Quick guide -
Engineer blocking

!!! This is NOT a complete guide. This page rather serves as overview and reminder. Please, check out the full guide to learn more about blocking. !!!

"Blocking" at TT means: stopping the wurm from spitting out eggs, husks, and drool spit with reflects + invulnerability
Engineer can only reliably block 2 of 3 husks, all eggs, and possibly a few drool spits

1) Prepare your character:

• Build templates (you can copy&paste these ingame):
  - Amalgam [&DQMdHRUnSy+AHRQBigEAAF4BXgGCHaMAJQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNQBXAFUAAA==]
  - Mechanist:  [&DQMdHi8VRiooARQBigEAAF4BXgELG6MACRsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNQBXAFUAAA==]
  - Scrapper: [&DQMdHi8VKxsoARQBigEAAF4BXgEOE6MAgxIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNQBXAFUAAA==]
  - Holosmith:  [&DQMdHi8VORkoARQBigEAAF4BXgGjAKMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNQBXAFUAAA==]
  - core Engi:  [&DQMdHhUnLxUoARQBigEAAF4BXgGjAKMAiQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNQBXAFUAAA==]

• Gear: ideally tanky, but any works

• Jade Tech Offensive/Defensive Protocol buffs will grant you extra stats + boons (require EoD + Jade Bots mastery)

• Weapons: any + shield

2) Learn the 1st phase wurm attacks:

animation video: https://youtu.be/uR3OQGfRnec

• wide spin: large orange aoe around the wurm -> knockback and damage => dodge/block personally

• small spin + drool spit: also a large aoe around the wurm while the wurm curls up, then spits out many small drool aoes -> knockback and damage from the spin; high damage from drool => dodge or invuln-block if available

• egg + husk spit (same animation): the wurm pulls back its head, to then move forward and spit out either 3 eggs or 1 husk; this repeats 3 times => this attack you want to "block" with invulnerability/reflect

3) Know how to block different spit types:

• Eggs: 40s cd; can be blocked with reflect or invulnerability -> Symbiotic Shielding (Amalgam)/Barrier Signet (Mechanist, this activates around your mech if it's active)/Defense Field (Scrapper toolbelt skill); shield 4+5 (a single shield skill will at most block 2 part spits), Tool Kit -> skill 4 (only blocks a part spit)

• Husks: 80-90s cd; can only be blocked with invulnerability -> Elixir S

• Drool: can only be blocked with invulnerability -> most drools you need to dodge (Elixir S can be used as long as you will have the cd ready again for the next husk spit)

4) Blocking
When you start learning to block at TT, you can just practice dodging to stay alive and on the right spot during your first runs. Once you manage, try to use your skills to actually block some of the wurm's attacks.

• Position: the blocker must be in the very middle of then wurm, see invuln spot

• Husk and egg blocking ("rotation"):
  - 1st spit:
  - Amalgame: use Symbiotic Shielding / Mechanist: use Barrier Signet / Scrapper: use Defense Field (Scrapper) - these will block the entire spit
  - Holosmith/core Engi: use Tool Kit -> skill 4 to check what the wurm is spitting - this only blocks the first part spit
  - if you see a husk get out => add Elixir S immediately to block the 2nd and 3rd husk
  - if you don't see anything get out = eggs blocked => Holosmith/core Engi: add shield 4 to block the other 2 part spits
  - 2nd spit:
  - when the 1st spit was husks: use shield 4 and 5 to block eggs
  - when the 1st spit was eggs (+ whenever eggs are on cd): use Elixir S
  - There will most likely be a single egg spit happening before the next husk spit -> use Symbiotic Shielding/Barrier Signet/Defense Field/shield 4 and 5 while husks are still on cd.
  
  

• Drool blocking:
  - Elixir S - only if it will be ready again for the next husk spit!

• Avoiding wide spins:
  -  dodge; shield 5 or Tool Kit 4
  
  

• Please, also remember:
  - Join the 2nd subgroup and inform your commander that you intend to block for easier communication.
  - When there are more blockers with you, they may block husks, therefore you won't see anything getting out even when only using a projectile block skill. Blockers should communicate and note down "h" for blocked husks, and "e" for blocked eggs.