Dragonhunter - Power Greatsword

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Focused on: Strike damage, Dps.

Designed for:

Open World

 

Open World Zergs

 

Open World General

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Overview

A strong power build with very high burst and decent mobility.

Skill Bar

GreatswordHealingUtilityElite

Sword/Focus

Weapon Variants

• Longbow - strong ranged option with decent area damage.
• Scepter - decent ranged option with high Might generation thanks to
• Staff - good for running with a zerg

Skill Variants

Heal Skills

• - defensive option. You can cancel the animation but keep the block by stowing your weapon during the cast. However, you won't receive any healing if you do this.
• - heal trap that blinds an an area when triggered

Utilities

• - great AOE damage that mobs can be made to repeatedly walk over; higher burst than
• - generates Vulnerability
• - stunbreak that also grants you some Resolution uptime.
• - grants more Resolution
• - condi cleanse
• - if you need to reflect projectiles.
• - long-lasting swiftness while running, also gives aegis
• - teleport with a moderate cooldown

Elite Skills

• - defensive option.
• - great for DPS but worse for burst and CC

Specializations

Build Code

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Variants

• - use if running in a zerg
• , - lowers DPS for defense

Honor

Honor can be taken for more defense at the cost of damage.

• - extreme condition cleanse
• - extra might uptime

Valor

Valor can be taken for more defense at the cost of damage.

• - high sustain if taking multiple meditations
• , - good if keeping focus over shield

Virtues

Virtues can be taken for more Resolution uptime and ally support at the cost of damage.

• - if taking consecrations
• - if cc is an issue

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

This set uses gear that is very similar to Dragonhunter - Power DPS, making it excellent for general PVE

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Marauder Variant

This set trades ~10% DPS for +60% health.

6x

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Variant Equipment

Gear

• Knight's , Soldier - can be mixed with other variants for some defense at the cost of damage

Runes

• - competitive with
• - high burst option
• - budget DPS
• , , - defense

Sigils

• - general-use DPS
• - strong defense
• - budget DPS

Consumables

Farming

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions.
• - Use for general farming.
• - Use for when you need to max out magic find.
• - more sustain
• Anything - Any food is better than none, but you should prioritize the food above before using any other food.

Utility

• , , - general farming

Solo

This food assists with more difficult content, such as bosses or bounties. Ascended versions of these are available and should be used when possible.

Food

• - permanent Fury when farming trash or with a zerg
• - extreme sustain when farming trash or with a zerg
• - a huge boost to damage whenf arming trash or in a zerg
• , - DPS food
• , - Defense and Might
• - Lifesteal
• , , - Damage Reduction Food

Utility

• , - Damage

Usage

Damage

General Advice

• Note that to play this build optimally you must turn off "Melee Attack Assist" in your Options menu. This is so you can stand inside of boss hitboxes.
• Your main damage skills are , , , , , , and . Swap between your weapons using these skills whenever possible, and fill with autoattacks. You should attempt to use and right before you use .
  • Never interrupt your Greatsword or Sword autoattack chains as all the damage is loaded in the last hit.
• Resolution is a massive damage boost so you should try to have it up as much as possible. Your main Resolution sources are , , and . If using the Virtues variant, will provide an enormous boost to your Resolution uptime as well as significant damage.
  • If using Virtues, resets off every kill thanks to . You should use it whenever possible.
  • In long fights you should bring instead of for increased Resolution uptime.
• If running Zeal, fight enemies in your symbols to get the damage buff from .
• You should wait until procs before activating

Generic Opener

While this opener may not apply in every situation, it is a good general-use rotation to start with. Open on Sword/Focus.

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7. Weapon Swap
11. Auto-attack until , , and are back up
18. Weapon Swap

From there, your goal is to load your big damage skills into the window provided by while auto-attacking and using off cooldown.

Defense

• You have a ton of Resolution uptime which helps you against conditions.
• is a powerful defensive skill. If you stand on top of an ally while this is active it can block attacks for them as well.
• , , and blind enemies.
• and can be used against projectiles.
• is a block that also gives aegis, protection, Resolution, stability, and a stun break.
• You can run for more active defense. You can also run but this comes at the cost of one of your best burst damage skills.
• Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Sustain

• This build doesn't have much sustained healing unless you have , so avoiding damage is extremely important in long fights. You can run healing food, such as in these situations to relieve some pressure.
• is a powerful heal and condition cleanse. You can also use in the light field from your symbols to cleanse conditions.

Zerging

• When zerging, use your , , and to tag mobs. Try to make sure your procs on groups so you get credit for all of them.
• Against bosses or static groups of mobs (while the zerg isn't moving much), use your higher-damage weapon set such as Greatsword or Sword/Focus.

Crowd Control

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  Binding Blade

  Throw blades at your foes, causing damage over time. Bound foes can be pulled to you. The effect ends when a foe moves out of range.

  Damage: 369

  Number of Targets: 5

  Maximum Blade Duration: 10 seconds

  Maximum Leash Range: 600

  Combo Finisher: Whirl
    
  

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  Pull

  Pull your foes to you.

  Leash Range: 600

  Range: 600
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  Spear of Justice

  Virtue: Burn foes every few attacks.
  Activate: Hurl a spear of light that passes through foes. Enemies struck become tethered and receive conditions periodically.

  Damage: 224

  Justice (6s): Periodically applies burning as long as you are within range of the caster.

  Burning (passive effect) (2s): 262 Damage

  Burning (active effect) (2s): 262 Damage

  Crippled (1½s): -50% Movement Speed

  Numbers of Attack to Trigger: 5

  Interval: 1 second

  Pierces

  Unblockable

  Range: 1,200
    
  

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  Hunter's Verdict

  Pull all enemies tethered by the Spear of Justice to you, breaking the link. This ability's recharge is separate from that of Spear of Justice.

  Pull: 1,200
• (as a last resort)