Druid - Shout Trooper Roamer
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Contents
Overview
This build is focused in survive against any builds, either power or condition, while deal a good amount of damage and have strong burst damage in a short period of time.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Utility
- ⇒ Use if you want to be tankier and have an emergency button. Works better in outnumbereds.
- ⇒ if playing in a group.
Specializations
Variants
- ⇒
Equipment
6x
Superior Rune of the Trooper
18x
Mighty WvW Infusion
Variants
Stats
You don't need to follow this specific stat combination. The Goal here is to hit 67% boon duration between gear, food, utilites and traits. Then the
Superior Sigil of Concentration9
Superior Sigil of Concentration Boons you apply last 33% longer for 7 seconds when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
will complete the remain 33%, resulting in 100% boon duration.
- Use Wanderer's and Commander's for boon duration and defensive stats
- Use Marauder's for offensive stats
Consumables
Food
- - Defensive option.
Plate of Mussels Gnashblade
Plate of Mussels GnashbladeNourishment (30 min):
+10% Damage Reduction+70 Concentrationn+10% Experience from killsConsumable - - This food increase your boon duration in 20% and give you
Fried Golden Dumpling
Fried Golden DumplingNourishment (30 m):+100 Concentration+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year33% Chance for Might (5 seconds) on CritConsumable
Might on a 33% chance on crit.
Utility
- - Optimal
Bountiful Sharpening Stone
Bountiful Sharpening StoneNourishment (30 m):
Gain Power equal to 6% of your Healing PowerGain Power equal to 8% of your Concentration+10% Experience from KillsConsumable - - Cheaper option
Superior Sharpening Stone
Superior Sharpening StoneNourishment (30 m):Gain power equal to 3% of your precisionGain power equal to 6% of your ferocity+10 Experience from killsConsumable
Usage
General You can play this build either as attrition or kiting, you have plenty of heals to survive, but would be optimal to play in the way as drop the burst and leave.
Staff
- always keep this skill up because it will heal your pet if in meele and yourself.
- as you know its a nice heal skill but what many doesn't realize is that it also have an evade frame, which can be used defensively
- if used correctly can remove
Cripple, 
Chill or 
Immobilize off yourself. - no more issue vs / berserkers, rangers or Dragonhunters.
Sword
- a good damaging auto attack skill that stacks might to pet on its third chain
Precision Swipe. It's also good to cleave downed targets when you have 
Quickness on! - > is a two time leap, first one going backward and second one foward. It can be used defensively because the first leap is an evade and the second leap is a finisher, which can be used to stealth.
- is an evade that also poison the target. It is used defensively to avoid some big damage skill or to poison warriors/elementalist/druids and cripple their heals.
Warhorn
- is a good ranged damaging skill that applies
Vulnerability and Might, due to our food and sigil Fried Golden DumplingFried Golden DumplingNourishment (30 m):+100 Concentration+25% Magic Find during Lunar New Year33% Chance for Might (5 seconds) on CritConsumablechoice.
Superior Sigil of Strength1
Superior Sigil of Strength60% Chance on Critical: Gain Might (10 seconds). (Cooldown: 1s) - is a buffing ability that grants you Might,
Fury and 
Swiftness, also buffing your pet with a new Unblockable buff, making its attacking go through blocks/aegis. It's also a blast finisher that can be used to stealth.
Celestial Avatar
- is your "auto attack" heal with no cooldown.
- is a heal with delay, that also removes 2 conditions and
Blind your target, if its on range. - is a strong heal that also
Daze your target. - is a pretty strong channeled heal. Always try to use it when your have
Stability on or get some distance of your target, so you don't get interrupted. - is a nice channeled AoE damage skill, that Cripple and
Slow whoever is in range and inflict Immobilize at end.
Utility Skills
- is your heal and also a boon copy skill, between you and your pet.Its one of your most important skills.
- is a relative low cooldown stunbreaker that grants
Protection and cause 
Taunt
to nearby targets
- is a great damage mitigating skill. It makes your pet receive 50% of the damage you would take for a period of 6 seconds, while granting Might per hit.
- is a nice offensive utility skill that grants you and your pet Quickness for 12 seconds, making you attacking faster, which is deadly against low armor targets. It's also an stun-breaker.
- Can't find such skill ""Strength of the pack!""! Please refer to our skill index. is one of your most important skills. It grants you several boons and make you able to stack some Might.
How to Stack Might
In order to might stack you should use:
- Non Elite Skill Method:
- Swap weapons
- Wait your pet finish its chain attack
- Using Utility Skill Method:
- when you know you and/or your pet will be taking damage
- Using Elite Skill Method:
- Can't find such skill ""Strength of the pack!""! Please refer to our skill index.
- Attack your target and Swap pets to Bristleback using
- After ends channel, use
and you should have 25 might stacks.
How to Burst
Burst with pet:
- CC your target by using Smokescale's Can't find such skill "Takedown"! Please refer to our skill index. or to trigger the trait.
- Swap pets to Bristleback and use
Burst in Celestial Avatar:
- also triggering trait.
Burst with Quickness:
- Weapon swap to staff after enter combat
- with quickness is strong
How to remove conditions
This build is packed with condition removals, so they shouldn't be an issue at all, unless you commit mistakes or get unlucky at some point.
- Each shout removes 1 condition of you and nearby allies, including your pet. They are: , , , Can't find such skill ""Strength of the pack!""! Please refer to our skill index.
- Entering in Celestial Avatar instantly removes up to 13 conditions because of the trait .
- While in Celestial Avatar you can also remove 2 condition every 2~3 seconds if you can stand on top of .
How to Combo Heals
- > inside the water field.
- > through the water field.
- > inside the water field.
How to Combo Stealth
- > inside the smoke field.
- > through the smoke field.
- > inside the smoke field.
- > inside the smoke field.
How to Stomp
- Use Can't find such skill ""Strength of the pack!""! Please refer to our skill index. or or any stealth combo for an easy and secure stomp.
Weaknesses
- Chain CC when Can't find such skill ""Strength of the pack!""! Please refer to our skill index. is on cooldown
- Condition bombs when your condition cleanse skills/Celestial Avatar are on cooldown.
Gameplay Videos
- YouTube: Updated Build Guide
- YouTube: Build Guide
Youtubers & Streamers
- Youtube: Donee - NA
absolute horsecrap. no dps and no healing power and proper traits for support or even resses what druids are commonly used for. all it has is the sustain of a bruiser but lacks the damage. so bassically u got a pile of utter crap money was wasted on in our case that doesn't die as quickly as a power ranger/druid woo weeh. it's shit. don't make my mistake don't waste money and effort on this crap.