combustible Gas Cylinder is a passive damage source thats working in the background all the time as you fight. Heatstroke will be free extra damage without having to change the way you play Pyrotech at all!

Increases the damage dealt by Combustible Gas Cylinder by 10% and its chance to be triggered by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Combustible Gas Cylinder by 10% and its chance to be triggered by 5%.

Reduces the damage taken from all periodic effects by 30%.

Reduces the damage taken from all periodic effects by 30%.

Fires a grapple line that pulls the target to the Powertech and generates a high amount of threat. Targets are immobilized for 3 seconds. Cannot be used on targets in cover.

Pull an enemy to you. Doesn't work on stronger enemies.

Increases the duration of Energy Shield by 3 seconds. In addition, suffering direct damage from area attacks vents 2 heat and heals you for 2.5% of your total health. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds.

Increases the duration of Energy Shield by 3 seconds. In addition, suffering direct damage from area attacks vents 2 heat and heals you for 2.5% of your total health. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds.

Grappling hook is engulfed in fire and places Heat Chain on the target. This deals elemental damage and slows the target over 6 seconds.

Grappling hook is engulfed in fire and places Heat Chain on the target. This deals elemental damage and slows the target over 6 seconds.

Grapple gets two charges and finishes the cooldown of Rocket Punch and Flaming Fist.

Grapple gets two charges and finishes the cooldown of Rocket Punch and Flaming Fist.

Jet to a distant target dealing kinetic damage, interrupting the target's current action and immobilizing the target for 2 seconds. Cannot be used against targets in cover. Using Jet Charge grants Battering Ram, resetting the cooldown of Jet Charge and increasing movement speed by 30% for 6 seconds. While Battering Ram is active, Jet Charge may be used once within 10 meters of the target and deals 50% additional damage but does not cause an additional interrupt, immobilize or charge. This effect cannot occur more than once every 15 seconds.

Jump to a faraway enemy.

General Suggestion: Taking Jet Charge and adding a leap to your Powertech makes you 100% more mobile and this one can be re-cast right away for additional damage! This also has an added benefit of not being a passive that relies on Grapple - which would generate high threat.

Fires a sonic missile, immediately reducing threat towards all current enemies by a moderate amount. Player targets deal 30% less damage for 6 seconds when attacking anyone other than you.

Your detaunt ability will cause enemies to lose interest in your character, at least for a short time. This is most useful if you're getting attacked during group fights when your tank is supposed to be taking the damage, or when your companion is set to tank.

Fires a missile that explodes on contact, igniting the target for elemental damage and an additional elemental damage over 15 seconds.

Fires a missile that explodes on contact, igniting the target for elemental damage and an additional elemental damage over 15 seconds.

Increases critical hit chance of elemental attacks by 3% and vents 2 heat every 1.5 seconds.

Increases critical hit chance of elemental attacks by 3% and vents 2 heat every 1.5 seconds.

Increases elemental and internal damage reduction by 5% and reduces the cooldown on Sonic Missile by 10 seconds. Increases critical hit chance of elemental attacks by 3% and vents 2 heat every 1.5 seconds.

Increases elemental and internal damage reduction by 5% and reduces the cooldown on Sonic Missile by 10 seconds. Increases critical hit chance of elemental attacks by 3% and vents 2 heat every 1.5 seconds.

Fires a missile that explodes on contact, igniting the target for elemental damage. In addition, Mandalorian Warhead will now make targets assailable, increasing the elemental and internal damage the targets take by 7%. Replaces Incendiary Missile.

Fires a missile that explodes on contact, igniting the target for elemental damage. In addition, Mandalorian Warhead will now make targets assailable, increasing the elemental and internal damage the targets take by 7%. Replaces Incendiary Missile.

When you deal damage with Incendiary Missile, your next Rail Shot applies Burning Shot, dealing elemental damage over 12 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.

When you deal damage with Incendiary Missile, your next Rail Shot applies Burning Shot, dealing elemental damage over 12 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.

General Suggestion: Pyrotech is a damage over time-based damage discipline. A talent that gives you an additional damage over time effect is invaluable as it is what you specialize in already. Remember to press your glowing rail shot after every Incendiary Missile for 12 seconds of burn damage!

