Professions

Engineering for Pull Control

Bombs, Target Dummies, and Sapper Charges add a stun, threat handoff, and area damage when a pull widens.

Updated Jul 16, 2026 Buff My Pet Editorial

Use it when the pull widens

Engineering adds control after the class kit is spent. Iron Grenade stuns nearby enemies. Target Dummy redirects nearby threats while you bandage, drink, or leave. Goblin Sapper Charge hits nearby enemies for 450–750 Fire damage and also hits you for 375–625. Carry the tools for a pull that has already widened.

Core tools

  • Big Bronze Bomb at 140, Iron Grenade at 175, Thorium Grenade at 260. Each gives an area stun and a ranged interrupt any class can carry.

  • Use Target Dummy for a threat handoff. It can buy a Healing Potion, an eight-second bandage, or enough distance to leave.

  • Use Goblin Sapper Charge when several enemies are already on you. It requires Goblin Engineering and has a five-minute cooldown.

Keep the kit current

Stock in town and upgrade explosives as the skill rises. Old dynamite leaves a higher-level character without the control the profession is meant to provide.

Who benefits

Warrior and Rogue get a ranged interrupt and another control cycle. Hunter gets area damage during the stretch where class AoE is thin. Mage gets a backup after Blink and Frost Nova are committed. Shaman gets room when totems cannot solve the pull.

Check the bag

Bring grenades before the cave.

By class

Class angles from this page

Hunter

A split pull, patrol, or pet on the wrong target can break the Hunter plan quickly. Iron Grenade stuns the secondary target while you recall and reposition the pet. Goblin Sapper Charge is the multi-add tool and also damages you. Trap first, then use Engineering if the pull expands.

Mage

After Blink and Frost Nova are spent, Iron Grenade can interrupt a healer without moving forward. Big Bronze Bomb can re-stun an add after Polymorph ends.

Rogue

Sap, Kidney Shot, and Vanish handle the first control cycle. Engineering adds another. Bomb the room after opener control fades, drop the dummy, then use Vanish through the attention it bought.

Warrior

Warrior starts in melee and has few ways to create space. Iron Grenade pauses the pull, and Target Dummy can buy a reset. Mining plus Engineering supplies the bombs from the same cave routes where they are useful.

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