ATTACK Engineer build

[kamikazees]

...Anyway, why not drop leech for whither, at least go 6/1 instead of 1/6 for an attack focused build.

You are right that Wither does more outright damage than Leech. In fact, you will do 50% more straight damage with Wither than with Leech, assuming the target lives through Wither (6 ticks vs 4 ticks).

I found 2 problems with Wither in practice. One, it hardly ever lasts its full duration, 10 seconds. On Numa Prime, only Vular and Guardian reliably last that long. Leech has a duration of 6 seconds, almost half as long as Wither. Many more enemies can be hit full force. And 2, as an attack Engineer you draw more aggro. Without the armor buff of Protection, you have to pot more to stay alive. If you Leech enemies, when they start pounding on you they are still taking damage (before they die!) and you are being healed. That's a win/win to me, but I certainly think your point is valid.