Dragonhunter - Power DH

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage and Dps

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 03, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

A build designed for massive AoE DPS, with great access to spike damage and ground AoE.

Skill Bar

Spear

Greatsword

Utility

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Specializations

Variants

• Zealot's Aggression

Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Dragon

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Spear
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy

Usage

Quick Guide

• Dragonhunter is a melee range high spike DPS that excells in stacking ground AoEs and brings unique group utility in Shield of Courage
• Spike by combining as many ground AoEs as possible

Ground AoE Skill List

• Procession of Blades
• Test of Faith
• Symbol of Luminance
• Solar Storm
• Symbol of Resolution
• Whirling Wrath

• Follow up by using other damage skills like Whirling Wrath or Gleaming Disc to increase your spike
• Block enemy spikes by covering your groups frontline with Shield of Courage

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
• This build has high active defenses

Defensive Skill List

• Shelter - Block
• Wings of Resolve - Movement, removes Immobilize
• Shield of Courage - Block
• Renewed Focus - Invulnerability
• Helio Rush - Movement
• Leap of Faith - Movement

• Make sure to drop your target if using Helio Rush or Leap of Faith defensively
• Shield of Courage will only block attacks from the front
  • To block ground AoE face the player that cast it
• Do not use Renewed Focus until Shield of Courage is on cooldown, unless you will die without it

Priorities

High

• Burst Damage
• Shield of Courage

Moderate

• Damage

Detailed Explanations

Burst Damage

• Your ideal burst combo is:

1. Procession of Blades
2. Test of Faith
3. Symbol of Luminance
4. Solar Storm
5. Gleaming Disc
6. Weapon Swap
7. Symbol of Resolution
8. Whirling Wrath

• The goal of this combo is to put the enemy group in as many ground AoEs as possible while efficiently using all of your strongest weapon skills
• If you can't land a short range skill skip it
  • If you can't land most of your skills, wait for a better time to burst
  • Sometimes you won't have enough melee uptime to use your Greatsword skills, it is fine to delay them
• Use your spike when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
• You can add Wings of Resolve at any point if you need to gap close
• Don't try to predict the enemy group far in advance or precast traps, wait until you have an opportunity to get immediate value
• Don't put yourself in a position where you could die trying to get better traps off
• Save your traps and at least one set of weapon skills for burst. It is rarely worth using Procession of Blades early instead of waiting for Test of Faith
• Make sure you are in range of Sigil of Superior Sigil of Hydromancy when swapping to your Greatsword set

Shield of Courage

• Shield of Courage blocks all attacks for 5 allies inside the cone of the shield animation in front of you
  • Shield of Courage blocks damage coming from enemy players you are facing
    • This means the center of an AoE can be behind you, but if you're facing the player that cast it the damage will be blocked

Damage

Skill priority

• Procession of Blades
• Test of Faith
• Greatsword
  • Symbol of Resolution
  • Whirling Wrath
  • Leap of Faith
• Spear
  • Symbol of Luminance
  • Solar Storm
  • Gleaming Disc
  • Helio Rush
• Wings of Resolve

• In Greatsword use Symbol of Resolution ⇒ Whirling Wrath immediately then repeat both skills if you're still in melee. Swap back to Spear when you're done casting them or your Weapon Swap is ready if you can't
• In Spear use Symbol of Luminance ⇒ Gleaming Disc ⇒ Solar Storm then Auto Attack filling with Helio Rush if you see an opportunity to use it safely
  • You can cast Solar Storm before using Gleaming Disc, but make sure you're Illuminated for the cast of Solar Storm
• Use Wings of Resolve when out of range of other skills to gap close and apply Immobilize
• Leap of Faith is worth using for damage, but target enemies on the side of their group to avoid moving yourself into the middle of the enemy stack