Druid - Support Druid

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Healing, Condition cleanse and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on August 24, 2023 and is up to date for the September 12, 2023 game patch.

Overview

Channel the power of the celestial bodies above and the earth below to swing fights in your allies' favor! Druid brings high burst healing and cleanse as well as Immobilize, Stealth and Superspeed

Skill Bar

Staff/Staff

Utility

Variants

Pet

• Brown Bear ⇒ Smokescale - for smoke blasting
• Brown Bear ⇒ Krytan Drakehound - for Immobilize

Weapon

• The staff can be swapped to Axe/Warhorn for
  • Swapping to a warhorn out of combat to blast with is also a viable option

Utility

Elite

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Specializations

Variants

Variants

• significantly more healing but no Alacrity

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Staff
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Relic

• - trades cleanse for healing

Sigils

• ⇒

Consumables

• • personal food option

Usage

General

• As soon as you get the 25 stacks of , swap to the Staff without it
  • Otherwise avoid swapping weapons
• activates when swapping in/out of
  • Use / first in Staff and in
• Make sure to set your pet to Avoid Combat
  • When blasting stealth stow your pet

Overall Priorities

High

• Healing

Moderate

• Cleansing

Low

• Immobilize

Surviving

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

Active defense priority

• - for stunbreaking
• Dodge

Detailed Explanations

Healing

• Target allies for +
  • Keybinding call/take personal target can be useful to easily target an ally
  • Your commander is typically a good target for these skills
• Keybinding (toggle) snap ground target can be useful for aiming and
• Use just before leaving so the effect will persist and quickly refill your Astral Force
• has no target cap for allies, use it to give your entire group Regeneration
• and are blasts and can be used on and

Healing Skills

• Staff
• Pet

Cleansing

• should be dropped when clashing with the opponent or preemptively before an enemy spike
  • begins its cooldown as soon as its dropped, not when it triggers. Precast it when you can do so without wasting it
• Try to hit enemies and allies with on clashes to maximize value
• is instant and can be used while casting other skills

Cleansing Skills

• - (
• - for Immobilize

Celestial Shadow

• If you don't anticipate needing heavy healing in the next 10s, you can end on a push for Superspeed
• Move to isolated player(s) and use end to give Stealth and Superspeed

Immobilize

• The most important time to use Immobilize is when your group is spiking, watch out for the following skills:
  • Winds -
  • Wells - + or
  • Traps - +
  • Shades -
• Try to hit enemies and allies with on clashes to maximize value
• is very difficult to use effectively, not casting it is fine

Immobilize Skills

• (if applicable)

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.