Incendiary Missile deals damage up to 4 targets and applies a detonator to each target it hits. When the targets are hit by Searing Wave each detonator explodes dealing damage to each target.

Incendiary Missile deals damage up to 4 targets and applies a detonator to each target it hits. When the targets are hit by Searing Wave each detonator explodes dealing damage to each target.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Searing Wave should already be trying to spread incendiary missile - this added dps will make your AoE on large groups much better without much extra thinking.

Increases ranged and tech critical hit chance by 25% for 15 seconds.

Increases ranged and tech critical hit chance by 25% for 15 seconds.

Rail Shot ignores 60% of the target's armor and Rocket Punch or Flaming Fist deals 10% more damage.

Rail Shot ignores 60% of the target's armor and Rocket Punch or Flaming Fist deals 10% more damage.

Activating Flaming Fist makes your next Rail Shot an automatic critical hit. Increases the critical bonus damage of Searing Wave, Flaming Fist, Scorch, and Immolate by 10%.

Activating Flaming Fist makes your next Rail Shot an automatic critical hit. Increases the critical bonus damage of Searing Wave, Flaming Fist, Scorch, and Immolate by 10%.

Increases the critical bonus damage of Searing Wave, Flaming Fist, Scorch, and Immolate by 15%.

Increases the critical bonus damage of Searing Wave, Flaming Fist, Scorch, and Immolate by 15%.

When activating Kolto Overload you gain Boiling Point. This allows your next Thermal Yield to gain an additional stack and return damage to attacks or your next Sonic Missile will heal allies and grant you 10% damage reduction.

When activating Kolto Overload you gain Boiling Point. This allows your next Thermal Yield to gain an additional stack and return damage to attacks or your next Sonic Missile will heal allies and grant you 10% damage reduction.

General Suggestion: Adding an extra stack to one of your most important buffs and allowing it to reflect damage is very powerful, not to mention the ability to turn your detaunt into a defensive that heals allies! Only Pyrotechs have access to this and it's pretty good!

When activating Energy Shield you gain 25% movement speed and immunity from incapacitating effects for 6 seconds. In addition when taking damage from direct attacks your cooldown on Carbonize is reduced by 2 seconds. This can occur once every 3 seconds.

When activating Energy Shield you gain 25% movement speed and immunity from incapacitating effects for 6 seconds. In addition when taking damage from direct attacks your cooldown on Carbonize is reduced by 2 seconds. This can occur once every 3 seconds.

Fires off probes that scan the area for stealthed opponents for 15 seconds. In addition, any targets it reveals are immobilized for 3 seconds and increases the movement speed of all allies within the scan area, excluding yourself, by 50% for as long as they remain within it and for 6 seconds after it expires or they leave the area.

Fires off probes that scan the area for stealthed opponents for 15 seconds. In addition, any targets it reveals are immobilized for 3 seconds and increases the movement speed of all allies within the scan area, excluding yourself, by 50% for as long as they remain within it and for 6 seconds after it expires or they leave the area.

Sprays the target with fuel and ignites it into a fireball that deals elemental damage.

Sprays the target with fuel and ignites it into a fireball that deals elemental damage.

Activating this ability applies a Health Monitor that lasts up to 60 seconds, which triggers an Kolto Overload when your health is reduced to 35% or less. If your health is already 35% or less, Kolto Overload triggers immediately. Once triggered, Kolto Overload goes on cooldown for 3 minutes and rapidly heals you up to 35% of your max health for 8 seconds but will not exceed 35% of your max health.

Activating this ability applies a Health Monitor that lasts up to 60 seconds, which triggers an Kolto Overload when your health is reduced to 35% or less. If your health is already 35% or less, Kolto Overload triggers immediately. Once triggered, Kolto Overload goes on cooldown for 3 minutes and rapidly heals you up to 35% of your max health for 8 seconds but will not exceed 35% of your max health.

Flame Burst, Flame Sweep, and Immolate grant Superheated Flamethrower, increasing the damage dealt by your next Searing Wave by 50% and causing it to slow affected targets by 45% for 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 2 times.

Flame Burst, Flame Sweep, and Immolate grant Superheated Flamethrower, increasing the damage dealt by your next Searing Wave by 50% and causing it to slow affected targets by 45% for 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 2 times.

