With a full charge, you can get a 35k hp shield. You will NEVER find an Engineer build without one. Regardless of build, there are some super important skills to haveġ) Healbot. I dont really have a good build to suggest. Some people use Flame Hammer, some people use emberquake. This is a very varied build, as some people opt for using great axe/sword/hammer weapons with Heavy Lifting, some choose to use single handed weapons and a shield.
Heavy Lifting increases your dps, so get that as well.
(Fusillade seems like it's better, but people have done the math to show otherwise and Fusillade's homing ability apparently is retardedly bad, so its up to you). Skill build something like this, (you still have free points!) and Just go full Vit.Ģ) Cannon build. It's a fun build, and if you get enough + pet and minion damage, its insane. Elite is just painful.ġ) Pure summoner build. I recomend 3 str 2 vit, or 4 str 1 vit for normal / veteran. So its fairly easy to get more then enough of each stat. It depends on your difficulty and playstyle, but don't worry too much about it, because at the late game (lvl 99 sets) you can enchant them with stats in the ranges of 100+. Your primary stats should be str and vit.