When activated, your Energy Shield ignites in a blaze, scorching attackers for elemental damage when they deal direct damage to you. This effect cannot occur more than once each second.

When activated, your Energy Shield ignites in a blaze, scorching attackers for elemental damage when they deal direct damage to you. This effect cannot occur more than once each second.

General Suggestion: Choose Pyro Shield to do some free damage to your enemy every time you get hit!

You vent 20 heat when stunned, immobilized, knocked down, or otherwise incapacitated. Additionally, when this happens your next tech ability used within 15 seconds deals 10% more damage or healing.

You vent 20 heat when stunned, immobilized, knocked down, or otherwise incapacitated. Additionally, when this happens your next tech ability used within 15 seconds deals 10% more damage or healing.

Reduces the cooldown of Determination by 30 seconds and the cooldown of Vent Heat by 15 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Determination by 30 seconds and the cooldown of Vent Heat by 15 seconds.

Encases up to 8 enemies within 8 meters in carbonite, dealing internal damage and stunning them for 2.5 seconds.

Stun many enemies to keep them out of the fight temporarily.

Deploys a shoulder cannon that gradually loads 4 missiles over time. Once loaded, the shoulder cannon can be triggered again to fire against an enemy target within 20 meters, launching 1 missile that deals kinetic damage. A missile can be launched up to once per 1.5 seconds. Loading and launching the shoulder cannon does not respect the global cooldown and can be done while controlled. Once all missiles have been loaded, depleting all missiles puts the shoulder cannon on cooldown for 1.5 minutes.

Deploys a shoulder cannon that gradually loads 4 missiles over time. Once loaded, the shoulder cannon can be triggered again to fire against an enemy target within 20 meters, launching 1 missile that deals kinetic damage. A missile can be launched up to once per 1.5 seconds. Loading and launching the shoulder cannon does not respect the global cooldown and can be done while controlled. Once all missiles have been loaded, depleting all missiles puts the shoulder cannon on cooldown for 1.5 minutes.

Ignites the target with a blast of fire, burning them for elemental damage over 30 seconds. Scorch also makes the target Susceptible for 45 seconds, increasing the damage the target takes from tech attacks by 5%. When a target affected by Scorch dies, Scorch will jump to the closest enemy target within 10 meters that is not already affected by your Scorch.

Ignites the target with a blast of fire, burning them for elemental damage over 30 seconds. Scorch also makes the target Susceptible for 45 seconds, increasing the damage the target takes from tech attacks by 5%. When a target affected by Scorch dies, Scorch will jump to the closest enemy target within 10 meters that is not already affected by your Scorch.

Increases the damage dealt by Incendiary Missile and Mandalorian Warhead by 10%. In addition, Searing Wave spreads your periodic Incendiary Missile effect to the targets it damages, as long as it damages targets already affected by your Incendiary Missile.

Increases the damage dealt by Incendiary Missile and Mandalorian Warhead by 10%. In addition, Searing Wave spreads your periodic Incendiary Missile effect to the targets it damages, as long as it damages targets already affected by your Incendiary Missile.

When Close and Personal is triggered, it will also deal elemental damage to the attacker if the attacker is within 10 meters.

When Close and Personal is triggered, it will also deal elemental damage to the attacker if the attacker is within 10 meters.

Reduces the cooldown of Quell by 2 seconds. Additionally, all area effect damage is reduced by 60% for 15 seconds after Sonic Missile is activated.

Reduces the cooldown of Quell by 2 seconds. Additionally, all area effect damage is reduced by 60% for 15 seconds after Sonic Missile is activated.

General Suggestion: The reduced damage from area attacks makes this very useful for staying alive in any content with area-wide damage (which is almost all). Combined with a reduced interrupt cooldown, and this choice makes any fight with mechanics a little easier to survive! If you feel you don't need the damage reduction, Reflective Armor is a good option for some free damage.

Magnetic Blast, Flame Burst, and Flame Sweep reduce the movement speed of affected targets by 25% for 3 seconds. Additionally, Neural Dart slows the target by 50% for 6 seconds.

Magnetic Blast, Flame Burst, and Flame Sweep reduce the movement speed of affected targets by 25% for 3 seconds. Additionally, Neural Dart slows the target by 50% for 6 seconds.

While Kolto Overload is active, your damage reduction is increased by 30%. Additionally, the active cooldown of Kolto Overload is reduced by 6 seconds when you are attacked. This effect cannot occur more than once per second.

While Kolto Overload is active, your damage reduction is increased by 30%. Additionally, the active cooldown of Kolto Overload is reduced by 6 seconds when you are attacked. This effect cannot occur more than once per second.

Damaging a target with your Shoulder Cannon missiles heals you for 3% of your total health.

Damaging a target with your Shoulder Cannon missiles heals you for 3% of your total health.

Grants 10 seconds of immunity from all movement-impairing effects, knockdowns and physics and increases movement speed by 75%.

Grants 10 seconds of immunity from all movement-impairing effects, knockdowns and physics and increases movement speed by 75%.

General Suggestion: All three choices here are good, but Hydraulic Overrides should be your default to help make powertech feel a little more mobile. If extra survivability is needed, swap to Shield Cannon, and Electro Dart is a great 4 second stun if your enemies aren't immune to such effects.

Fires an electro dart, dealing energy damage and stunning the target for 4 seconds.

You can use your short stun on weaker enemies to stop them from running around, from casting abilities, to stop them from damaging you, or just to keep them out of the fight in general.

Immolate makes your next Flame Burst or Flame Sweep deplete no energy cells. Additionally, Searing Wave will now overwhelm the targets it damages. Overwhelmed targets take 10% more damage from area attacks.

Immolate makes your next Flame Burst or Flame Sweep deplete no energy cells. Additionally, Searing Wave will now overwhelm the targets it damages. Overwhelmed targets take 10% more damage from area attacks.

Increases the stun durations of Electro Dart by 1 second and Carbonize by 0.5 seconds.

Increases the stun durations of Electro Dart by 1 second and Carbonize by 0.5 seconds.

Sonic Missile protects all friendly targets in its area of impact, excluding you, granting Sonic Rebounder, which reflects the next direct, single-target attack back at the attacker.

Sonic Missile protects all friendly targets in its area of impact, excluding you, granting Sonic Rebounder, which reflects the next direct, single-target attack back at the attacker.

Operation Suggestion: Sonic Rebounder is incredibly powerful in group content - when you use your detaunt, everyone nearby except you will get a protective shield that bounces damage back at the enemy! This is a fan-favorite ability for the Powertech Style! Remember that if you took Boiling Point at 43, this will also heal allies and reduce your damage taken!

Allows Kolto Overload to be activated while stunned and causes Kolto Overload to purge most stun effects when activated. In addition, increases the range of Grapple and Shoulder Cannon by 10 meters and eliminates the heat generated by Electro Dart and Carbonize.

Allows Kolto Overload to be activated while stunned and causes Kolto Overload to purge most stun effects when activated. In addition, increases the range of Grapple and Shoulder Cannon by 10 meters and eliminates the heat generated by Electro Dart and Carbonize.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: Choose Efficient Suit to let you use Kolto Overload when you are stunned, and make your Shoulder Cannon and Grapple reach farther!

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Choose Efficient Suit to let you use Kolto Overload when you are stunned, and make your Shoulder Cannon and Grapple reach farther!

Flashpoint Suggestion: Choose Efficient Suit to let you use Kolto Overload when you are stunned, and make your Shoulder Cannon and Grapple reach farther!

Searing Wave causes the next Immolate to deal 40% more damage. In addition, increases the critical chance of Immolate by 10%.

Searing Wave causes the next Immolate to deal 40% more damage. In addition, increases the critical chance of Immolate by 10%.

Increases the damage dealt by elemental attacks by 10% on targets below 30% max health. Additionally, Scorch costs 5 less heat. Searing Wave causes the next Immolate to deal 30% more damage. In addition, increases the critical chance of Immolate by 10%.

Increases the damage dealt by elemental attacks by 10% on targets below 30% max health. Additionally, Scorch costs 5 less heat. Searing Wave causes the next Immolate to deal 30% more damage. In addition, increases the critical chance of Immolate by 10%.